Bryan Nichols joins Crowley marine services team

Crowley Shipping reports that Bryan Nichols is moving over to the company’s marine services team as manager, business development. With 30 years of experience, Nichols has built a career helping develop industry-leading

Fuel cell powered pushboat set for 2021 delivery

ABB is to provide a hydrogen fuel cell based power and propulsion solution for a newbuild pushboat planned to be delivered in 2021 to France’s Compagnie Fluviale de Transport, a Sogestran Group

MARAD picks TOTE as Vessel Construction Manager for NSMV program

Maritime Administrator RADM Mark H. Buzby, USN (Ret.) today announced that TOTE Services, Inc. of Jacksonville Fla., has been chosen as the Vessel Construction Manager (VCM) for the newest class of training

Private equity partnership buys green ferry pioneer

Family-owned Norwegian company Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab (DSD) is sell its ferry and express boat company Norled to a private equity consortium. Norled has been a green ferry pioneer. It owns the world’s

MEPC 84 takeaways

No surprises from IMO MEPC 74 session

When IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 74) met in London last week, protesters from Extinction Rebellion symbolically rearranged deck chairs outside IMO HQ while playing Titanic themed music. Apparently that did

Partnership aims to develop OSV operation “game changer”

Kongsberg Maritime, ship operator DOF ASA and Norwegian research organizations SINTEF Ocean and NORCE have formed a partnership to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions for complex offshore operations, while streamlining

Incat gets order for world’s largest aluminum hulled ship

Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd has secured a contract to build what it says will be the world’s largest aluminum ship for longstanding customer Buquebus. According to Australian media reports, the

LNG fueled RoPax features MAN propulsion package

China’s Jinling Shipyard has ordered four MAN 51/60DF engines for a 230 m RoPax it is building for German ferry operator TT-Line under a contract that contains an option for a second

Conrad christens fourth Young Brothers tug

Conrad Shipyard recently christened the oceangoing tug Kāpena Bob Purdy for Young Brothers Ltd., of Honolulu, Hawaii, a subsidiary of Foss Maritime Company. The ceremony was held at Conrad’s Amelia shipyard in

Norway hits Greek-owned cruise ship with $80,000 sulfur fine

The Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) has hit a Greek owned cruise ship that violated new sulfur emissions limits with with a NOK 700,000 ($80,000) fine. The ship, the MS Magellan, is operated

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