Tidewater continues to deal with depressed market

“We are executing on the plan we laid out on the first quarter call after reassessing our business outlook as a result of the pandemic,” said Quintin Kneen, President and CEO of

Electric Boat awarded $9.4 billion Columbia Class SSBN contract

General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., has been awarded a $9,473,511,245 contract modification that exercises an option for the construction and testing of SSBN 826 and SSBN 827, the lead and

Jotun set for global launch of solvent-free single coat primer

After three years of success in the Northeast Asian and West European markets, Sandefjord, Norway, headquartered coatings specialist Jotun is ready to launch its proven Jotacote Universal S120 primer to the worldwide

Golden Ray: Responders fix a problem and wait for a weather window

St. Simons Sound Incident Unified Command (UC) responders are monitoring weather forecasts, including the threat of severe weather associated with Tropical Storm Eta, to identify a weather window for cutting and lifting

Gangways play a role in helping new electric ferries conserve power

The five electric double-ended, passenger-only ferries that Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard is building for Norwegian operator Boreal (see earlier story) will each have two gangways supplied by Skodje, Norway, headquartered Undertun Industri. The

Former WSF ferry to be sold at U.S. Marshal’s auction

A retired Washington State Ferries vessel with a long history, the former Evergreen State, is to go on the block in a U.S. Marshal’s auction. Built in 1954 and retired in 2015,

Sanmar Shipyards and Schottel strengthen ties

Spay, Germany, based propulsion specialist Schottel will be the exclusive supplier of thrusters for the 90-tonnes bollard pull Bigaçay class of tugs, designed by Robert Allan Ltd, built by Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards

Marine biofuel testing set to begin at Alfa Laval Test & Training Center

The Alfa Laval training center in Aalborg, Denmark, has been readied to start testing biofuels. While the center plays a key role in Alfa Laval’s own R&D efforts, it is also a

Are “atomic batteries” the path to shipping decarbonization?

Nuclear power could be in commercial maritime’s future, not its past. Even as MARAD continues the long-running decommissioning of the world’s first nuclear merchant ship, the NS Savannah, London-based Core Power (UK)

Royal Arctic Line saves fuel with intelligent IoT technology

Greenland’s Royal Arctic Line is seeing fuel savings of 10% to 15% on its containership Malik Arctica following installation of the Frugal Propulsion intelligent engine management system developed by Aalborg, Denmark, based

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