Seabulk ATB makes first methanol delivery

Seabulk Tankers, Inc. a subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CKH), today reported the successful delivery of its first methanol parcel chemical shipment aboard the articulated tug-barge (ATB) Sea-Power/Sea-Chem I. The Sea-Power/Sea-Chem

New Orleans RTA ferries nearer to gaining COIs

Two new ferries delivered the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority last year (see earlier story) may now be on track to gain the Coast Guard Certificates of Inspection (COI) required before they

Virginia Pilots order ninth Gladding-Hearn launch

The Virginia Pilot Association has ordered a Chesapeake Class launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass. The vessel will be the association’s ninth pilot boat built by the shipyard since 1983. Since the

Scandlines to add rotor sail to hybrid ferry

Hamburg, Germany, headquartered ferry operator Scandlines has signed an agreement with Finnish rotor sail pioneer Norsepower Oy Ltd, to install Norsepower’s rotor sail solution on board the M/V Copenhagen, a hybrid passenger

CSA 2020 members welcome findings of SINTEF study

Members of the Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020), which represents shipowners who have invested in exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) have welcomed a study published in June by Norway’s SINTEF, one

Conrad reports more red ink but adds to newbuild backlog

Morgan City, La., headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) today reported its second quarter and six months 2019 financial results and backlog at June 30, 2019. For the quarter ended

Kongsberg Digital solutions will fast-track Korean autonomous ship R&D

Asker, Norway, based Kongsberg Digital has won a contract to supply a fully-featured bridge simulator for a new, state-of-the-art autonomous ship research facility in Ulsan, South Korea. The Korean government has committed

Jim Kearns joins Jones Walker

Law firm Jones Walker LLP reports that James “Jim” Kearns has joined the firm as special counsel in the Maritime Practice Group in the Washington, D.C., office. Kearns is an experienced maritime

Fincantieri Bay cuts first steel for Great Lakes bulker newbuild

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and the Interlake Steamship Company hosted a ceremonial first-cut-of-steel event Wednesday, celebrating the historic start of construction on the first U.S.-flagged Great Lakes bulk carrier built

Shell Ventures takes a stake in Corvus Energy

Corvus Energy reports that it has finalized an investment deal with Shell Ventures. The investment is a step towards Shell’s ambition to decrease the carbon footprint of the energy products it sells

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