LNG-fueled OSV to replace one generator with batteries

MAY 26, 2017 — Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with Eidesvik Offshore to install a hybrid system with batteries on board of its vessel Viking Princess. It will become the first offshore

Marcon brokers sale of deck barge by Canadian owner

MAY 26, 2017 — Marcon International, Inc. reports that it has brokered the sale by McKeil-Malaspina Ltd. of Burlington, Canada of the 300′ x 90′ x 20′ ocean ballastable deck barge MM-300

OOCL France now largest vessel to transit Panama Canal

MAY 25, 2017 — Yesterday, less than a month after the previous record was set, the Panama Canal welcomed the Neopanamax container vessel OOCL France, making it the largest capacity vessel to

ABS gains another customer for NS workboat app

MAY 25, 2017 — ABS has gained another customer for the newly launched ABS Nautical Systems mobile application developed for workboats in the inland and coastal waterways. “Bering Marine Corp / Alaska

Vietnam Coast Guard takes delivery of Metal Shark patrol boats

MAY 25, 2017 — Six new military patrol boats built by Louisiana shipbuilder Metal Shark have been delivered to the Vietnam Coast Guard. The welded-aluminum Metal Shark 45-foot Defiant pilothouse patrol vessels

New harbor tug to have twin Veth Z-drives

MAY 25, 2017 — Barbour JB Shipyard in St. Louis, MO, has laid the keel for a new harbor tug that will be powered by Veth Z-drives. Designed by Sterling Marine, the

Noble drillship gets latest Sonardyne DP reference tech

MAY 25, 2017 — Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation plc, has selected acoustically-aided inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne Inc., Houston, for its ultra-deep water drillship Noble Globetrotter I. The Marksman DP-INS system

MV Werften lays keels for two Crystal River Cruises vessels

MAY 25, 2017 — Crystal River Cruises yesterday moved forward with the expansion of its “Rhine Class” fleet of river vessels. The keels were laid for the company’s next two new-builds, Crystal

Nor Lines and R-R sign “Power-by-the-Hour” service agreement

MAY 25, 2017 — Stavanger, Norway, headquartered Nor Lines has signed a groundbreaking “Power-by-the-Hour” service agreement with Rolls-Royce. It covers the two LNG fueled vessels Kvitbjørn and Kvitnos. The new service harnesses

Ro/Ro duo to have Wartsila propellers and shaft generators

MAY 25, 2017 — Wärtsilä is to supply controllable pitch propellers and Power Take Off / Power Take Home (PTO/PTH) shaft generator systems for two new Ro/Ro vessels being built by Croatian

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