FEBRUARY 20, 2018 — Wärtsilä and Maersk Drilling have joined forces to create a 25-year thruster maintenance strategy for Maersk’s three semi-submersible rigs and four drillships. By reducing the thruster exchange time,
FEBRUARY 20, 2018 — Danish naval architectural specialist OSK-ShipTech has provided the concept design for the four largest ferries thus far ordered. The RoPax cruise ferries are 229.5 m long and 32
FEBRUARY 20, 2018 — Four months after its mid-October 2017 launch of IMO compliant electronic class and statutory certificates, DNV GL reports that more than 50,000 such certificates have been issued. “We
FEBRUARY 19, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $1.43 billion, fixed-price incentive contract for the detail design and construction of LPD 29,
FEBRUARY 19, 2018 — Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, South Carolina, is being awarded a $16,418,40 contract for a 75 calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of USNS
FEBRUARY 19, 2018 — Chesterfield, U.K., based Cathelco has won orders to supply equipment for a number of cruise and commercial vessels on order at European and Far Eastern shipyards. Impressed current
FEBRUARY 19, 2018 — Richard Schiferli, Secretary General of the Paris MOU, says that while the overall results of a recent concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on safety of navigation are encouraging, “continued
FEBRUARY 19, 2018 — Incat Crowther has confirmed Ed Dudson as Managing Director of its U.K. business and as a board member contributing to the company’s overall business direction. Incat Crowther says
FEBRUARY 17, 2018 — Five shipbuilders have each been awarded $15 million Navy contracts to provide conceptual designs for the next generation guided missile frigate (FFG (X)) that will follow the Literal
FEBRUARY 16, 2018 — The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) has sent a Notice of Intent to Award an $8.8 million contract for the construction of a new Maine State Ferry Service