Rolls-Royce designs and equips new U.K. polar ship
MAY 9, 2016 — The new polar research vessel under construction for the U.K.’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) at the Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside is being built to a Rolls-Royce
Gibbs & Cox awarded NSWC contract
MAY 9, 2016 — Naval architecture and marine engineering firm Gibbs & Cox, Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWC Philadelphia), for Shock Engineering
Hyundai Heavy cuts management jobs, may close dry docks
MAY 9, 2016 — Shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) says it will “spur the efforts to enhance its competitiveness by implementing intense management reform plans including the voluntary retirement of manager-level employees.”
Ostensjo orders second wind farm SOV
MAY 9, 2016 — Norway’s Østensjø Rederi is to order a second Service Operation Vessel (SOV) to DONG Energy at Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan. It will be a sister vessel to the
Alfa Laval shrinks its SOX scrubber
MAY 9, 2016 — Alfa Laval’s U-design PureSOx exhaust gas scrubber is now available with greatly reduced dimensions. “We have a strategy of continuous development for the Alfa Laval PureSOx platform,” says
Wartsila power for first U.K-built dual fuel ships
MAY 9, 2016 — Two 102 m RO/RO passenger ferries being built at the Ferguson Marine Engineering shipyard in Glagow for Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) will be the first dual-fueled ships
America’s Cup race returns to New York
May 6, 2016 —The America’s Cup will return to New York City this weekend for the first time since 1920. Part of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series, the event is
Research ship won’t be Boaty McBoatface, but …
MAY 6, 2016 — Britain’s Natural Environmental Research Council is to use the name Boaty McBoatface, but not, as suggested by an online poll, for its new research vessel. The $307 million
Eastern delivers another towboat in long series
MAY 6, 2016 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.’s Allanton. FL, shipyard has delivered the 90 ft inland towboat M/V Lawrence Campbell to Florida Marine Transporters, LLC, Mandeville, LA. Built to a design
BAE Norfolk wins $29.4 million CG64 award
MAY 6, 2016 — BAE Systems has received a $29.4 million competitively awarded contract from the U.S. Navy to maintain the USS Gettysburg (CG 64), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser. The contract