Hanwha Philly Shipyard CEO

New leadership in place at Hanwha Philly Shipyard

Korea’s Hanwha Group formally completed its $100 million acquisition of what is now Hanwha Philly Shipyard on December 19, 2024. New leadership is now in place, with David Kim taking the role

Hornbeck vessel

Hornbeck awarded $48.3M Navy contract

Hornbeck Offshore Operators, Covington, La., has been awarded a $48,360,544 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220525C4134) for the operation and maintenance of four government-owned Transportation Auxiliary General Submarine Escort (T-AGSE) vessels. The vessels under this

Nexus

VIDEO: Damen upgrades Van Oord cable layer Nexus

Rotterdam-headquartered Van Oord has installed selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems on its 2014-built cable-laying vessel Nexus, making it fully IMO Tier III compliant. The work was carried out by the vessel’s original

survey vessel contract signing

Strategic Marine books order for advanced survey vessel

Australia’s Odyssey Group has placed an order at Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine covering the construction of a 24-meter state-of-the-art multi-purpose survey vessel. Tailored to meet Odyssey Group’s specific operational needs, the vessel

EMYN wimd farm CTV

LD Tide picked to provide EMYN wind farm CTV

After an international tender, Siemens Gamesa has selected Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ LD Tide joint venture with Tidal Transit to supply a crew transfer vessel (CTV) for the operation and maintenance services of

Round Table concerned about seafarer treatment

Shipping Round Table raises concerns on unjust treatment of seafarers

The Round Table of International Shipping Organizations is increasingly concerned about a rise in the unjust treatment and criminalization of seafarers. The chairpersons of the Round Table’s four member organizations — BIMCO,

drone deliveries

Brazil’s Wilson Sons tests drone deliveries in Port of Salvador

In a first in Brazil, Wilson Sons has started testing drone deliveries and pickups to and from vessels in the Port of Salvador. The drones it is using are owned by Sao

ship to fit voyage optimization solutuin

G2 Ocean to adopt StormGeo voyage optimization fleetwide

Bergen, Norway-headquartered G2 Ocean is to deploy StormGeo’s voyage optimization solution across its fleet of 120 vessels. The new agreement builds on the success of a long-term collaboration between the two companies.

SX250

VIDEO: New Ulstein SX250 is an offshore wind cost cutter

Offshore wind farms are currently serviced using crew transfer vessels (CTVs) or helicopters for day operations, and service operation vessels (SOVs) for extended periods. Aiming to reduce costs, Ulstein has developed the

One Big Beautiful Bill

Jones Act and Fagan firing in the spotlight at maritime infrastructure hearing

The House Coast Guard and Maritime Infrastructure Subcommittee held its first hearing under the chairmanship of Subcommittee Chairman Mike Ezell (R.-Miss) on Feb. 5. Entitled “America Builds: Maritime Infrastructure,” the hearing covered

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