Inmarsat GMDSS analysis report

COVID led to spike in maritime distress calls

Maritime satcom giant Inmarsat has released a report analyzing data from Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) calls made from 2018 to 2021. Among the key findings from the Inmarsat data

One Big Beautiful Bill

House Seapower panel seeks U.S.-built sealift ships

There’s a reason why so many shipbuilders have Washington, D.C. offices. The House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces today released its proposals for the FY 2023 National

new trailing suction hopper dredge

GLDD exercises option with Conrad for second TSHD

Houston-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD) has exercised a contract option to build a second 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) at Conrad Shipyard in Amelia, La. With expected delivery

Fast crew transfer vessel

Strategic Marine unveils new 40-knot fast crew transfer vessel

Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine (S) Pte has released details on its latest offshore fast crew boat, a 38 meter extra fast catamaran crew transfer catamaran vessel (FCTV). The new vessel has been

Maryland offshore wind

BOEM moves ahead on Maryland offshore wind project

Continuing the momentum to achieve the Biden administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Ocean

BWMS installation

Langh Tech BWMS receives IMO approval in record time

Finnish marine technology specialist Langh Tech Oy Ab reports that its LanghBW ballast water management system (BWMS) received an IMO MEPC type approval certificate on May 12, 2022, with USCG type approval

Jan De Nul orders advanced crane simulator

The Jan De Nul Group has ordered a high-end crane simulator to support its two next-generation offshore installation vessels, Voltaire and Les Alizés. The crane simulator will be based on real physics

Digital twin was created by CSM’s Port Optimization Control Room

Columbia takes vessel digital twinning to the next level

Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) is again aiming to push industry boundaries by creating a totally SMART and fully digitized “twin” of a jack-up barge under its management. The project is as part of

John Wood is finding new projects for yard that built the Titanic

Shipyard that built the Titanic books order to build 11 barges

Harland & Wolff may be best known as the builder of the ill-fated transatlantic liner RMS Titanic, but these days its sights are set on somewhat different markets. It has just been

National Security Cutter

Ingalls Shipbuilding christens NSC 10

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) christened the Legend-class national security cutter (NSC) Calhoun (WMSL 759) June 4 in a ceremony at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. Calhoun (WMSL 759) is named to

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