Boatracs and KVH offer broadband solution for workboat and fishing market

Boatracs Inc. and KVH Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: KVHI) are collaborating to deliver an end-to-end mini-VSAT broadband solution for small to medium sized businesses in the commercial workboat and fishing markets. Sold through

Cecon ASA says it’s nearer to getting Davie newbuilds completed

Subsea installation contractor Cecon ASA may at last be nearer the day when it actually gets to take delivery of the three vessels it has on order at Quebec shipbuilder Davie. It

Rolls-Royce to design, power and equip Island Offshore subsea support vessel

Rolls-Royce is to design, power and equip the advanced UT 737 CD subsea construction vessel ordered from STX OSV last month (see earlier story) by Island Offshore, in which the Chouest and

Steel-aluminum foam sandwich weld holds promise for shipbuilding weight savings

In a promising development for lightweight shipbuilding constructions, Germany’s Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) and its partners in a joint project have laser welded a demonstrator for marine gear unit foundations made

Enterprise software upgrades help Sydney Ferries boost vessel availability and reliability

Australia’s Sydney Ferries has completed what enterprise software provider Ventyx describes as a “significant” upgrade of Ventyx Ellipse for Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), on time and on

Jaccar sells stake in SOE

Jacques de Chateauvieux’s Jaccar Holdings is selling its 25 percent stake in Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering to Pearlfine Ocean Worldwide, which joins Evergreen Holding Group and Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group (in which Jaccar

Coast Guard Commandant undergoes prostate cancer surgery

Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Bob Papp underwent surgery to treat early stage prostate cancer at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Monday, April 23, after it was diagnosed in

Wilhelmsen RO/RO to be fitted with world’s largest exhaust gas cleaning system

A 38,486 dwt Wilh. Wilhelmsen RO/RO ship, MV Tamesis is to be retrofitteded with the world’s largest exhaust gas scrubbing system. Supplied by Wärtsillä Hamworthy, the multi-stream Krystallon Exhaust Gas Cleaning System

Dockwise swoops on Fairstar Heavy Transport

André Goedée, CEO of heavy lift shipping specialist Dockwise Ltd., says that a planned acquisition of Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. is “an important step forward at the right time.” Dockwise has entered

Japanese shipowners lead growth of Marshall Islands ship registrations

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry experienced another year of strong growth in 2011,” according to International Registries, Inc., which manages the Marshall Islands maritime program. In terms of gross

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