Damen Shipyards has signed a contract with the Dutch ferry joint venture Aqualiner-Swets covering construction of a total of nine passenger vessels. The order follows the Aqualiner-Swets joint venture’s success in winning
Spanish engineering company Marcelo Penna Engineering has joined forces with Dutch offshore transfer system specialist Safeway to design an intelligent Service Operation Vessel and gangway combination that puts a high focus on
As cruise lines prepare to resume sailing under protocols calling for extensive COVID-19 testing of passengers and crew, Torstein Hagen’s Viking Cruises said today that it has completed installation of the first
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that it has received an undefinitized contract award from the U.S. Navy to shift the delivery strategy for the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79),
With the giant twin-gantry, twin-barge catamaran VB-10,000 now on-site in St. Simons Sound, Ga., responders have been taking the final preparatory steps needed as it starts cutting into the capsized car carrier
Newcastle, U.K., headquartered marine engineering and propulsion specialist Royston has introduced a new Vessel Energy Management (VEM) concept designed to help fleet owners identify ever smarter ways to maintain optimum vessel and
With ships evolving into sophisticated sensor hubs, generating data and connecting through satellites in an expanding interconnected web, DNV GL is adding a new chapter to its rules for ship classification: Digital
Dry bulk operators’ association INTERCARGO reports that it has learned that, in a number of instances, charterers in the dry bulk sector have been preventing much needed crew changes from taking place
Former U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Brooks Alonzo Parks has become the latest defendant to receive a prison term in the so called “Fat Leonard Affair” — the wide-ranging corruption and fraud
Theodore, Ala., based Silver Ships Inc. reports that has received a contract award worth from the Naval Sea Systems Command for six Riverine Patrol Boats (RPB). Worth $6.12 million, the Riverine Patrol