Satcom milestone: KVH ships 10,000th VSAT system

Maritime mobile connectivity leader KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), has shipped its 10,000th VSAT satellite communications system. This is the latest milestone for a company whose maritime satcom innovation began in 2007

Port Houston moves ahead on renewable energy

Ports as well as shipping lines are making efforts to decarbonize. Among them is Port Houston. It is set to begin to purchase renewable electricity port-wide, In a move that would make

Damen inks ASD tug materials supply contract with Karachi Shipyard

Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract October 22 with Pakistan’s Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) for the materials package of a third ASD Tug 2009 under a Damen Technical Cooperation (DTC)

West Gulf Marine acquisition

Turn Services to acquire Jubilee Towing assets

New Orleans headquartered barge fleeting and shifting specialist Turn Services has signed an agreement to purchase the assets of Jubilee Towing. Jubilee currently owns three towboats with a fourth boat under construction

Sovcomflot tankers complete Northern Sea Route voyages burning only LNG

Russia’s Sovcomflot reports that two of its 113,000 tankers, Mendeleev Prospect and Lomonosov Prospect, have successfully completed voyages eastbound along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) using LNG as their primary fuel.. Lomonosov

Lake Charles pilots take delivery of fourth Gladding-Hearn launch

With three similar Gladding-Hearn pilot boats already in their fleet, the Louisiana-based Lake Charles pilots have taken delivery of another launch from the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. With a length overall of 70

Washington State Ferries will use Helm CONNECT

Washington State Ferries picks Siemens for Jumbo Mark II hybrid conversions

Washington State Ferries has moved a major step forward on its long planned conversion of its three Jumbo Mark II class ferries, the largest in the fleet, from diesel to hybrid electric

VIDEO: Wavefoil fits a ferry with “underwater wings”

A Faroe Islands ferry, M/F Teistin, has become the first ship in the world to be fitted with retractable bow foils from Trondheim, Norway, based Wavefoil AS. The foils are designed to

ECR books first ship repair contract at new facility

Ship repairer East Coast Repair and Fabrication, which is based in the Hampton Roads area with operations in Jacksonville, Fla., and San Diego Calif., is rebranding as ECR and making moves to

Alfa Laval boiler technology eases the path to LNG propulsion

Alfa Laval is playing a key role in shipping’s move towards LNG propulsion. Its technologies and expertise – especially in the area of boilers – are enabling vessels deal with boil-off gas

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