Princess Cruises names Yao Ming and Ye Li as Cruise Ambassadors

JUNE 21, 2017 — Princess Cruises reports that Yao Ming and his wife, Ye Li, will serve as Inaugural Cruise Ambassadors for Princess Cruises in China and officially name the new Majestic

Damen to build 19 vessels for Russian Far East project cargoes

JUNE 21, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Group has won an order to build 19 specially customized shallow draft vessels for German heavy lift specialist Combi Lift. The vessels will be used to

MTU Friederichshafen has new “green” paint shop

JUNE 21, 2017 — Rolls-Royce Power Systems is putting a new paint shop into operation at its MTU Plant 2 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The new shop will make painting operations more efficient

Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven keeps busy as it preps for new projects

JUNE 20, 2017 — Work on four cruise ships has kept Germany’s Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven GmbH, now owned by Malaysian-based Genting Group, busy in the past few months as it gears up

Svitzer tug becomes world’s first remotely operated commercial vessel

JUNE 20, 2017 — Rolls-Royce and global towage operator Svitzer have successfully demonstrated the world’s first remotely operated commercial vessel in Copenhagen harbor, Denmark. Earlier this year, one of Svitzer’s tugs, the

Petrobras settles suit with Vanguard Group

JUNE 20, 2017—The board of directors of Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras has approved an agreement to settle a shareholder lawsuit brought in U.S. Federal Court by The Vanguard Group, one of

Only minor damage to box ship that collided with USS Fitzgerald

JUNE 19, 2017 — ACX Crystal, the containership that collided with the USS Fitzgerald on June 17, arrived at Oi Terminal in Tokyo the next day and started unloading. The Philippine-flag ship

BAE Systems cuts time of RN minesweeper refits

JUNE 19, 2017 — BAE Systems reports that a U.K. Royal Navy minesweeper, HMS Brocklesby, has begun her sea trials program, a significant milestone in her overaul period, four months earlier than

Another prison term handed down in GDMA bribery scandal

JUNE 19, 2017 — Retired U.S. Navy Captain Michael Brooks, 59, of Fairfax Station, Virginia, was sentenced in federal court June 16 to 41 months in prison for his role in the

Two more LNG carriers to have ME-GI engines

JULY 19, 2017 — Haugesund, Norway, headquartered Knutsen OAS Shipping has ordered four MAN B&W 5G70ME-GI engines with EGR systems in connection with the construction of two 180,000 cu.m LNG tanker newbuildings.

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