Bunkering barge completes LNG trials at Harvey Gulf facility

AUGUST 17, 2018 – LNG bunkering trials of the 2,200 cu.m bunkering barge Clean  Jacksonville have been successfully completed, using Harvey Gulf’s LNG Bunkering Facility in Port Fourchon, LA. Built by Conrad

TOTE gets contract to operate, maintain Sea-Based X-Band Radar

AUGUST 17, 2018 — The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC), Norfolk, VA, is awarding TOTE Services Inc., Jacksonville, FL, an $11,057,672 firm-fixed-price contract for the operation and maintenance of the Sea Based X-Band

Kongsberg to supply hybrid systems for nine RO/RO ships

AUGUST 17, 2018 — Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime reports that it has been awarded contracts with China’s Nanjing Jinling Shipyard Co. to deliver power and hybrid systems for nine “Green” 64,000 grt Roll

ExxonMobil brings mass flow metered bunkering to ARA region

AUGUST 15, 2018 — ExxonMobil has become the first company to supply marine fuel in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region via an independently accredited mass flow metering system (MFMS). ExxonMobil Premium HDME 50

Yara picks Vard to build its zero-emissions, zero-crew containership

AUGUST 15, 2018 — Norwegian fertilizer giant Yara has signed a shipbuilding contract worth approximately NOK 250 million (about $30 million) with Fincantieri subsidiary Vard for construction of the zero-emission vessel Yara

Rolls-Royce gets into battery biz

AUGUST 15, 2018 — Rolls-Royce is launching a lithium-ion battery based energy storage system for ships. The company has been delivering energy storage systems since 2010, however the actual energy storage units

Volvo Penta announces executive team changes

AUGUST 15, 2018 — Volvo Penta reports that Peter Granqvist will take up the position of Senior Vice President for Product Development, Planning and Purchasing on September 1, succeeding Johan Inden. Granqvist

President Trump signs NDAA into law

AUGUST 14, 2018 — President Donald J. Trump yesterday signed the $717 billion John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA) at a ceremony at Fort Drum, New

Scorpio chooses Choice Ballast Solutions for BWMS retrofit engineering

AUGUST 14, 2018 — Cleveland, OH, headquartered Choice Ballast Solutions reports that it has been contracted by Scorpio Ship Management to provide engineering and project management for the retrofit of Ecochlor ballast

Viking Supply confirms sale of icebreaking AHTS trio to Canada

AUGUST 13, 2018 — Confirming the identities of the three vessels that Chantier Davie, Lévis, Quebec, is to convert to icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard (see earlier story) Viking Supply Ships

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