Wartsila to design advanced dive support vessel
FEBRUARY 17, 2016 — Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Shanghai Bestway Marine Engineering Design Co Ltd to design a new type of deep water dive support vessel. The ship is to
Arbitration Tribunal finds for Algoma in shipbuilding case
FEBRUARY 17, 2014 — St. Catharines, ON, based Algoma Central Corporation reports that the London, U.K., Arbitration Tribunal hearing a contract dispute involving three shipbuilding contracts between Algoma and Nantong Mingde Heavy
Ovation of the Seas set for float out
FEBRUARY 16, 2016 — Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas is set to be floated out of covered building dock at Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany, on Thursday, February 18, after only 18
Thrustmaster expands waterways service locations
FEBRUARY 16, 2016—With more and more towboat operators seriously considering incorporating Z-drive propulsion, Thrustmaster of Texas, Houston, TX, has signed a service agreement with McGinnis Inc. – National Maintenance & Repair that
Boston Harbor Cruises “stars” in History series
FEBRUARY 16, 2016—The Offshore Logistics Division of Boston Harbor Cruises has a “starring role” in the new History Channel series, Billion Dollar Wreck, which follows treasure hunter Martin Bayerle’s exploration of the
World’s largest ethane carriers to be ME-GI powered
FEBRUARY 16, 2016 — Five 85,000 cu.m Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLECs) will each be powered by a single MAN B&W 6G60ME-GI main engine. The vessels have been ordered for UEC (United
Cummins expands Tier 3 compliant generator line
FEBRUARY 16, 2016—Marine diesel engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. has expanded its EPA Tier 3-certified marine product line with the addition of the 55-kW MDDCM, a new Onan marine U.S. generator. Designed for
NSK Ship Design develops LNG fueled fish feeder design
FEBRUARY 16, 2016 — Harstad, Norway, based NSK Ship Design has developed a design for an 81.5 m x 16.5 m LNG fueled fish farm feeder vessel for Nordnorsk Shipping. NSK Ship
LNG fueled option for containership in-port power
FEBRUARY 16, 2016 — An alternative shoreside power solution for containerships developed by Hamburg based Becker Marine Systems is to receive funding support from Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.
VIDEO: Ingalls Shipbuilding launches LPD 27
FEBRUARY 15, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has launched the company’s eleventh amphibious transport dock, Portland (LPD 27). The ship, named for Oregon’s largest city, is scheduled to