Biofuel tests on CMA CGM box ships prove successful

IKEA Transport & Logistics Services, the CMA CGM Group, and the GoodShipping Program report that they have successful completed of their 2019 biofuel test program on CMA CGM vessels. This following positive

Marine Log’s TTB event will include a shipyard tour

Marine Log’s TTB – Tugs, Towboats & Barges — conference and expo, which next year is being held March 24 and 25, at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview Hotel, Mobile, Ala., will offer

Parasail based system could speed minefield clearance

The Navy has demonstrated a parasail-based system to extend the distance at which Littoral Combat Ships can communicate with Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Mission Packages deployed within a mine threat area. The MCM

Austal gets $8 million more for LCS 24 work

Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, has been awarded a $7,993,893 modification to a previously awarded contract for littoral combat ships (LCS) industrial post-delivery availability (IPDA) support for LCS 24. This contract modification is

Art Anderson adds to Facility Division team

Bremerton, Wash., based Art Anderson Associates has hired Ethan Ojala as a Mechanical Engineer. Ojala will work in the firm’s Facility Division. He will carry out design efforts as a team member

Jan De Nul orders giant crane ship

Belgium based Jan De Nul Group has ordered a giant crane ship at the CMHI Haimen Shipyard in China. To be called Les Alizés, it is aimed primarily at installation of new

St. Johns completes first in new ferry series

St. Johns Ship Building, Palataka, Fla., recently completed the first in a series of Incat Crowther designed aluminum passenger ferries that it says are “destined for a New York based operator.” As

Chinese shipbuilding giants complete merger

It’s official. Earlier today, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation and China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited, were officially merged into one corporation — China Shipbuilding Group — earlier today. China Shipbuilding Goup is now

Steerprop names Riku-Pekka Hägg as CEO

Riku-Pekka Hägg is stepping down as Vice President of Ship Design at Wärtsilä to take up a new role as CEO of azimuthing propulsor specialist Steerprop, starting in January 2020. Steerprop notes

ClassNK in joint CBM research agreement

Classification society ClassNK has concluded a joint research agreement for developing advanced condition-based maintenance (CBM), a new maintenance and management process for engine machinery plants, and establishing a new classification survey scheme

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