DHS revisits Eastern Shipbuilding OPC contract

The Department of Homeland Security is easing the time deadlines in Eastern Shipbuilding’s Offshore Patrol Cutter contract, but only on the first four hulls. After that, it says, “The Coast Guard will

Robert Allan designs two river service fireboats for Bangladesh

The Khulna Shipyard in Bangladesh is building two Robert Allan Ltd. designed fireboats. They are under construction for the Bangladesh Navy, which uses the old-style term “fire floats” to describe them. There

Hyundai Heavy EcoBallast BWMS gets U.S. Type Approval

The Coast Guard Marine Safety Center has issued a Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., after a detailed review of the manufacturer’s type approval application

Private equity investor takes majority stake in Foreship

Finnish private equity investor Vaaka Partners has become the majority shareholder in Helsinki headquartered ship design and engineering specialist Foreship Ltd. Employing more than 100 naval architects and marine engineers, Foreship is

Wärtsilä wins two battery hybrid OSV upgrade contracts

Norwegian offshore service vessel operator Atlantic Offshore has contracted Wärtsilä to engineer, supply, and install complete battery hybrid packages in two of its supply vessels. The upgrade project will be carried out

Iran suspects NITC tanker was struck by two missiles

Iranian state-controlled media outlet PressTV reports that “two separate explosions, possibly caused by missile attacks, have hit an Iranian oil tanker operated by the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) near the Saudi

Ingalls expands Shipbuilder Academy program

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday for its new Shipbuilder Academy site in Gulfport, Miss. The Shipbuilder Academy was established in 2016 at Ingalls’

AIDA Cruises to trial fuel cells on AIDAnova

By early 2021, Carnival Corporation’s German market brand, AIDA Cruises, aims to be the world’s first cruise company to test the use of fuel cells on a large passenger ship on board

Port of Los Angeles director comments on falling container volumes

“Trade war wreaks havoc on U.S. exporters,” says LA port exec

The Port of Los Angeles moved 779,903 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in September, a 2.7% decrease compared to 2018’s record-breaking September. “The ill-advised U.S.-China trade war continues to wreak havoc on American

New risks add to pressures on container market

“The mood-music surrounding the container market has deteriorated further in the last three months,” says Drewry Shipping Consultants, which has downgraded its outlook for world container port throughput for the current year

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