Chinese satellite-tracking vessels to have MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion packages

Two special transportation vessels being built by Jiangnan Shipyard, part of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation  Group, will feature complete twin-screw MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion packages in the form of two

Austal to build new design wind farm support vessel for Turbine Transfers

Austal is to build a fourth wind farm support vessel for U.K.-based Turbine Transfers Limited. The order is the first for a new Austal design that will enable safer and more efficient

Rolls-Royce and Great Lakes Shipyard to upgrade Interlake Steamship tug

Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine has been contracted to upgrade Interlake Steamship Company’s tug Dorothy Ann. The 124-foot, 7,200-horsepower Z-drive tug is the largest Z-drive ATB tug built to date in North America and

Harvey Gulf picks ABS to class LNG-powered offshore supply vessels

Harvey Gulf International Marine has selected ABS as the classification society for its two new dual fueled LNG-powered offshore supply vessels (OSVs) being constructed at Trinity Offshore LLC. The vessels will be

MSC realigns its shoreside operations

Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, commander of the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command says the command is “proactively streamlining and improving our organization so that we will be ready for anything that

Donjon salvages barge sunk under Newport Pell Bridge

Hillside, N.J., headquartered Donjon Marine, Co., Inc., a provider of multi-faceted marine services including marine salvage, heavy lift, dredging and related emergency response services was contracted in early November 2011 to raise

Meyer Werft floats out Disney Fantasy

Meyer Werft has undocked the latest addition to the Disney Cruise Line fleet. The 128,000 grt, 1,115 ft x 125 ft Disney Fantasy was slowly floated out of the shipyard’s  covered building

Keppel AmFELS to build and upgrade Diamond Offshore semi

Keppel AmFELS LLC, Brownsville, Texas, has secured a contract from Diamond Offshore to construct and upgrade a moored semisubmersible offshore drilling rig with delivery scheduled for third quarter 2013. The estimated shipyard

Grounded containership breaks in two

Severe weather overnight has separated the MV Rena into two pieces, which are now about 20-30m apart on the Astrolabe Reef, Maritime New Zealand said in a statement issued 9.30 am local

Navy frees Iranian crew of dhow used as pirate mother ship

The U.S. Navy has rescued the crew of an Iranian fishing vessel that had been used as a pirate mother ship and has detained 15 suspected pirates. At approximately 12:30 p.m, January

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