USNS Comfort is next headed to Alabama Shipyard

Philly Shipyard wins contract for hospital ship replacement study

Philly Shipyard Inc. reports that it has been awarded a contract by Gibbs & Cox to conduct the T-AH(X) Hospital Ship Feasibility Study. The six-month hospital ship replacement study will cover a

ammonia test run engine

Milestone: MAN B&W research engine completes successful ammonia test run

With the race on to develop engines able to burn the next generation of future fuels, MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful first running of a test engine on ammonia at

USNS Harvey Milk hand over ceremony

NASSCO delivers the future USNS Harvey Milk

GD NASSCO delivered the future USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), the second ship in the Navy’s 20-ship John Lewis-class fleet oiler program, during a July 11 ceremony at its San Diego shipyard.

Pasha Group's Pasha Hawaii has two LNG-fueled containerships

AmFELS delivers second LNG-fueled Pasha Hawaii containership

Pasha Hawaii has taken delivery of the MV Janet Marie, the second of two new ‘Ohana Class, 774-foot LNG-fueled containerships built at the AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. The new vessel joins

MAN B&W Otto Cycle engine with ME-GA-opti control system

First MAN B&W Otto-cycle engine completes gas trials

MAN Energy Solutions reports that its first ME-GA Otto-cycle engine has completed gas trials in an LNG carrier built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) for Norwegian shipping company, Knutsen OAS Shipping.

Austal LimitedT-AGOS vessel rendering

Is Austal a take-over target?

Back on June 6, Australian shipbuilder Austal Limited, which is, of course, the parent of Mobile, Ala., based Austal USA, published a stock exchange announcement saying: “Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX: ASB) refers

marine fuel contamination detection in lab

Eleven vessels hit by Houston marine fuel contamination

Raising disconcerting memories of a string of incidents in 2018, leading fuel testing services provider VPS has identified a new marine fuel contamination issue in Houston. Eleven vessels using this fuel have

fuel additive for maritime industry

Op-Ed: Reducing emissions is job one for maritime

By Rand Taylor, CEO of The Fuel Ox In April 2018, the International Maritime Organization agreed on its first ambitious strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the international shipping sector to

Thoma-Sea newbuilds will join existing NOAA fleet of charting and mapping vessels.

Thoma-Sea wins $624.6 million NOAA research vessel order

NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) has awarded Houma, La., shipbuilder Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC a $624.6 million contract to design and build two advanced research vessels. The contract includes an option

Rendering of ASW frigate

Damen books contract for advanced ASW frigate quartet

The Dutch Ministry of Defense, Damen and Thales have signed acontract for the design, construction, and delivery of four Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) frigates; two for the Netherlands and two for Belgium. The

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