NTSB report report implicates cell phone use

NTSB issues report on towboat sinking

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on the sinking of the 1968-built towing vessel Tom Bussler, owned by McGinnis Equipment Company, Inc. and operated by National Maintenance & Repair

Boskalis uses Wärtsilä thruster solutions in crane vessel project

Wärtsilä has committed to a demanding delivery schedule for a thruster solution that will enable Netherlands-based Boskalis to convert an existing hull to create the crane vessel Bokalift 2. The DP2 crane

Q-LNG gets approvals for larger variants of LNG bunkering ATB

New Orleans headquartered Quality Liquefied Natural Gas Transport (Q-LNG) reports that it has received U.S. Coast Guard design basis acceptance and regulatory approvals to move forward with construction on two variants of

Compact two-stroke SCR gains Class NK approval

A high pressure SCR (selective catalytic reduction system) said to be the most compact of its type on the market has passed Class NK approval testing. MAN Energy Solutions first introduced the

CDFW boat will be based on boat delivered to RExas

VIDEO: All American Marine completes 80-foot patrol vessel for Texas Parks and Wildlife

Bellingham, Wash., based All American Marine, Inc. (AAM) has completed construction and launched an innovative aluminum catamaran that will serve an integral role patrolling both Texas state and federal waters for the

Vane Brothers takes delivery of second Salisbury class tug

Baltimore, Md., headquartered Vane Brothers has taken delivery of the Annapolis, the second of four 3,000-horsepower Salisbury Class push tugs under construction for the company by Chesapeake Shipbuilding Shipbuilders and Naval Architects

BW LPG to retrofit eight ships to LPG dual-fuel operation

Singapore-headquartered gas carrier operator BW LPG this month exercised an option for the delivery of four additional LPG dual-fuel engine retrofits. BW LPG has now committed to retrofit eight Very Large Gas

New Royal Canadian Navy tugs to have MAN propulsion packages

Quebec-based Ocean Industries Inc. has ordered eight MAN 12V175D-MM, IMO Tier III-compliant engines to power four 24-meter ASD tugs on order the Royal Canadian Navy. Under the contract, MAN Energy Solutions will

ABS to class Pacific Gas 99,000 cu.m VLEC duo

Two of the largest Very Large Ethane Carriers ever ordered are now under construction to ABS class for Pacific Gas (Hong Kong) Holdings Limited at China’s Jiangnan Shipyard. The two 99,000 cu.m

KVH supports seafarer wellbeing with free VoIP calls to ISWAN hotline

Seafarers on any vessel with KVH VSAT service can now place free VoIP calls to the ISWAN SeafarerHelp hotline while at sea. The confidential 24-hour hotline is an initiative by ISWAN (the

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