Greeks lead in bulker scrapping

JULY 8, 2015—During the first six months of 2015, Greece, China, and Singapore were the top three countries in scrapping bulkers, according to Vesselvalues.com. Overall, the three countries combined scrapped a total

First female divers crew and operate DMUV

JULY 8, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Undersea Solutions Group (USG) made history last month as its two female divers became the first women to crew and drive a dual-mode underwater

Wärtsilä propulsion picked for newbuild fishing vessel

JULY 8, 2015 — Shetlands, U.K., headquartered Antares (Whalsay) Fishing Company Ltd has ordered a 75.4 m x 15.0 m combined purse seiner trawler at Norwegian shipbuilder Simek AS under a contract

More Danish ports approve HullWiper hull cleaning ROV

JULY 7, 2015 —Authorities at the Danish ports of Copenhagen, Kalundborg and Fredricia have granted permission for GAC EnvironHull’s pioneering, diver-free, underwater HullWiper solution to be used within their ports and outside

Carnival gets U.S. approval for travel to Cuba

JULY 7, 2015 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) today reported that the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Commerce have granted approval for the

LR gives AIP for gas turbine powered LNG carrier

  JULY 7, 2015 — Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder, and GE Aviation and Marine have won Approval in Principle (AIP) from Lloyd’s Register for a gas turbine-powered 174,000 cu.m

Esvagt sold to infrastructure investors

JULY 7, 2015 — Esbjerg, Denmarked, headquartered offshore safety and support specialist Esvagt is getting new owners. Two international infrastructure investors, 3i Infrastructure plc and AMP Capital, are acquiring the company for

Fincantieri resumes production at Monfalcone

JULY 7, 2015 — Fincantieri reports that yesterday the Prosecutor’s Office of Gorizia ordered the release of areas of the Monfalcone shipyard that had been closed as part of an investigation into

Fisheries research vessel is double first for Voith

JULY 6, 2015 — A fisheries research vessel being built for the Shanghai Ocean University by China’s Tianjin Xingang shipyard will be the first fisheries research vessel world-wide to use the Voith

ST Marine launches first of eight LMVs for Singapore Navy

JULY 6, 2015 — Shipbuilder Singapore Technologies Marine last week held the launching ceremony for the Independence, the first Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV) in a series of eight for the Republic of

LOAD MORE