The Hidrovias river pusher tugs operate with Wärtsilä 20 engines often in remote locations, making efficient service support essential.

Hidrovias signs up 2 pusher tugs for Wärtsilä optimized maintenance

South American river transportation specialist Hidrovias do Brasil has signed seven-year optimized maintenance agreements with Wärtsilä to support the operations of two river pusher tugs operating in Northern Brazil. The vessels operate

ship alongside at pier following seizure

U.S. seizes sanctions busting tanker

U.S. authorities have yet to lay their hands on the alleged owner and operator of a tanker at the center of a sanctions busting scheme, but they have the ship. On Friday,

Cutrrent busters are used to help deal with oil pollution

Golden Ray: Oil discharge follows latest cut

The St. Simons Sound Incident Response reports that wreck removal personnel separated Section Six from the remainder of the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray on Friday. However, during weight-shedding

Hybrid electric SES CTV at sea

BV classes world’s first hybrid SES crew transfer vessel

Bureau Veritas has classified the world’s first hybrid-powered surface effect ship (SES), the CWind Pioneer. Built at the U.K.’s Wight Shipyard, the 22 meter long x 8.9 meter beam crew transfer vessel

Israeli TV news says attack involved drone

Was Israel-connected ship hit by drone attack?

A Liberian-flagged product tanker was today sailing under the control of its crew and with a U.S. Navy escort after being involved in an incident yesterday in which two of those on

Berthing barge alongside at Halter Marine shipyard

Halter Marine to build 5th Navy berthing barge

The Navy has exercised a contract option worth $41 million that will see Pascagoula, Miss., shipbuilder Halter Marine build a fifth Auxiliary Personnel Lighter–Small (APL(S)) 67 Class berthing and messing barge. The

Fireboats fight Bonhomme Richard fire

Navy charges Bonhomme Richard sailor in relation to fire that gutted ship

The Navy has filed charges against a sailor for allegedly deliberately starting the fire last year that quickly spread and gutted much of the interior of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard

Concept illustration of ORCHESTRA

Inmarsat tunes up for the future of communications

Over the next five years, mobile communications giant Inmarsat is to invest $100 million into what it says will be the largest ever transformation of its services, creating “the communications network of

Green ammonia infographic

Exmar and fertilizer giant aim to put ammonia-fueled ship on water by 2025

Antwerp, Belgium, headquartered gas carrier operator Exmar is partnering with Canadian fertilizer producer Nutrien to deploy an ammonia-fueled vessel by as early as 2025. The vessel would be fueled by low-carbon ammonia

Jack-up WTIV vessel

New WTIV to feature Wärtsilä propulsion system

The first of two new wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) under construction at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co shipyard for Norway’s OHT ASA will feature a Wärtsilä integrated propulsion and

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