Mobil Delvac provides outstanding protection for towboat engine

JUNE 28, 2017 — ExxonMobil says that an inspection of one of two Cummins KTA38 main engines on a U.S. inland waterways vessel showed that Mobil Delvac 1 ESP 5W-40 engine oil

Maersk: Cyber attack “contained,” ships safe

JUNE 28, 2017 — Despite many Maersk operations being hit by yesterday’s wave of ransom ware attacks the group said this morning that it had “contained” the issue and that “Maersk Line

Three shipping executives indicted in car carrier price fixing case

JUNE 27, 2017 — An indictment of three shipping executives was unsealed in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, the Department of Justice announced today. Anders Boman, Arild Iversen, and Kai Kraass have

PSV to get batteries and a five year Statoil contract

JUNE 27, 2017 — A SolstadFarstad ASA platform supply vessel is to be installed with an energy storage system, gaining it the DNV-GL notation “Battery Power.” The upgrade is being made under

Powerful new Schottel Rudderpropeller can be installed afloat

JUNE 27, 2017 — Schottel has successfully tested a powerful new thruster. It can be installed afloat, making it ideal for vessels that cannot be docked easily because of their size or

Huntington Ingalls appoints Chief Information Systems Officer

JUNE 27, 2017 — America’s largest military shipbuilding company is beefing up its cyber security. Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Ron A. Davis has joined the company as chief information systems

IRClass and Indian Coast Coast Guard ink MOU

JUNE 27, 2017 — Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed earlier this month, the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) is to capture and maintain refit and fatigue analysis data in respect

Kawasaki Heavy cancels Island Offshore order

JUNE 27, 2017 — Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries has canceled an offshore vessel order placed in 2014 (see earlier story) by Island Offshore, in which the Chouest and Ulstein families are

Continental Maritime awarded $37.7 million CG65 contract

JUNE 27, 2017 — Huntington Ingalls Industries subsidiary Continental Maritime of San Diego, San Diego, CA, is being awarded a $37,755,767 firm-fixed-price delivery order under a previously awarded multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract

VIDEO: U.K.’s largest ever warship starts sea trials

JUNE 26, 2017 — HMS Queen Elizabeth, the U.K. Royal Navy’s first QE Class aircraft carrier, set sail from BAE System’s Rosyth shipyard today to commence first stage sea trials off the

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