Aiming to take the Oceanbird wind power solution to commercial reality, Alfa Laval and Wallenius have finalized their previously announced joint venture on the wing sail project for wind propulsion. On November
SWITCH Maritime reports that its hydrogen fuel cell powered ferry Sea Change successfully completed a world first-of-its kind hydrogen fueling on November 18 at the Bellingham, Wash., All American Marine shipyard. The
Oslo-headquartered short-sea RO/RO specialist UECC has taken delivery of the world’s first dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid PCTC. To be named Auto Advance, it is the first in a series of three newbuild
In a move that is expected to bring hundreds of jobs to Jacksonville, Fla., Fincantieri Marine Systems North America is to expand its ship repair operations on the U.S. East Coast. Aimed
Four new offshore wind farm crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to be built at Blount Boats for American Offshore Services (AOS) will be powered by quad Volvo Penta IPS drives. Each 30-meter (99-feet)
Current barriers to the uptake of hydrogen as a ship’s fuel include the difficulties and costs of its production, distribution and on board storage. However, by producing hydrogen on board using readily
Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat Builders Inc. (MBB) and naval architect and marine engineering firm Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL) have developed new battery hybrid tugboat design, the ElectRA 3000-H. This design has been
Last week’s meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC 77) once again demonstrated that the IMO is too often a place where dreams go to die and
Mark Martecchini has been elected as the 16th president of Webb Institute. Effective July 1, 2022, he will succeed R. Keith Michel who has served as Webb’s president for the past nine
South Fork Wind has received its Record of Decision from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), successfully reaching a critical milestone in the federal environmental review.