First in a new series of Navy tugs launched

The first of a series of six new Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL) Z-Tech 4500 design tugs for the U.S. Navy (YT 808) was successfully launched by the Dakota Creek Industries shipyard in

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Senate Armed Services Committee adds $1.4 billion to Navy shipbuilding budget

U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, yesterday announced that the committee had advanced the National Defense Authorization Act for

VIDEO: Alfa Laval launches PureSOx Express

For vessels in the 40,000–65,000 DWT size range, such as handymax bulkers or product tankers, the cost of installing a SOx scrubber has sometimes outweighed the benefits. Now Alfa Laval is offering

VIDEO: Five steps to take to protect seafarers’ mental health

Protection & Indemnity (P&I) insurers American Club and Eagle Ocean Marine are urging the industry to step up care of seafarers’ mental health. They have just released a video giving advice on

Navy mobilizes reservists to public shipyards

Faced with an aircraft and submarine maintenance backlog at its four public shipyards, the Navy is mobilizing 1,629 reservists to the yards starting in July. The backlog has developed due to the

Knud E. Hansen introduces sanitized expedition ship design

Danish naval architectural consultancy Knud E. Hansen’s latest design is a 150 meter expedition cruise vessel that can accommodate up to 400 passengers and has a range of approximately 6,500 nautical miles.

Stena Bulk’s next-gen product tanker aims for big GHG emission cuts

A prototype next-generation product and chemical tanker developed by Stena Bulk, the IMOFlexMax, is designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25% compared to current modern product tankers. Designed by

C-Job designs new GLDD dredge for ease of build

The trailing suction hopper dredge ordered at Conrad Shipyards by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is being built to a basic design by Netherlands-headquartered C-Job Naval Architects, C-Job says the TSHD design

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Seaspan Shipyards adds Ontario yards into its bid to build Canada’s polar icebreaker

Canada’s Seaspan Shipyards (Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd.) has entered a teaming arrangement with Heddle Shipyards (Heddle Marine Service Inc.) to compete for the contract to build the Canadian Coast Guard’s future polar

New Albacora Group freezer-seiner features Schottel SCP

Spain’s Albacora Group, which operates the largest tuna fishing fleet in the European Union, recently commissioned its newest vessel, Galerno Lau. Built at Vigo-based shipyard Astilleros Armón, the 95.1 meters long by

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