Unified Command issues update on Texas spill response

MARCH 26, 2014 — In its latest update on the response to the spill that closed the Houston Ship Channel earlier this week, the Unified Command says that the Coast Guard has

SSI adds enhancements to ShipConstructor

MARCH 26, 2014 — Victoria, British Columbia, headquartered ShipConstructor Software Inc. (SSI) says that there are over 425 user driven enhancements included in the latest release of its flagship CAD/CAM software. ShipConstructor

Virgin Group plans cruise ship venture

MARCH 26, 2014 — Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is set to plunge into the cruise market. He told The National newspaper in Dubai that his Virgin Group has secured most of the

MTU introduces new marine genset

MARCH 26, 2014 — Rolls-Royce Power Systems has introduced a new MTU marine genset . The genset is based on a 6-cylinder Series 1600 inline engine delivering up to 323 kW output

Houston Ship Channel reopens for limited marine traffic

MARCH 25, 2014 —The Coast Guard has authorized limited marine traffic in the safety zone in the Port of Houston/Galveston for commercial ship traffic, Tuesday. The Channel had been closed since Saturday’s

LNG carrier to have Wärtsilä dual fuel two stroke engine

MARCH 25, 2014 — A 14,000 cu.m LNG tanker being built to operate along the Chinese coastline is to have a five-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex50DF low-pressure, two-stroke, dual-fuel engine. The engine, together with

Fishing vessel’s power modes include hybrid system

MARCH 25, 2014 — Norway’s Herøyhav AS, has taken delivery of a 69.95-m trawler/purse seiner from Karstensens Shipyard, Denmark, that has a very flexible propulsion package offering a number of fuel-saving power

Becker Cross Over Rudder promises major fuel savings

MARCH 25, 2014 — Although the inflow to the ship’s rudder area is mostly unfavorable to hydrodynamic efficiency, Becker Marine Systems, Hamburg, Germany, has developed a high-tech Cross Over Rudder that converts

Inmarsat data used to determine fate of lost plane

MARCH 25, 2014 — It was analysis of data from Inmarsat communications that enabled the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mr. Najib Razak (left), to announce that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

MHI to record huge loss on AIDA cruise ships

MARCH 24, 2014 — The two cruise ships that Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is building for AIDA Cruises may come out of the shipyard emblazoned with AIDA’s kissy face grins, but bean

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