The U.S. Transportation Command has awarded twelve U.S.-flag shipping companies contracts totaling $738.7 million for international ocean transportation and intermodal distribution services. All the contracts run through August 31, 2020. The total
The Port of Luleå, Sweden, has taken delivery of the 36 meter hybrid icebreaker tug Vilja from Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan. Vilja is a TundRA 3600–H, icebreaking escort tug designed by Robert
State owned Swedish power company Vattenfall has cooperated with electric propulsion specialist Echandia Marine to develope a new solution to provide fast charging for ferries and other electric vessels. The “Power as
Mediterranean Shipping Company could forfeit a 10,766 TEU containership involved in a record cocaine seizure. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the cocaine had a street value of $1.3 billion. According
Resolve Marine Group, Inc., an international marine services provider with its headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Bibby Marine Services, a U.K.-based “Walk to Work”
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass. has delivered a second high-speed passenger ferry for Rhode Island Fast Ferry, Inc. It will enter service between Quonset Point, R.I., and Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., alongside
In another world first for Wärtsilä, a 60,000 dwt bulker is to be converted to hybrid operation. The ship, the M/V Paolo Topic, delivered by Japanese shipbuilder Onomichi Dockyard in 2016 is
Jefferson, La., headquartered naval architecture firm MiNO Marine LLC reports that Conrad Amelia Shipyard will soon start production of the second vessel based on its new 6,000 hp inland towboat design. The
American Refining Group Inc. (ARG), Bradford, Pa., has designated veteran-owned small business Sea Ready Marine Petroleum as its global distributor of its marine lubricants. Already the largest zinc-free (ZF) railroad-engine oil supplier
Electronic fuel monitoring systems specialist FUELTRAX has appointed Johnalan Brill as Director of Data Analytics to leverage operational data from the FUELTRAX user global fleet and provide expert analysis to determine best