Davie delivers first LNG fueled ferry built in North America

AUGUST 16, 2018 — Recently delivered to Canada’s Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ) by Davie Shipbuilding, Lévis, Québec, the 92 m MV Armand-Imbeau II is the first LNG fueled ferry to

ExxonMobil brings mass flow metered bunkering to ARA region

AUGUST 15, 2018 — ExxonMobil has become the first company to supply marine fuel in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region via an independently accredited mass flow metering system (MFMS). ExxonMobil Premium HDME 50

GoM Lease Sale 251: Signs of returning confidence

AUGUST 15, 2018 — Today’s region-wide offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 251 generated $178,069,406 in high bids for 144 tracts covering 801,288 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Yara picks Vard to build its zero-emissions, zero-crew containership

AUGUST 15, 2018 — Norwegian fertilizer giant Yara has signed a shipbuilding contract worth approximately NOK 250 million (about $30 million) with Fincantieri subsidiary Vard for construction of the zero-emission vessel Yara

IMCA: DP vessels can come out of layup better than they went in

AUGUST 15, 2018 — The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has issued a guidance note for member companies considering reactivating their owned and managed dynamically positioned vessels following a period of layup.

NASSCO wins Navy contract worth potential $154.8 million

AUGUST 15, 2018 — General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO), San Diego, California, has been awarded a $147,650,048 firm fixed price contract for the execution of fiscal 2018 modernization period

Norden calls scrubbers “highly attractive” investment

AUGUST 15, 2018 — Danish operator Norden A/S is making a significant investment in scrubbers in preparation for the January 1, 2020 global cap on sulfur emissions from bunker fuel. Norden says

Rolls-Royce gets into battery biz

AUGUST 15, 2018 — Rolls-Royce is launching a lithium-ion battery based energy storage system for ships. The company has been delivering energy storage systems since 2010, however the actual energy storage units

Volvo Penta announces executive team changes

AUGUST 15, 2018 — Volvo Penta reports that Peter Granqvist will take up the position of Senior Vice President for Product Development, Planning and Purchasing on September 1, succeeding Johan Inden. Granqvist

VIDEO: Marine energy kite completes initial commissioning trials

AUGUST 14, 2018 — One way to harness ocean energy? Go fly a kite. If you are standing on a beach, flying a kite in the wind, you will feel lift force

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