Brittany Ferries ends LNG fueling project
OCTOBER 13, 2014 — Brittany Ferries has pulled the plug on plans to switch to LNG fueling that included the building of a 2,474 passenger/800 car LNG fueled ROpax ferry at STX
Damen books first orders for Stan Tug 3011
OCTOBER 13, 2014 — Middelburg, Netherlands, headquartered Seacontractors has ordered the first two vessels of a new Damen Shipyards Stan Tug design, the 70 t bollard pull STu 3011, plus its ninth
Still held in India, Seaman Guard 35 could face new trial
OCTOBER 13, 2014 — Although, back in July, the Madras High Court yesterday quashed the criminal case against all 35 crew members and security guards of the Seaman Guard Ohio (see earlier
VLEC newbuilds to have Wärtsilä gas handling systems
OCTOBER 13, 2014 — Six new 87,000 cu.m very large ethane carriers (VLECs) ordered by India’s Reliance Industries at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea, will feature Wärtsilä gas handling
Crowley, Seaboard Marine strike new vessel sharing deal
OCTOBER 13, 2014—The liner services group of Crowley Maritime Corporation, Jacksonville, FL, and Seaboard Marine Ltd., Miami, FL, recently struck a new vessel sharing agreement (VSA) to service customers in the Dominican
DSME orders ME-GI engines for BW Gas newbuilds
OCTOBER 11, 2014 — MAN Diesel & Turbo has booked an order for four dual fuel MAN B&W 5G70ME-GI engines. They have been ordered for two 173,400 cu.m. LNG carriers to be
Harvey Gulf expands into Mexico
OCTOBER 11, 2014 — New Orleans headquartered Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC has established Harvey Gulf International Marine de Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V. “We recognize the growth potential in the Mexican market
Guardia Civil patrol boats to have Rolls-Royce waterjets
OCTOBER 10, 2014 — The two 20 m patrol boats that Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan is to build for the Guardia Civil (see earlier story) will each be powered by Rolls-Royce waterjets.
Cruise ship floated out at Meyer Turku shipyard
OCTOBER 10, 2014—Finnish shipyard Meyer Turku Oy, which changed ownership only three weeks earlier, floated out the cruise ship Mein Schiff 4. Jan Meyer, the CEO of Meyer Turku Oy, and Wybcke
Austal gets another $7.2 million for LCS 8
OCTOBER 10, 2014 — Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, was recently awarded a $7,214,198 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise an option for post-delivery support for the Littoral Combat