Florida megayacht yard project moves ahead

Derecktor Shipyards reports that it is moving ahead at full speed on its plans to convert the nearly 100-year-old Port of Fort Pierce, Fla., into a full-service repair and refit facility for

Hong Kong shipping companies hit with U.S. sanctions

The U.S. yesterday imposed sanctions on six entities—Reach Holding Group (Shanghai) Company Ltd.; Reach Shipping Lines; Delight Shipping Co., Ltd.; Gracious Shipping Co. Ltd.; Noble Shipping Co. Ltd.; and Supreme Shipping Co.

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding LNG FGSS gains Bureau Veritas AIP

Classification society Bureau Veritas has granted Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. an approval in principle is for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel gas supply system (FGSS) for marine four-stroke dual fuel engines.

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NTSB set to vote on findings on deadly dive boat fire

The National Transportation Safety Board is scheduled to conduct a board meeting October 20, 2020, at 1 p.m. (EST), to consider the agency’s investigation of the fatal, September 2, 2019, fire aboard

Harvey Gulf opts for Wärtsilä for latest PSV battery retrofits

New Orleans headquartered Harvey Gulf International Marine has selected Wärtsilä Energy Storage Systems (ESS) for the four further Harvey Energy class dual-fuel platform supply vessels it is to retrofit with batteries (see

U.K.’s first hybrid crew transfer vessels feature Volvo Penta technology

Two hybrid crew transfer vessels on order for operator MHO-Co A/S, Ejsberg, Denmark, to serve Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm off the U.K. coast will be powered by innovative technology developed

American Cruise Lines rolls out American Melody

American Cruise Lines, Guilford, Conn., reports that just two months after accepting delivery of the American Jazz, its next new ship is already being readied for launch at its affiliate, Chesapeake Shipbuilding

Bouchard Transportation: What went wrong?

A filing in the Bouchard Transportation Co. Chapter 11 bankruptcy case paints a sobering picture of how one of America’s longest established maritime companies found itself plunged into a liquidity crisis, falling

Scorpio sells three Ultramax bulkers in a single week

Continuing its drive to transition into offshore wind vessels, Emanuele Lauro’s Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (NYSE: SALT) today said that it had entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to sell

Golden Ray salvage gets back on track

Efforts to remove the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray from St. Simons Sound, Ga., look to be getting back on track. On October 7, the Unified Command working on

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