The Bollinger-led team will leverage the mature and production-ready Multi-Purpose Icebreaker (MPI) design, developed by Seaspan and Aker Arctic [Image: Seaspan Shipyards\

USCG awards Bollinger and Finland’s RMC contracts for up to six Arctic Security Cutter icebreakers

The U.S. Coast Guard on Friday awarded two contracts to build up to six Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) icebreakers. The contracts were awarded to Rauma Marine Constructions Oy (RMC) of Rauma, Finland,

The cornerstone of maritime cybersecurity regulation remains the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Resolution MSC.428(98)

New USCG cybersecurity rules raise stakes for operators

As marine vessels become more modernized, they also become vulnerable to cyberattacks. Ransomware continues to pose a major threat, impacting a vessel’s entire operational networks, until a ransom is paid.  According to

Fireboats fight Bonhomme Richard ship fire

GAO: Navy still needs to do more on ship fire prevention

Welding and other hot work involved in U.S. Navy ship maintenance means a significant risk of ship fires. The 2020 fire that gutted the Wasp-class amphibian USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), causing

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Stonepeak to acquire majority controlling interest in Castrol from BP

New York City-headquartered investment firm Stonepeak is to acquire a majority controlling interest in Castrol from BP p.l.c. in a transaction valuing the business at an enterprise value of approximately $10.1 billion.

Under new agreement, Marmen will manufacture selected submarine sections and complex assemblies for the TKMS HDW 212CD submarine platform. [Image: TKMS]

TKMS partners with Marmen to build submarine components in Canada

Kiel, Germany-headquartered TKMS, which is one of the two finalists to build the Royal Canadian Navy’s planned Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP) has signed a strategic teaming agreement with Trois-Rivières, Quebec-based high-precision machining

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Northeast governors demand end to latest pause on offshore wind

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Rhode Island Gov, Dan McKee have written Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum demanding the immediate lifting of

CableCable burial vessel [Image: Mitsui O.S.K. Lines]

ClassNK grants AiP to two MOL cable vessel designs

ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the designs of a cable jointing vessel and a cable burial vessel developed by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd (MOL). The certification demonstrates the

Light well intervention vessel Seawell [Photo: Helix Energy Solutions]

Helix Energy Solutions awarded multi-year North Sea plug & abandonment contract

Houston-headquartered Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX) reports that it has secured a multi-year contract with a major operator for riserless plug and abandonment (P&A) operations on up to 34 subsea

Kenneth J. Braithwaite was sworn in as the 77th Secretary of the Navy during President Trump’s first administration. [U.S. Navy photo]

Fincantieri Marinette Marine names former SECNAV Kenneth J. Braithwaite chairman of its board

Fincantieri Marine Group member Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) has appointed former U.S. ambassador to Norway and the 77th Secretary of the Navy, Kenneth J. Braithwaite, as chairman of its board of directors.

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Wraps come off new Trump-class battleship design

The last new Navy ship design announced was for a frigate. Yesterday, something considerably larger was unveiled: a new class of American-designed battleships —the Trump class — that, says the administration, will

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