Wallenius Wilhelmsen plans to build the world’s first full-size, primarily wind-powered pure car and truck carrier.

Propulsion: What’s in the wind?

It’s often said that shipping is faced with making a change in propulsion systems as big as that from sail to steam. Could it just be that the next transition will be

Hydrographic survey vessel

VIDEO: Silver Ships delivers hydrographic survey vessel to Corps

Marking the latest expansion in its Endeavor range of workboats, Theodore, Ala., based Silver Ships Inc. has delivered the Tobin, the largest marine surveying vessel in its series. The 49-foot vessel has

Methanol MoU signing

MAN in MoU on methanol retrofits

MAN Energy Solutions has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Stena Teknik – Stena’s inhouse R&D division – and Proman – the world’s second largest methanol producer. The agreement will see

GAO reports on RAS acquisition

GAO report looks at Navy multiyear procurements

Anyone who has ever tried to plow through Navy budget request documentation knows that it’s strong on patriotic sentiment but at times fuzzy on a lot of other things. It seems that

New MSHS logo

MSHS acquires Pacific Power Group

Forming a nationwide maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO), engine and controls service network through the combination, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., headquartered Motor Services Hugo Stamp, Inc. (MSHS) has acquired Vancouver, Wash., based Pacific

submarine tender

Mare Island Dry Dock wins $37.8 million Navy contract

Privately-owned Vallejo, Calif., ship repairer Mare Island Dry Dock LLC has been awarded a $37,846,243 firm-fixed-price contract for a 212-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry docking availability for

Metal Shark 115 Defiant

Metal Shark building next-gen military patrol vessel for Guyana

Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark is building a welded-aluminum 115 foot long x 27 foot beam (35 meter long x 8 meter beam) monohull patrol vessel for the Guyana Defense Force

Ships to be built at NASSCO

NASSCO wins $1.4 billion in Navy contract mods

The General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego has received $1.4 billion in U.S. Navy contract modifications for construction of a sixth Expeditionary Sea Base ship (ESB 8) and two additional John

Bollinger delivers 50th Fast Response Cutter

Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the USCGC William Chadwick to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 176th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over

PS tests identified contaminated fuel

Contaminated fuel: MPA suspends bunker supplier’s license for 2 months

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has concluded its investigation of the incident this year that first came to light when leading marine fuel testing provider VPS said it had

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