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NAVSEA awards VT Halter $2.9 million CHAMP award

VT Halter Marine, Inc. has won a Naval Sea Systems contract worth nearly $2.9 million. VT Halter Marine was one of four U.S.-based companies awarded a contract under the Common Hull Auxiliary

Project aims to ease path to wind-assisted ship propulsion

ABS and Netherlands based research institute MARIN have launched a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to investigate transparent and validated methods to assess the performance of wind-assisted shipping propulsion technologies. The JIP covers

U.K. frigate deters Iranian interference with BP tanker

A U.K. Royal Navy frigate has blocked an attempt by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to interfere with the passage of a BP Shipping tanker through the Strait of Hormuz. According to

Eight Great Lakes Towing tugs get Sub M certificates

The Great Lakes Towing Company reports that eight of its tugs, more than a quarter of its active harbor towing fleet, have received U. S. Coast Guard Certificates of Inspection. The Cleveland,

Titan completes world’s largest-yet LNG bunkering operation

The world’s largest and most powerful semi-submersible crane vessel — Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir — is about to begin its 45 day maiden voyage to Spain, after being supplied with 3,000 metric

Gondan delivers world’s most powerful 36 m hybrid icebreaking tug

The Port of Luleå, Sweden, has taken delivery of the 36 meter hybrid icebreaker tug Vilja from Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan. Vilja is a TundRA 3600–H, icebreaking escort tug designed by Robert

Swedish electric ferry gets superfast charging upgrade

State owned Swedish power company Vattenfall has cooperated with electric propulsion specialist Echandia Marine to develope a new solution to provide fast charging for ferries and other electric vessels. The “Power as

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Feds seize MSC drug bust box ship

Mediterranean Shipping Company could forfeit a 10,766 TEU containership involved in a record cocaine seizure. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the cocaine had a street value of $1.3 billion. According

Resolve partners with Bibby on Jones Act compliant offshore wind solutions

Resolve Marine Group, Inc., an international marine services provider with its headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Bibby Marine Services, a U.K.-based “Walk to Work”

Rhode Island Fast Ferry takes delivery of second Gladding-Hearn cat

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass. has delivered a second high-speed passenger ferry for Rhode Island Fast Ferry, Inc. It will enter service between Quonset Point, R.I., and Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., alongside

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