NOVEMBER 8, 2013 — Coatings supplier Hempel has launched Hempaguard, a new hull coating concept that, it says, offers both outstanding resistance to fouling during idle periods and significant fuel savings. The
NOVEMBER 7, 2013 — General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $7,103,796 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-4301) to provide ship’s force duties; protection and operation; and organizational-level
NOVEMBER 7, 2013 — A steam turbine powered Horizon Lines containership that is to be converted to LNG propulsion was originally delivered in 1980 to Waterman Line — as a barge carrier.
NOVEMBER 7, 2013 — With British taxpayers braced to receive more bad news on the costs of the two Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers, BAE Systems says it has reached agreement in
NOVEMBER 7, 2013 — Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) has awarded Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard contracts for the for the construction of five Super B 400 Bigfoot Class jack-up drilling rigs. The first
NOVEMBER 7, 2013 — Dolphin Chumphon Marine, Thailand, has launched the 453 passenger 32 m catamaran ferry Maehaad. It is the sixth vessel designed by Incat Crowther for Lomprayah High Speed Ferries,
NOVEMBER 7, 2013 — Oslo-listed Prosafe has agreed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with China’s COSCO (Qidong) Offshore Co. Ltd. for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction of two semi-submersible accommodation vessels, with
NOVEMBER 6, 2013 — Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX) reported today that its subsidiary, Matson Navigation Company, Inc., has signed a contract with Aker Philadelphia Shipyard Inc. (APSI) to build two new 3,600
NOVEMBER 6, 2013 — VT Halter Marine Inc. reports that its newest facility, a 12,000 MT floating dry dock, is now open for business and already has its first customers. “VT Halter
NOVEMBER6, 2013 — Offshore and specialist vessel designer and shipbuilder Vard Holdings Limited, which is 55.63% owned by Ficantieri, has reported its results for the third quarter of FY 2013 ended September