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VIDEO: Fire gutted Fremantle Highway gets a new name and heads for rebuild

The car carrier Fremantle Highway is set to be rebuilt in China, despite being declared a constructive total loss (CTL) by insurers after being gutted in a long-burning 2023 fire that broke

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Hapag-Lloyd in $4B, 24-ship ordering spree at two Chinese yards

Hapag-Lloyd has signed separate contracts with two Chinese shipyards for a total of 24 new containerships. All will be equipped with state-of-the-art low emission, high pressure LNG dual-fuel engines capable of operation

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Corps awards Superior Marine $30M towboat contract

The Philadelphia Engineer District has awarded Superior Marine Ways Inc., South Point, Ohio, a $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to construct, test and deliver towboats. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received.

Methanol-ready Cat 3500E marine engines win DNV AiP

Caterpillar Marine reports that it has received DNV Approval in Principle for its Cat 3500E methanol-ready marine main and auxiliary engines. The DNV approval and class notation validate Caterpillar Marine’s methanol-ready dual-fuel

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Chevron adds Port Elizabeth to marine lubricants supply network

With no speedy end in sight to the Red Sea crisis, more ships are taking the longer route around the Cape with South African ports seeing an uptick in activity. Against this

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TMC Compressors selected for Canadian Coast Guard AOPS variants

TMC Compressors (TMC) has been contracted by Irving Shipbuilding Inc. to deliver the marine compressed air system for the two newbuild Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) that the shipbuilder is constructing

Fat Leonard gets 15 year prison term

“Fat Leonard” gets 15 years prison, must pay $55M

Leonard Glenn Francis – the “Fat Leonard” who masterminded a bribery and fraud scheme that rocked the Navy, was yesterday sentenced in federal court in San Diego to 180 months in prison.

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Saab’s Autonomous Ocean Core brings new autonomous capability to naval vessels

Autonomous naval vessels will be a hot topic of discussion at this week’s Euronaval event in Paris and Saab’s latest offering in this space is its Autonomous Ocean Core: a ready-to-use autonomous

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Dark fleet suspect arrested in Miami

Taskin Torlak, a 37-year old Turkish national, was arrested in Miami, Nov. 2, and is currently being held in the Miami Federal Detention Center. He has been charged with conspiring to violate

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Wärtsilä adds NextDF tech to its 25DF engine

Wärtsilä has introduced its NextDF feature for the Wärtsilä 25DF dual-fuel engine. While operating on LNG, the NextDF feature reduces methane emissions to less than 2% of fuel use across all load

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