New Thordon appointees

Management changes at Thordon Bearings

Anthony Hamilton has been appointed as the new technical director at Thordon Bearings. Reporting directly to CEO Anna Galoni, he will lead the Burlington, Ontario, headquartered company’s engineering, CAD, and new product

Gavel and indictment graphic

Chief engineer and Greek ship owner and operator indicted

A New Orleans grand jury last week indicted ship manager Empire Bulkers Ltd., ship owner Joanna Maritime Limited and chief engineer Warlito Tan for alleged violations of environmental and safety laws involving

CSOV and OSV vessels

Norwind Offshore places CSOV, SOV orders with Vard

Fincantieri’s Vard subsidiary has booked a significant order from Norwind Offshore, a new offshore wind farm support company that, like Vard, is based in Ålesund, Norway. Started by some long established players

remote controlled tug

Keppel O&M tug first with ABS Remote Control Navigation notation

A remotely operated harbor tug developed by Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) is the first in the world to receive the ABS Remote Control Navigation Notation. A trial of the 65-meter

Ferry sailing under bridge

VIDEO: Damen e-ferry nominated for Ship of the Year Award

Damen’s all-electric ferry Bryggen has been nominated for the 2021 KNVTS Ship of the Year Award. This prestigious prize is presented each year to an outstanding, technically innovative ship designed and largely

Raj Kumar

Kirby names new CFO

Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) reports that Raj Kumar will be joining the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer in November 2021. He will succeed Bill Harvey, who previously announced

Vessel on TraveLift

Great Lakes Shipyard books $1.9 million in government contracts

Great Lakes Shipyard, a division of the Great Lakes Towing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, reports that it has recently been awarded government contracts amounting to more than $1.9 million and that could be

Centerline acquires JMB Shipping

Centerline Logistics acquires former Bouchard ATBs

Seattle, Wash., based Centerline Logistics, one of the largest marine petroleum transportation companies in the U.S., has acquired “several” former Bouchard Transportation articulated tug and barge (ATB) units. It says the acquisition

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock gets dredging awards

GLDD makes leadership appointment

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (NASDAQ:GLDD), has appointed Scott Kornblau as its senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective immediately. In this role, Kornblau will be responsible for overseeing the

Van Oord WTIV

Van Oord orders mega WTIV

Gearing up for ever larger wind turbines and with global offshore wind farm development plans surging, Rotterdam-headquartered Van Oord has placed an order with the Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China for

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