Turkey orders Navantia design LPD
MAY 10, 2015 — Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) has signed a contract reportedly worth close to $1 billion with Sedef Shipbuilding, Inc., Turkey’s largest private shipyard. It covers design and
Austal USA christens JHSV
MAY 9, 2015 — Shipbuilder Austal USA christened USNS Brunswick (JHSV 6) today in a ceremony at its Mobile, AL, shipyard. USNS Brunswick is the sixth of ten Joint High Speed Vessels
BC Ferries christens its first cable ferry
MAY 8, 2015 — BC Ferries christened its newest vessel and first-ever cable ferry, Baynes Sound Connector, in a ceremony at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards in North Vancouver, BC, Canada, today at which
Zamakona delivers third FSV to Atlantic Offshore
MAY 8, 2015 — Spanish shipbuilder Zamakona Yards reports that its Pasajes, San Sebastián, shipyard has delivered the Field Support Vessel (FSV) Ocean Falcon to Norway’s Atlantic Offshore A.S. The ship is
Pentagon to Iran: Control Revolutionary Guard Navy behavior
MAY 8, 2015 — Although the release by Iran of the containership Maersk Tigris was confirmed yesterday, the Pentagon said that U.S. military resources can respond quickly to any Iranian acts of
Meyer Turku hands over Mein Schiff 4
MAY 8, 2015 — Just two days after coming under 100% Meyer family ownership, Finland’s Meyer Turku Shipyard today handed over the cruise ship Mein Schiff 4 to TUI Cruises. “Our expansion
E.N. Bisso takes its IT to the cloud
MAY 8, 2015 — New Orleans headquartered tug and towing services supplier E.N. Bisso & Sons, Inc. has taken its IT to the cloud. The fifth-generation business had previously supported its fleet
Ulstein marks milestone in construction of giant OCV
MAY 8, 2015 — Norway’s Ulstein Verft has reached an important milestone in the construction of its largest ship thus far, yard number 302, the first of the two giant SX165 design
Wärtsilä 50 DF certified for ethane operation
MAY 8, 2015 — Wärtsilä reports that its 50DF marine engine has been successfully tested and certified to run on ethane (LEG) fuel in an extensive and successful testing program was carried
Royal Caribbean to order fourth Quantum class cruise ship
MAY 7, 2015 — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with shipbuilder Meyer Werft in Germany to order a fourth Quantum-class cruise