Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Chevron adds Port Elizabeth to marine lubricants supply network

With no speedy end in sight to the Red Sea crisis, more ships are taking the longer route around the Cape with South African ports seeing an uptick in activity. Against this

Canadian Coast Guard AOPS

TMC Compressors selected for Canadian Coast Guard AOPS variants

TMC Compressors (TMC) has been contracted by Irving Shipbuilding Inc. to deliver the marine compressed air system for the two newbuild Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) that the shipbuilder is constructing

Fat Leonard gets 15 year prison term

“Fat Leonard” gets 15 years prison, must pay $55M

Leonard Glenn Francis – the “Fat Leonard” who masterminded a bribery and fraud scheme that rocked the Navy, was yesterday sentenced in federal court in San Diego to 180 months in prison.

Autonomous Ocean Core

Saab’s Autonomous Ocean Core brings new autonomous capability to naval vessels

Autonomous naval vessels will be a hot topic of discussion at this week’s Euronaval event in Paris and Saab’s latest offering in this space is its Autonomous Ocean Core: a ready-to-use autonomous

False Claims Act caseFederal criminal charges filed in Key Bridge collapse case

Dark fleet suspect arrested in Miami

Taskin Torlak, a 37-year old Turkish national, was arrested in Miami, Nov. 2, and is currently being held in the Miami Federal Detention Center. He has been charged with conspiring to violate

Engine with NextDF

Wärtsilä adds NextDF tech to its 25DF engine

Wärtsilä has introduced its NextDF feature for the Wärtsilä 25DF dual-fuel engine. While operating on LNG, the NextDF feature reduces methane emissions to less than 2% of fuel use across all load

cruiser selected for life extension

Navy to extend the service life of 15 warships

In line with the intent of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti’s NAVPLAN 2024, which directs the Navy to “get more ready players on the field,” the Department of the Navy

fully-electric ferries keel laying ceremony

Damen lays keels for first of four fully-electric ferries

On Nov.1, Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania hosted a ceremony to lay the keels for the first two of four fully-electric ferries for BC Ferries. The keel laying ceremony marked an important

GIT Coatings XGIT-Fuel on Finnlines RO/RO

GIT Coatings first with new LR antifouling type approval

Canadian graphene coating specialist GIT Coatings has become the first company to receive a new Lloyd’s Register (LR) type approval, its “Enhanced Antifouling Type Approval” LR is the first classification society to

Gremex case ruling

Mexican ship manager Gremex fined $1.75M in pollution case

Tampico, Mexico-headquartered ship manager Gremex Shipping was fined $1.75 million and put on probation Oct. 30 after pleading guilty in federal district court in Pensacola, Fla., to a felony violation of the

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