Thoma-Sea to build advanced Rolls-Royce design pelagic trawler

JUNE 11, 2018 — Houma, LA, shipbuilder Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C. has signed a contract with Rolls-Royce Marine for the development of a state-of-the-art pelagic trawler. The 100 meter-long vessel is to

LR offers one stop solution for EU MRV and IMO DCS compliance

JUNE 11, 2018 — Lloyd’s Register is offering an online verification service that, it says, provides a simple solution to comply with both the EU monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) regulation and

DSME sees order intake improving

JUNE 11, 2018 — South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quotes Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine & Engineering CEO Jung Sung Lee as saying the company could achieve 9.8 trillion won (US$9.1 billion) in sales

Volvo Penta “going full charge” into hybrid and all-electric

JUNE 11, 2018 — Volvo Penta says it is “going full charge into hybrid and all-electric drivelines,” offering electrified solutions in both its marine and industrial segments by 2021.Underpinned by the success

BV issues approvals for GTT LNG containment systems

JUNE 11, 2018 — Class society Bureau Veritas (BV) has issued new approvals to GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz) for membrane containment systems and LNG technology applications.   Bureau Veritas experts have been

Tama new Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York

JUNE 10, 2018—At a change of command ceremony at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island on June 8, Captain Jason Tama was named the new Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York. The

TOTE Services wins $7.8 million OPDS vessel contract

JUNE 8, 2018 — TOTE Services Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, has been awarded a $7,883,975 firm-fixed-price contract for the operation and maintenance of the Offshore Petroleum Discharge system (OPDS) vessels USNS VADM K.R.

ABS issues Marine Fuel Oil advisory to help owners prepare for 2020

JUNE 8, 2018 — A recent informal poll by ABS found 53 percent of shipowners and operators saying that their fleets were not yet ready to meet IMO’s upcoming 2020 global sulfur

MAN 28/33D STC engine passes Type Approval Testing

JUNE 8, 2018 — MAN Diesel & Turbo’s MAN 28/33D STC engine passed Type Approval Testing (TAT) at the end of April 2018 at the company’s works in Augsburg, Germany. The TAT

GAO issues new report on Navy shipbuilding

JUNE 8, 2018 — As the Navy plans its biggest fleet size increase in over 30 years, the GAO (U.S. Government Accountability Office) has published a report called “Navy Shipbuilding: Past Performance

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