EPF 7 completes acceptance trials
JUNE 8, 2016 — The future USNS Carson City (EPF 7) successfully completed Acceptance Trials during an underway period in the Gulf of Mexico, May 25-26. The Navy’s Board of Inspection
JMS-designed stevedoring barge delivered
JUNE 8, 2016 — JMS Naval Architects, Mystic, CT, engineered and designed a crane barge for the State of Rhode Island recently delivered by Conrad Shipyard, Amelia, LA. The barge will be
Amendment to Puerto Rico bill threatens Jones Act
JUNE 8, 2016 — The U.S. marine industry is condemning a measure proposed by Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) that would exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act – which requires waterborne cargo
Hyundai Heavy unveils $3 billion restructuring plan
JUNE 8, 2016 — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, today said that it will implement a management improvement plan by 2018. Worth 3.5 trillion won (over $3
CSAV exec indicted in RO/RO antitrust case
JUNE 8, 2016 —Another shipping company executive has been indicted in an ongoing federal antitrust investigation into price fixing, bid rigging and other anticompetitive conduct in the international roll-on, roll-off ocean shipping
ABB introduces dedicated auxiliary engine turbocharger
JUNE 7, 2016 — ABB Turbocharging has used the CIMAC Congress in Helsinki as the opportunity to introduce its first dedicated turbocharger for marine auxiliary engine applications. Developed in cooperation with IHI
Foss christens second Arctic Class tug
JUNE 7, 2016 — Foss Maritime reports that the second of three state-of-the-art Arctic Class tugs, the Denise Foss, was recently christened at the Foss Waterway Seaport in Tacoma, WA. Built at
DNV GL to class Stena gas ready RoPax ferries
JUNE 7, 2016 — DNV GL reports that it has signed a contract to provide classification services for Stena Line’s new gas-ready RoPax ferries, recently ordered at AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China
BAE San Diego awarded $53.4 million for DDG-59 SRA
JUNE 7, 2016 — BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair shipyard, San Diego, CA, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $53,434,742 undefinitized contract action to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee/incentive-fee contract N00024-11-C-4408 for USS Russell
Paris MOU plans crackdown on air pollution from ships
JUNE 7, 2016 — At a committee meeting held in Haugesund, Norway last month, the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) agreed to hold a Concentrated Inspection Campaign