AUGUST 24, 2017 — The first containership to be converted to LNG propulsion has successfully completed its first LNG bunkering in Bremerhaven, Germany. The ship, Wessels Reederei’s 1,036 TEU containership Wes Amelie,
AUGUST 24, 2017 — Wärtsilä and ABB have signed an agreement to expand their cooperation in lifecycle service offerings. ABB has granted Wärtsilä Authorized Service Provider status for standard maintenance of ABB
AUGUST 24, 2017 — Back in May, Honolulu-based Pasha Hawaii announced that it had selected the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, TX, to build two new LNG fueled Jones Act containerships, with
AUGUST 23, 2017 — Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX) reports that a subsidiary of Matson Navigation Company, Inc. has signed contracts with Paceco Corporation for the purchase of three new 65 long-ton capacity
AUGUST 23, 2017 — In another example of shipping companies looking for new ways to leverage big data, Maersk Tankers reports that it has entered an equity agreement with a Boston, MA, based
AUGUST 23, 2017 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been selected to repair the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) when it returns to
AUGUST 23, 2017 — Subsea Industries’ Ecospeed hull protection system will be applied to the hull of the 15,000 gt RRS Sir David Attenborough, the polar research ship under construction at the
AUGUST 23, 2017 — A federal grand jury in Portland, Maine, returned a nine-count indictment yesterday charging the manager and owner of a 2016-built Liberian flagged bulker with offenses related to the vessel’s Oil
AUGUST 23, 2017 — London’s MBNA Thames Clippers has added two more fast ferries to its expanding fleet. Built by Britain’s Wight Shipyard Co., the 35 meter low-wash catamarans Mercury Clipper and
AUGUST 23, 2017 — Adm. Scott Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, today relieved the commander of Seventh Fleet, Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, due to a loss of confidence in his ability