Pelagic Partners PSV

Pelagic Partners invests in two high-end 2021-built PSVs

Limassol, Cyprus, based vessel owner and shipping fund manager Pelagic Partners reports that it has successfully completed an investment in two state-of-the-art platform supply vessels (PSV) that will see it partner with

MAN B&W ammonia engine

MAN B&W ammonia engine will be piloted in new Japanese bulk carrier

Imabari Shipbuilding’s Nihon Shipyard is to install an MAN B&W 7S60ME-ammonia engine in a 200,000 dwt class bulk carrier being built for a joint venture between K Line, NS United and Itochu

Georgia Ports scene

Georgia Ports handled 436K TEU of containers in March

Georgia Ports handled 436,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units in March, for an increase of 18.5% in trade compared to the same month last year, says the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) . “With

Next Generation Shipping Act reintroduced

Support grows for USTR to slap U.S. port fees on Chinese-built ships

U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) are seeing growing support for their push for the Biden Administration to initiate an investigation into the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) unfair

First OPC built by Austal USA will feature Kongsberg Maritime's Promas propulsion system

Austal USA selects Kongsberg Promas systems for its first OPC

Austal USA has selected Kongsberg Maritime to supply its Promas propulsion system to the latest ship in the United States Coast Guard’s new Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) Heritage Class program. This initial

CLIA report shows cruising back in good health

With CLIA reporting passenger volume climbing, cruising marks new milestones

One key take-away from the just-released Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) 2024 State of the Cruise Industry report: 2023 passenger volume reached 31.7 million— surpassing 2019 by 7%. Against that backdrop, all

Surfer crewboat

Bourbon orders six new Surfer crewboats for its West Africa operations

Bourbon Mobility, the Paris-headquartered Bourbon Group’s offshore oil and gas personnel transfer business, has ordered six new interfield Surfer crewboats for its West Africa operations. Designed by Marseille based naval architecture firm

Refit at Gladding-Hearn gives pilot boat a new lease on life

Refit gives Boston Pilots’ launch a new 20-year lease on life

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has delivered the first of two Boston Pilots‘ Chesapeake-class pilot boats that have been undergoing a comprehensive refit, at its Somerset, Mass, shipyard. “The vessels are well used

SECNAV Carlos Del Toro

Del Toro reiterates call for new investment in U.S. shipyards

“Over the past forty years, America’s maritime shipbuilding capabilities and capacity have atrophied,” said Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, in a keynote speech at a Navy League Sea Air Space

ship with methanol dual fuel system

BV grants new AiP for general cargo ship methanol dual fuel system

In a move seen as broadening the potential of methanol as a fuel for smaller vessels, classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has granted Japan’s Sasaki Shipbuilding an approval in principle (AiP) for

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