Paul Sells taks ABS Wavesight and Ascenz Marorka collaboration

Digital products veteran joins ABS leadership team

ABS has appointed Paul Sells to lead its global digital solutions development. A digital products veteran who holds several patents, Sells joins ABS from Mira Labs, Inc., where he was vice president

ABB Turbocharging gets a new name

ABB has rebranded its turbocharging division as “Accelleron,” a compound word of: Access – Accelerate – Excel – on and on. The new branding is part of ABB’s portfolio management strategy to

Chilean shipyard picks MAN 175 D engines to power ASD tug

Chile’s ASENAV S.A. shipyard has placed an order with MAN Energy Solutions for two 12V175D-MM IMO Tier II engines to power a tug. Each rated at 2,040 kW @ 1,800 rpm, they

Maersk to make generational leadership change

A fifth generation of the Maersk family is taking the helm at A.P. Moller-Maersk. Robert Mærsk Uggla, 43, has been nominated to become the new chairman of the company’s board of directors

MacGregor will supply RO/RO solutions

Wärtsilä to power Poland’s first LNG-fueled RoPax ferries

Poland’s Remontowa Shipbuilding has contracted Wärtsilä to supply engines, fuel storage and supply systems for three new RoPax vessels to be operated by ferry companies Unity Line and Polferries. While Remontowa has

Master Marine completes Plimsoll Marine towboat quartet

The Master Marine Inc. shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Ala., has delivered the 67- by 28-foot M/V Steel Skipper, the fourth of four towboats it is building for LaPlace, La.-based Cooper Group

Foil assisted ferry

VIDEO: Senator Patty Murray meets ferry leaders

On February 10, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), a senior member of the Senator Appropriations Committee, joined state and local transit leaders from the Kitsap Peninsula for a wide ranging discussion of

Toebbe mug shots

Former Navy nuclear engineer pleads guilty in espionage case

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that Jonathan Toebbe, 43, of Annapolis, Md., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to communicate restricted data related to the design of nuclear-powered warships to a person

Lyon Shipyard to drydock a dry dock

The Navy’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) has awarded Lyon Shipyard a $16.3 million contract to complete the dry-docked availability phased maintenance availability onboard the USS Dynamic (AFDL-6) and Barge (YFND-30). Delivered

CMA CGM: We won’t carry plastic waste

Back in January, Eastern Pacific Shipping announced that it would not carry coal cargoes. Last week, in a speech at the One Ocean Summit organized by President of the French Republic Emmanuel

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