NTSB report report implicates cell phone use

Cell phone use and fatigue: $810K tow strike on moored barges

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report on an April 17, 2024, incident involving the 170-foot American Commercial Barge Line towboat William B Klunk. As in many other reports involving

Rolls-Royce Naval Populsors business acquisition included popeller foundy

FMD celebrates its acquisition of Rolls-Royce Naval Propulsors business

Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, has finalized its acquisition of the Rolls-Royce Naval Propulsors business. This milestone was celebrated at the newly acquired Pascagoula, Miss., foundry,

Seabound onboard carbon capture solution will be installed on Hartman cement carrier UBC Cork

Seabound onboard carbon capture will be key to innovative cement carrier project

U.K.-based marine carbon capture innovator Seabound reports that it has launched a first-of-its-kind onboard carbon capture project on a 12,000 dwt cement carrier The project is being carried out in partnership with

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WinGD X-DF-A in ammonia-fueled engine world first

Taking ammonia engines into a shipbuilding reality, CSSC’s Swiss-headquartered WinGD subsidiary has become the first engine designer to have an ammonia-fueled two-stroke marine engine delivered and installed. The X52DF-A engine in question

Seroka talks tariff whipsaw effect

Tariff “whipsaw effect’’ boosts Port of LA June cargo numbers to new record

As we reported earlier, the impact of tariffs saw May cargo volumes at the Port of Los Angeles hit a ten year low. Yesterday, the port reported that what it termed a

Nexans Ultra arrives at Ulstein

Hull of next-gen Nexans Electra cable layer now at Ulstein Verft

The hull of the state-of-the-art DP3 cable-laying vessel Nexans Electra arrived at Ulstein Verft on July 5 from the Crist shipyard in Poland. This marks the start of the outfitting and completion

offshore drilling gets a boost from OBBBA

What’s in OBBBA for offshore?

With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) now signed into law, industries and their trade associations are either finding much in it to like, or not. So what’s in it for

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Noem cancels contracts with ESG for two Offshore Patrol Cutters

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Friday that she was canceling the contracts for two of the four U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) on order at Eastern Shipbuilding

New Braskem ethane carrier

Braskem takes delivery of its second ethane carrier

Braskem, one of the world’s largest suppliers of chemical and petrochemical products and a global pioneer in large-scale biopolymer production has celebrated the arrival of its new ethane carrier Brave Future. It

Return on investment rocket landing platform receiving Rocket Lab Neutrion rocket

Rocket Lab selects Bollinger for transformation of barge to Neutron landing platform

Long Beach, Calif.-headquartered launch service and space systems specialist Rocket Lab has awarded Bollinger Shipyards a contract to support the build out of an ocean landing platform for its Neutron reusable rocket.

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