IMO HQ

MEPC 75 is expected to fix ballast water commissioning testing, but operational risks remain

Shipowners rightly expect that any IMO or USCG certified Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) will make legal compliance straightforward, but that is currently not the case, (writes Adam Jolliffe, Senior Sales Manager

ABB to supply Azipods for five Fincantieri cruise newbuilds

ABB has won an order worth around $150 million to deliver a comprehensive scope of technologies for five next-generation cruise ships on order at Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. Each cruise ship will be

Conrad Industries

Conrad reports soft market, but adds to backlog

Morgan City, La., headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) yesterday reported its third quarter and nine months 2020 financial results and backlog at September 30, 2020. For the quarter ended

Liebherr heavy-duty crane loads offshore wind monopiles in Rostock

The new TCC 78000 heavy-duty gantry crane at crane manufacturer Liebherr’s Rostock, Germany, facility — Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock GmbH — loaded 72 foundation piles for Denmark’s largest wind farm between May and September

SeaRobotics launches next gen “Utility Class” ASV

Stuart, Fla., based SeaRobotics Corporation (SRC), has released details of its next generation Utility Class ASV (autonomous surface vessel), the SR-Utility 3.0. Designed to extend the range and versatility of unmanned coastal

VIDEO: First night drone delivery to a ship

Singapore-headquartered start-up F-drone reports that it has successfully completed the first commercial night drone delivery to a ship. The delivery was made on November 1 when a drone delivered a 3D printed

Marine Log’s FERRIES 2020 virtual event attracts record attendance

Marine Log’s FERRIES kicked off its first-ever presentation as a virtual event with over 400 participants—nearly quadruple the event’s attendance in 2019. This year’s event was held virtually due to the COVID-19

Another 3,000-hp Maryland-built tugboat joins Vane Brothers fleet

Underscoring the advantages of building in series, Vane Brothers has taken delivery of the 3,000 hp Cape Fear, the seventeenth Maryland-built tugboat to join the Baltimore-based company’s expanding fleet. Since 2008, fifteen

Pandemic pushes up costs of crew changes

Ship operators are being warned to expect higher crewing costs next year as pandemic measures and challenges in carrying out crew changes push prices higher. Henrik Jensen, managing director of Hamburg, Germany,

Golden Ray: Cutting operations resume with extra bite

The Unified Command (the Coast Guard, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and Gallagher Marine Systems) working on the salvage of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray reports that the process of cutting

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