Crystal Cruises plans to return SS United States to service

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 — Crystal Cruises says it plans to save “America’s Flagship,” the SS United States, and “embark on the enormous undertaking of bringing the ship into compliance with the latest

Crowley celebrates Alaska safety milestone

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 – Crowley Maritime Corporation’s tanker escort and docking services group in Valdez, AK, is celebrating over seven million man hours and more than six years since logging its last

Aqualis Offshore to do FMEA study for LNG bunkering barge

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 – Offshore marine and engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore, part of Oslo-listed Aqualis ASA, has been contracted by Gas Entec Co. Ltd to provide an engineering study for the 2,200

Scotland’s Briggs Marine orders Damen Multi Cat 2712

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 – Fife, Scotland, based Briggs Marine and Environmental Services has ordered a Damen Multi Cat 2712. One of the largest models in Damen’s Multi Cat range, the 27-m 2712

Hyundai Heavy reports another loss making year

FEBRUARY 4, 2016  – Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, racked up a 2015 operating loss and net loss of 1.5401 trillion won  ($1.3 billion) and 1.3632 trillion won ($1.1

DEME orders new generation trailing suction hopper dredge

FEBRUARY 3, 2016 — Zwijndrecht, Belgium, headquartered dredging and hydraulic engineering specialist DEME has ordered a new generation trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) at Royal IHC, which will provide turnkey delivery of

High Pressure SCR completes certification testing

FEBRUARY 3, 2016 — Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder and a leading marine engine maker, reports that it has produced the world’s first High Pressure Selective Catalytic Reduction (HP

Nordbay has a bad day

FEBRUARY 3, 2016 — The Coast Guard yesterday responded to a vessel allision at mile marker 104.3 on the Mississippi River near New Orleans. The 116,104 dwt, 2007-built  Cyprus flagged tanker Nordbay

Coast Guard authorization act sent for signature

FEBRUARY 2, 2016 – The House of Representatives yesterday unanimously approved the bipartisan Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 4188). The bill, which passed the Senate in December, now goes to

DNV GL certifies first ECDIS to meet new standards

FEBRUARY 2, 2016 – All vessels must have ECDIS meeting new IHO and IEC standards by a deadline currently set as September of this. The new generation of the Transas ECDIS is

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