The International Windship Association (IWSA) reports that the EU-funded WASP (Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion) project has officially concluded. Its successes include: The WASP project brought together universities, wind-assist technology providers and ship
Titan Acquisition Holdings, the parent of Vigor Industrial, MHI Holdings and Continental Maritime of San Diego (CSMD), reports that Frank Collins is joining the company as senior vice president, government and public
New Canaan, Conn., headquartered Moran Towing Corporation has selected Master Boat Builders to build two next-generation harbor tugs. Developed in cooperation with Vancouver, B.C., naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd., the RApport
Huntington Ingall Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division reports that NSC 10, the U.S. Coast Guard’s tenth and newest national security cutter, Calhoun (WMSL 759) has now completed builder’s sea trials The ship successfully
Incat Crowther has been commissioned to deliver the design for a second new 300-passenger hybrid-electric fast ferry for New Zealand’s Auckland Transport (AT). The project will see Incat Crowther work closely with
Cracks in a muffler and the substantial use of combustible materials in accommodation spaces led to a fire aboard the 48-year old towing vessel Mary Dupre on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near
Japan’s Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and NYK Line have obtained an Approval in Principle (AiP) from ClassNK for a vessel designed to carry ammonia on one leg of a voyage and captured carbon on
Another U.S. offshore wind project is moving along the regulatory pathway. BOEM has announced a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Beacon Wind project.
Compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Vessel General Permit regulations under the Clean Water Act can get complicated. Failure to comply can get expensive. The EPA has settled with two shipping
The U.S. Coast Guard says it has received debris and evidence recovered from the seafloor at the site of the Titan wreck when the M/V Horizon Arctic arrived in St. John’s Newfoundland,