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More lock gates arrive in Panama

JUNE 11, 2014 — The Panama Canal Expansion Program is moving forward. Yesterday, the second shipment of four rolling gates for the Third Set of Locks arrived at the waterway’s Atlantic side

FSG books order for LNG fueled RoRo ferry

JUNE 10, 2014 — A 181 m x 26.6 m LNG-fueled RoRo ferry ordered at German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft (FSG) will be fueled by taking mobile LNG tanks on board during

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Vard confirms largest vessel order yet

JUNE 10, 2014 — Solstad Offshore ASA has turned an LOI with Vard into a firm contract for the design and construction of a large offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV), that will

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Aker Philly, AMSC and Apollo launch Philly Tankers

JUNE 10, 2014 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard and financial sponsors, including American Shipping Company and funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, are creating a what’s described as a “pure play Jones Act

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Wärtsilä engines to power LNG fueled icebreaker

JUNE 10, 2014 — Wärtsilä reports that the new icebreaker being built by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard for the Finnish Transport Agency will be powered one 8-cylinder Wärtsilä 20DF, two 9-cylinder Wärtsilä 34DF,

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NASSCO gets $64 million more for MLP 4

JUNE 9, 2014 — General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $64,056,766 modification under a previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2229) to procure advance material for

Horizon delivers another towboat to FMT

JUNE 9, 2014 — Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, AL, has delivered a seventh 140 ft towboat for Florida Marine Transporters (FMT), Mandeville, LA. Named for long-time FMT Captain, Phillip Box,