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Unison ships powerful all-electric tube bender

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 — Scarborough, England, based tube bending machine specialist Unison has completed an all-electric machine capable of bending tubes and pipes up to 9 inches/225 mm in diameter. The new

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Nuclear icebreaker will have Fluidmecanica winch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 — Fluidmecanica, Vigo, Spain, is  to supply the main towing winch for a nuclear-powered icebreaker (Project 22220 LC-60YA) to be built at the Baltiysky Zavod shipyard in St. Petersburg,

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MAN four stroke with SCR gets Tier III certificate

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 —  DNV-GL has awarded MAN Diesel & Turbo has been awarded a Tier III-compatibility certificate for the MAN 8L21/31 four-stroke engine with a retrofitted SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) system

Havyard WE design PSV named in Svalbard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 — Named this past Saturday at a ceremony in Longyearbyen, Svalbord, the 88.5 m platform supply vessel Polarsyssel is the first vessel built to the Havyard 832 L WE

Vigor Alaska to build two new AMHS ferries

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014 — Alaska Governor Sean Parnell announced Saturday that the State of Alaska and Vigor Industrial have reached a final agreement to construct two Alaska Class Ferries at the Vigor Alaska

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Tropical Shipping now a Saltchuk business unit

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 — Steel drums and a traditional Bahamian Junkanoo dance troop entertained a crowd of more than 325 Tropical Shipping employees as they celebrated the 51-year old company and its

Blank Rome issues advisory on sVGP

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 — Law firm Blank Rome has issued an advisory on the Small Vessel General Permit (sVGP) that is scheduled to come into effect on December 19, 2014. It will