DECEMBER 20, 2018 — Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB), Freeland, WA, has won a contract to construct two 250-passenger high speed ferries for Kitsap Transit, Bremerton, WA. NBBB reports that the contract
DECEMBER 20, 2018 — Crowley Maritime Corporation reports that Parker Harrison has been appointed to its leadership team as senior vice president of procurement and risk management, effective January 1. Harrison, former
DECEMBER 20, 2018 — Boston Ship Repair LLC, Boston, MA, has been awarded a $10,960,315 contract for a 60 calendar day shipyard availability for the Regular Overhaul Dry Docking (ROH / DD)
DECEMBER 20, 2019 — Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) has booked its first order for an engine equipped with its Low Pressure Exhaust Gas Recirculation (LP-EGR) system. The 7UEC60LSE-Eco-A2-EGR engine has been ordered
DECEMBER 20, 2018 — Tersan Shipyard, Yalova, Turkey, will have a new floating dry dock in operation by the end of February 2019. The dry dock has a length of 284 m
DECEMBER 19, 2019 — The U.S, Coast Guard Marine Safety Center has issued its fifteenth 15th Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to De Nora Water Technologies Texas, LLC, after a
DECEMBER 19, 2018 — New Orleans headquartered offshore service vessel operator Laborde Marine Management, LLC reports that Ashton P. Laborde has been appointed as President of the company effective January 1, 2019.
DECEMBER 19, 2018 — Crowley Maritime Corp. has taken delivery of Taíno, the second of two LNG fueled combination container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) ships, from shipbuilder VT Halter Marine Inc. This major
DECEMBER 19, 2018 — The U.K. Coastguard reports that efforts to refloat a Murmansk Shipping Company bulker that grounded off Cornwall yesterday were successful. Following a combined effort between five harbor tugs
DECEMBER 19, 2018 — By using modern technology like machine learning to create virtual fuel meters, the shipping sector can reduce both its emissions and its fuel consumption, according to Fredrik Ahlgren,