Ferry funded by ONR is yet to enter service
AUGUST 1, 2012 — An $80 million multipurpose ferry designed to operate in three modes has thus had only one role: white elephant. Built at Alaska Ship & Drydock with the aid
AUGUST 1, 2012 — An $80 million multipurpose ferry designed to operate in three modes has thus had only one role: white elephant. Built at Alaska Ship & Drydock with the aid
AUGUST 1, 2012 — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents over 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, has welcomed the decision by the European Commission competition directorate to close
AUGUST 1, 2012 — A SALT 100 design PSV building at the Kleven Verft shipyard in Ulsteinvik, Norway, is to have a breakthrough propulsion system by Scana Industrier subsidiary Scana Propulsion. As
AUGUST 1, 2012 — Tanker giant OSG reported a second quarter loss of $46.0 million, or $1.52 per diluted share. Once again, U.S.-flag operations were one bright spot in the picture. Morten
JULY 31, 2012 — Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. today announced that Michael Bayley has been promoted to President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises, replacing Dan Hanrahan, whose departure was recently announced. Bayley
JULY 31, 2012 — A new GAO report says the Coast Guard is setting unrealistic operating targets for its legacy fleet of of high endurance cutters, medium endurance cutters, and patrol boats.
JULY 31, 2012 — While the U.S. struggles to find funding to renew the Coast Guard’s aging icebreaker assets, China is pressing ahead with plans to build to build an advanced new
JULY 31, 2012 — SENER is pushing ahead with development of Virtual Reality (VR) applications for shipbuilding. The applications allow virtual navigation through the ship 3D model generated by SENER’s FORAN CAD/CAM/CAE.
JULY 31, 2012 — Ensco plc reports that it took delivery of ENSCO 8506, the seventh and final rig in the ENSCO 8500 Series of semisubmersible offshore drilling rigs on, July 30,
JULY 31, 2012 — Bergen, Norway, based Odfjell has signed a shipbuilding contract with South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Ltd. for construction of four chemical tankers of 46,000 dwt design draft with