first Columbia stern

Newport News Shipbuilding delivers first Columbia-class stern

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has delivered the stern of the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine stern to General Dynamics Electric Boat. Transported on GD Electric Boat’s Bollinger-built 400-foot-long

Maersk switches panama canal transits to rail land bridge

Maersk switches OC1 Panama Canal services to rail “land bridge”

While continuing Houthi attacks are having a devastating effect on Suez Canal containership traffic, natural forces, namely drought conditions, are taking their toll on container traffic through another vital maritime artery. Maersk

Airbus ship

Deltamarin awarded design contract for new Airbus ships

Turku, Finland, headquartered Deltamarin has been selected to design the three wind assisted RO/RO vessels that France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) will operate under a charter from Airbus. The aircraft manufacturer is

Area of Houthi missile onslaught

Navies swat down Houthi missile onslaught

The U.S. Navy and the U.K. Royal Navy have shot down a barrage of Houthi missile and drone attacks launched towards international shipping lanes in the Red Sea by Houthis this morning,

Engine with EGR

NYK Line orders MAN ME-GA engines with EGR for new LNG carrier quartet

Japan’s NYK Line has ordered MAN B&W ME-GA engines for four 174,000 cubic meter LNG carrier newbuilds. Each ship will have two 5G70ME-GA Mk. 10.5 engines and all eight engines will feature

DeepOcean vessel at sea

DeepOcean has big plans for Island Offshore vessel after major conversion

Mystery solved. Oslo-headquartered subsea specialist DeepOcean is the company taking Island Offshore’s Island Condor on a long-term charter that will commence in the third quarter this year after the vessel emerges from

Going forward Penfield Marine will operate under the Maersk Tankers brand

Maersk Tankers acquires Penfield Marine

Maersk Tankers has acquired Southport, Conn., headquartered Penfield Marine. Founded in 2012 by Tim Brennan and Eric Haughn, Penfield describes itself as “a boutique commercial management company operating tankers around the world

American Maritime Partnership President

American Maritime Partnership announces new leadership team

The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the U.S. domestic maritime industry, has elected a new leadership team, with AWO’s Jennifer Carpenter taking the helm as president and, in doing so,

Corsica Linea E-flexer

Stena RoRo orders E-Flexer for Corsica Linea

Stena RoRo has ordered what will be the first of its E-Flexer RoPax vessels to operate in the Mediterranean region. Set for delivery from Chinese shipbuilder CMI Jinling (Weihai) in the first

Beyco talks further rock installation opportunities

Empire Wind 2 rock installation contract terminated

Equinor and BP’s decision to “reset” the Empire Wind 2 offshore wind project (see earlier story) has led to another contract termination. As we noted in our report, the so-called “reset” decision

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