Canada orders seven hydrographic survey vessels
APRIL 22, 2016 — Kanter Marine Inc. of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, has won a C$5.3 million contract to build seven new survey vessels for the Canadian Hydrographic Service to support the
ABB to upgrade 38 year old Canadian icebreaker
APRIL 22, 2016 — ABB is to modernize a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker, installing the latest hardware and software onboard the 38 year old Pierre Radisson under a C$3 million contract awarded
IMTRA equipment picked for America’s first wind farm CTV
APRIL 22, 2016 — IMTRA, New Bedford, MA, has delivered a number of equipment items for the first U.S.-flagged offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel (CTV), Atlantic Pioneer, recently delivered by Blount
Hurtigruten inks four ship MOU with Kleven
APRIL 22, 2016 — Norwegian cruise ship operator Hurtigruten has signed an MOU with shipbuilder Kleven covering the construction of up to four advanced expedition ships for polar waters that would would
IMO’s MEPC makes progress on CO2 measures
APRIL 22, 2016 — IMO’s Marine Environment Committee (MEPC) has apparently made some progress on CO2 reduction at its meeting in London this week, particularly on the adoption of a global CO2
No delay on Carnival Cuba cruises
APRIL 22, 2016 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), reports that its Fathom brand it will sail as planned from the U.S. to Cuba May 1 with all travelers,
WWL adds new HERO Class vehicle carrier
APRIL 21, 2016—Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has added to its latest generation of Roll-on/Roll-off vehicle carriers with the addition of the M/V Theben, the third in a series of eight High Efficiency
Twin Disc for new class of SEACOR Fast Supply Vessels
APRIL 21, 2016—Delivered last year by Gulf Craft, one of SEACOR Marine’s newest Fast Supply Vessels, 13,500 hp Alya McCall, relies on five high-performance Twin Disc MGX-61500SC QuickShift transmissions to provide the
MAIB: Cemfjord capsize could have been avoided
APRIL 21, 2016 — The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) recently issued a report on its investigation of the January 2015 capsize and sinking of the Cyprus-flagged cement carrier Cemfjord in
Hapag-Lloyd and UASC in merger talks
APRIL 21, 2016 — Hapag-Lloyd AG (HL) and United Arab Shipping Company SAG (UASC) say they are currently discussing forms of cooperation including a potential combination of their mutual container shipping operations.