VIDEO: World’s first floating offshore wind farm starts operation

OCTOBER 18, 2017 — Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating offshore wind farm, has started to deliver electricity to the Scottish grid. Operated by Statoil in partnership with Masdar, the 30 MW

Norwegian Cruise Line retrofits two more ships with scrubbers

OCTOBER 18, 2017 — Norwegian Cruise Line now has eight cruise ships equipped with Exhaust Gas Cleaning systems, following the successful retrofitting of scrubbers on two of its ships, Norwegian Sun and

Master fined after ship grounds at Rathlin Island

OCTOBER 18, 2017 — The captain of a Dutch motor vessel that ran aground at Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, has been fined £1,000 (about $1,320) at Armagh Magistrate’s Court after pleading guilty

Schottel delivers first thruster with new ProAnode

OCTOBER 18, 2017 — The first Rudderpropeller with Schottel’s newly developed and patented ProAnode has left the company’s Doerth, Germany, factory. According to Schottel, the new anode provides higher standards of corrosion

SEACOR units join Puerto Rico recovery efforts

OCTOBER 18, 2017 — Fort Lauderdale, FL, headquartered SEACOR Holdings (SEACOR) (NYSE:CKH) reports that three of its units have been awarded contracts to help expedite Puerto Rico’s recovery from the recent hurricanes.

Wärtsilä 34DF engines picked for four LNG carriers

OCTOBER 18, 2017 — Four new 174 cu.m LNG carrier vessels being built at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in China will each be fitted with four Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel generating sets running

Newport News gets submarine contract worth potential $385 million

OCTOBER 17, 2017 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has received a $59.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy for planning and executing the overhaul of

Pasha Hawaii provides Jones Act ship for Puerto Rico relief efforts

OCTOBER 17, 2017 — Honolulu, Hawaii-based Pasha Hawaii has announced that it will be providing the U.S. Jones Act vessel Horizon Spirit to ship hundreds of containers from the U.S. West Coast

Gulf Island picks Rapp to supply key Regional Research Vessel systems

OCTOBER 17, 2017 — Rapp Marine has been selected by Gulf Island Shipyard, LLC, as the Overboard Handling System Single Source Vendor (OHS SSV) for Oregon State University’s (OSU) 193 ft x

Liberia launches computer based cyber and ship security training

OCTOBER 17, 2017 — The Liberian Registry has launched a Cyber and Ship Security Computer Based Training (CBT) program. It provides a comprehensive overview of cyber-security issues, including malware, network security, identity

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