A containership that first made the headlines when its main engines were converted to dual-fuel operation is in the news again. In a world-first for the maritime sector, the ship, the ElbBLUE
Following its September 2020 acquisition of additional waterfront along the Mobile River in Mobile, Ala., Austal USA was quick to established a ship repair facility that, it reports, has had a booming
Currently under construction at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, Manson Construction Company’s 15,000-cubic-yard capacity, 420 foot long, hopper dredge Frederick Paup is to be equipped with three Schottel type SRP
Panama City, Fla., based Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) yesterday commenced construction of USCG Ingham (WMSM-917), the third ship in the Heritage class offshore patrol cutter (OPC) program. The occasion was observed
By Jonathan Barnes, Marine Log Contributor Around the Great Lakes region, shipyards are busy. The need for vessels, maintenance and retrofits, and necessary infrastructure improvements, have led to a hike in activity
Colonna’s Shipyard Inc., Norfolk, Va., has been awarded a $15,971,760 firm-fixed-price contract to overhaul the dredge McFarland. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Norfolk,
Bollinger Shipyards LLC today reported that all 11 of its facilities are now open and operational following Hurricane Ida’s landfall last month near Port Fourchon, La., as a powerful Category 4 storm.
Mobile, Ala., personal injury law firm Cunningham Bounds reports that last month, a few weeks before trial was set to begin, it obtained an $8.25 million settlement on behalf of 17 shipyard
Bureau Veritas (BV), has given an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) and Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd. (KSOE) for an ammonia-fueled ammonia carrier. The
Engine developer WinGD has developed a range of solutions that use digital vessel optimization and battery-hybrid energy systems to improve the energy efficiency and future fuel flexibility of its two-stroke engines. “Our