Esbjerg, Denmark-headquartered Viking Life-Saving Equipment’s vessel range is not confined to lifeboats. It also supplies a range of high-performance boats for professional applications and has just signed a contract with Tolletaten (the
MTU parent company Rolls-Royce Power Systems reports that it has successfully tested the world’s first high-speed marine engine powered exclusively by methanol on its test bench in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Its engineers and
![L to R: US Navy Commanding Officer Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast, Captain Randy Staff, Ingalls Shipbuilding VP programs, George Nungesser; Ingalls Shipbuilding structural welder Thomas Ward, Ingalls shipbuilding president Brian Blanchette; and ship sponsor Kay Bowen Webber Cochran. [Photo: HII]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DDG-135_Keel-Authentication_RH_October-23-2025-300x225.jpg)
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding yesterday authenticated the keel of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Thad Cochran (DDG 135). The ship honors Thad Cochran, a Navy veteran and former U.S. senator who represented
Otto Candies, LLC and Harvey Gulf International Marine have jointly announced that Otto Candies has acquired four Multi Purpose Support Vessels (MPSVs) from Harvey Gulf. Effective Thursday, October 23, 2025, all four
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras’s Transpetro unit is expanding its logistics operations with the launch of its first public tender for the acquisition of vessels dedicated to inland navigation. By 2026, the company
The 15,000 TEU nuclear powered containership design first unveiled by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) at Core Power’s New Nuclear for Maritime Houston Summit back in February (see earlier
Sandefjord, Norway, headquartered coatings specialist Jotun reports that its SeaQuantum X200 antifouling has received official verification from DNV confirming an average speed loss of just 1.0% over a dock-to-dock period. This, says
A dispute between Singapore’s Seatrium and Maersk Offshore Wind is headed for arbitration. As we reported at the time, on October 10, Seatrium received a notice of termination from Maersk Offshore Wind
As we reported earlier, at the end of the 2026 field season, the NOAA ship Oscar Dyson, which was commissioned in 2005, will go to the JAG Alaska shipyard for a $95
The latest innovation from New Zealand foiling ferry pioneer Vessev is the VS–Drive, a podded propulsion system that the company believes is set to redefine electric marine performance. The VS–Drive is a