Vard wins contract to build all electric car/passenger ferry

JANUARY 5, 2018 — Vard has secured a contract for the construction of a car and passenger ferry for Norwegian public transportation provider Boreal that features a fully electrical battery solution for

Administration seeks to open up more areas for offshore drilling

JANUARY 5, 2018 — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced what he called “the next step for responsibly developing the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program

Administration seeks to open 90% of OCS to offshore drilling

JANUARY 5, 2018 — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has announced what he called “the next step for responsibly developing the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program

S.D. Standard Drilling PSV awarded North Sea contract

JANUARY 4, 2018 — Limassol, Cyprus, headquartered S.D. Standard Drilling Plc (SDSD) reports that Standard Supplier, one of its five large, wholly owned platform supply vessels (PSVs), has been awarded a one-well

Viking Line set new passenger, car carriage records in 2017

JANUARY 4, 2018 — Åland, Finland, headquartered Baltic ferry specialist Viking Line carried the highest number of passengers in its history last year: 6,881,149 or nearly 6 per cent more than the

TMS Cardiff Gas orders LNG carrier with X-DF propulsion

JANUARY 4, 2018 — Athens, Greece-headquartered TMS Cardiff Gas has signed a contract with South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of one 174,000 m3 LNG carrier with an

Envirocleanse inTank BWTS completes Type Approval testing

JANUARY 4, 2018 — Envirocleanse LLC, a division of Charter Brokerage, a Berkshire Hathaway company, reports that its patented inTank ballast water treatment system has completed all land-based and shipboard testing. Envirocleanse

Irish Continental orders cruise ferry at FSG

JANUARY 3, 2018 — Irish Continental Group plc — the parent of Irish Ferries — has placed an order worth €165.2 million (about $198 million) with German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesselschaft & Co.

Wärtsilä to retrofit DP3 construction vessel with energy storage system

JANUARY 3, 2018 — Wärtsilä is to retrofit the 160.9 m x 30 m North Sea Giant, one of the world’s largest and most advanced subsea construction vessels, with an energy storage

BAE Systems Norfolk wins $41.6 million Navy contract

JANUARY 3, 2018 — BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair has received a $41.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79). The Oscar Austin

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