Gondan wins contract for powerful icebreaking escort tug

NOVEMBER 8, 2017 — Spanish shipbuilder Gondan has signed a contract with the Port of Luleå, Sweden, covering construction of a new hybrid-powered 36 m RAL TundRA 3600-H class icebreaking escort tug

Safe Bulkers will install Erma First BWTS fleetwide

NOVEMBER 8, 2017 — Monaco headquartered Safe Bulkers, Inc. (NYSE: SB) reports that it has reached an agreement with the manufacturer to install Erma First ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) in all

Jeffboat plans to lay off 278 workers

NOVEMBER 8, 2017 — In a letter sent November 1 to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, shipbuilder Jeffboat, LLC notified the state that it intended to conduct layoffs at its shipyard

Royal Caribbean to pilot cruise ship fuel cell system

NOVEMBER 8, 2017 — ABB is to deliver what will be the first fuel cell system to provide an energy source for a cruise ship. The 100 kW pilot system will be

Ingalls acquires intelligent Pemamek welding automation systems

NOVEMBER 8, 2017 — Pemamek Ltd., Loimaa, Finland, is delivering hi-tech PEMA welding automation systems to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS. The advanced automation solutions are being supplied as part of Ingalls’ “Shipyard

Latest FORAN build includes major upgrades

NOVEMBER 8, 2017 — As part of its Shipyard 4.0 Digitalization Strategy, Spanish engineering and technology group SENER has upgraded its FORAN CAD/CAM/CAE system. The improvements in the various design packages are

Carnival and Shell ink North American LNG fuel supply agreement

NOVEMBER 8, 2017 — Carnival Cruise Line has signed a framework agreement that will see Shell NA LNG, LLC supply the fuel for its two new LNG-fueled cruise ships, expected to launch

Gibbs & Cox to offer OSD-IMT designs in U.S. market

NOVEMBER 8, 2017 — Arlington, VA, headquartered naval architecture and marine engineering firm Gibbs & Cox, Inc. has entered into a strategic agreement with international ship designer OSD-IMT to offer producible, capable,

VIDEO: Next-gen Wärtsilä stator promises major fuel savings

NOVEMBER 7, 2017 — Wärtsilä is launching an energy saving solution designed to improve fuel efficiency by up to 10 percent by reducing the power losses which occur in the propeller’s slipstream

CMA CGM’s nine 20,000 TEU box ships to be LNG fueled

NOVEMBER 7, 2017 – Marseilles, France, headquartered CGM marked the opening of the 2017 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 23) to announce that it will equip its recently ordered next generation of

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