Kongsberg pushes ahead on digitalization

Kongsberg is combining Kongsberg Digital’s two maritime divisions, its Maritime Digital Solutions unit and its Maritime Simulation hub, into one brand: Digital Ocean. It says the combination will enabling the synergies required

InfraStrata buys Appledore Shipyard and puts the H&W brand on it

InfraStrata plc (AIM: INFA), the U.K. infrastructure project specialist that bought the assets of Northern Ireland shipbuilder Harland & Wolff reports that it has acquired another U.K. yard, Appledore Shipyard located in

USCG icebreaker Healy suffers fire, propulsion failure

The U.S. Coast Guard reports that its polar icebreaker Healy (WAGB-20) suffered a fire in one of its main propulsion motors Aug. 18 while underway for operations in the Arctic. No injuries

Damen makes rapid ASD tug newbuild delivery

On August 14, Damen Shipyards Gorinchem, in the Netherlands, held a naming ceremony for the Peter Wessels, a new 28-meter ASD tug — just four months after the shipbuilding contract was signed

Bath Iron Works union members back at work

Members of IAM Local S6 are back at work at shipbuilder GD Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, after voting 87% to ratify a three-year collective bargaining agreement. Union members started back at

Wakashio officers “could face 60 years prison”

Yesterday, after being moved to a sea area designated by the Mauritius authorities, the forepart of the ill-fated Panamanian-flag bulker Wakashio was scuttled, almost exactly one month after its July 25 grounding

Expanding into steel, Austal USA buys additional land and dry dock

Following an earlier announcement that its Mobile, Alabama facilities will be expanded to build steel ships, Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) reports the execution of a conditional agreement to purchase additional waterside land and

More on the Somali pirate hijacking that wasn’t

There’s now further confirmation that an incident that at first indicated that the Panama-flagged chemical vessel Aegean II (IMO: 9016911) had been hijacked off the Horn of Africa was something different. EU

Pollution and salvage response follows deadly dredge fire and explosion

Coast Guard crews and partner agencies continued pollution and salvage response Sunday, following a fire and explosion that rocked the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday after the dredging vessel Waymon L

Japan’s e5 Lab to develop standard series of electric ships

Tokyo-headquartered e5 Lab Inc. has started developing standard models for a series of electrically powered vessels called ROBOSHIP along with an integrated system called the ROBOSHIP BOX, that brings together telecommunications, the

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