Strategic Marine engines

Strategic Marine nails down “guaranteed pipeline” of engines

Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine (S) Pte Ltd has signed a deal with authorized Caterpillar dealer PT Trakindo Utama Singapore Branch covering the supply of 50 Cat C32 ACERT IMO III engines. Citing

suction sail signing

Suction sails gain traction

French ship operator Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) is to equip one of its vessels with three of the eSAIL suction sail systems developed by Barcelona, Spain, headquartered bound4Blue. The eSAIL technology is

Conrad Industries

Conrad reports a “challenging operating environment” in first quarter

Morgan City, La., headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) has reported its first quarter 2022 results. The company had a net loss of $116,000 im the quarter compared to net

Incat Crowther CTV with Scania Quad V8

Vineyard Wind signs CTV charter with Patriot Offshore

Orders for Jones Act offshore wind crew transfer vessels are starting to tick upwards. Last week, Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners reported it had signed

Hull cleaning robot

“Smaller, smarter, better” hull cleaning robot makes its debut

Aiming to move the battle against hull bio-fouling and drag forward, Plymouth, Mass., based Armach Robotics, a spin-off from marine software pioneer Greensea Systems Inc. (Greensea), has unveiled its first post-prototype hull

DOF vessel

DOF books long term Brazil contracts

Norway’s DOF Group reports that Petrobras has awarded new long-term charter and service contracts to Norskan Offshore Ltd and DOF Subsea Serviços Brasil Ltda for AHTS vessels and ROVs. The AHTS 18000

Jon Best of iO Currents

Rose Point partnership with ioCurrents promises to deliver fuel savings

U.S. inland waterways operators will soon be better able to optimize their fuel consumption using technology based on AI and machine learning. Redmond, Wash., based Rose Point Navigation Systems, a leading provider

all electric river cruise ship

All-electric Chinese river cruise ship packs 7.5 MWh of battery power

China Classification Society (CCS) says China will ramp up the building of fully electric battery powered ships to operate on the country’s extensive inland waterways network. This following the successful maiden voyage

USMI announces management changes

John Dane, III, chairman of United States Marine, Inc. (USMI), has announced the appointments of Timothy Hunt as president and Bryant Bernhard, PE as chief technology officer of the Gulfport, Miss., headquartered

icebreaker Aiviq

Is USCG getting serious about buying Chouest icebreaker?

With the U.S. Coast Guard’s single active heavy polar icebreaker, Polar Star, reaching the end of its useful service life there have long been proposals floating around that the Coast Guard acquire

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