Defiant class patrol boat

Metal Shark expands into Peru

Jeanerette, La., based shipbuilder Metal Shark has announced its expansion into Peru, with a new patrol boat order now in production, and a multiyear co-production agreement recently established with state-operated Peruvian shipyard

First X-Bow polar vessel named, delivered and set to explore

The first in a series of expedition ships being built for Miami headquartered SunStone Ships was named Greg Mortimer in a ceremony held today at China Merchants Heavy Industries (CMHI) shipyard in

Chauncey Naylor named Director of Resolve Maritime Academy

The Resolve Marine Group has named Chauncey Naylor as the new Director of its learning arm, the Resolve Maritime Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In this role, he will be responsible for

MacGregor system helps world’s biggest box ship max its TEU capacity

A MacGregor designed cargo system design, combined with a 24 container wide ship design, takes the total container capacity of the world’s largest containership, MSC Gülsün to 23,756 TEU, which is 1,500

Euronav reveals details of IMO 2020 strategy

When the IMO 2020 global fuel sulfur cap kicks in on January 1, 2020, tanker giant Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN) should have no trouble obtaining compliant fuel. It already has 420,000 metric

Schottel delivers propulsion units for BC Ferries battery hybrids

Spay, Germany, headquartered Schottel has delivered propulsion units for two 81 meter road ferries under construction at Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania, for Canada’s BC Ferries. Each will be equipped with two high-efficiency

Forty year old ferry back at work following four-month refit

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass., has just completed a four-month refit of the Cormorant, a ferry that it delivered in 1979. Since then, the vessel has logged thousands of miles under its keel

Treasury sanctions list includes Putin's yachts

U.S. Treasury moves against Iranian controlled shipping network

The U.S.Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has taken action against a large shipping network that, it says, “is directed by and financially supports the Islamic Revolutionary Guard

Conception dive boat fire

NTSB investigates fatal dive boat fire

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a tragic fire that broke out early Monday morning aboard the 75 ft, 1981-built live-aboard dive boat Conception and cost the lives of 34 people.

Clean Marine set to cut scrubber costs

Oslo, Norway, headquartered exhaust gas cleaning system specialist Clean Marine is launching a next generation SOx scrubber that promises big reductions in shipowners’ investment and installation costs as well as lower scrubber

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