Former NCIS agent gets 12 year prison term

OCTOBER 15, 2016 — John Bertrand Beliveau II, 47, a former Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) supervisory special agent, was sentencedto 144 months in prison, Friday, for his role in the corruption

MARAD looks at Merchant Marine “shipboard climate”

OCTOBER 14, 2016 — The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has taken another step in its efforts to come to grips with problems that led to the suspension earlier this year of  the

Cat to power four Carnival LNG-fueled cruise ships

OCTOBER 14, 2016 — Four LNG fueled cruise ships on order for Carnival Corporation at Meyer Werft’s Papenburg, Germany, and Turku, Finland, shipyards will be powered by Caterpillar Marine MaK 16 M

Euronav makes two newbuild VLCCs a year younger

OCTOBER 14, 2016 — Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN) reports that it reached an agreement with shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries South Korea to defer the delivery of two VLCC ex-yard

Wartsila to power Mediterranean’s first gas-fueled ferry

OCTOBER 14, 2016—A new Ropax vessel under construction at LaNaval shipyard in Spain will be the Mediterranean’s first gas-fueled ferry and will feature an extensive array of Wärtsilä propulsion equipment and Liquefied

ONR sponsors barnacle busting hydrogel research

OCTOBER 14, 2016 — Individually, barnacles may be tiny, but when clustered in thick clumps on a vessel’s hull as biofouling they can slow the ship and increase its fuel consumption by

Vard hooks aquaculture equipment maker

OCTOBER 13, 2016 — Fincantieri’s Vard subsidiary is acquiring Storvik Aqua AS, a leading supplier of aquaculture industry feeding, measurement and control solutions, with operations in Norway, Chile and Scotland, and long

Peter Georgiopolous steps down as Genco Chairman

OCTOBER 13, 2016 — Just days after three of its largest shareholders agreed to buy up to $125 million of its shares, dry bulk operator Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE:GNK)) announced

Damen takes wraps of expedition cruise ship design

OCTOBER 13, 2016 — Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled its recently finished Expedition Cruise Vessel design, developed in partnership with Expedition Voyage Consultants Ltd and Danish naval architect firm Knud E. Hansen.

Kobe Steel in crank throw strength breakthrough

OCTOBER 13, 2016 — With ships being being equipped with larger propellers that rotate at lower speeds, engine strokes have become longer and therefore crank throws — a key component in marine

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