RayClean BWTS gets USCG AMS approval
FEBRUARY 4, 2015 — DESMI Ocean Guard A/S, Aalborg, Denmark, reports that its RayClean Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) has been granted Alternate Management System (AMS) acceptance by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Damen Rotterdam drydocks Technip’s Global 1200
FEBRUARY 4, 2015 — Technip has awarded Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam a contract for for drydocking, upgrades and operational modifications to the deepwater rigid pipe S-lay and heavy lift vessel Global 1200. The
Aker Philly and unions agree new four year contract
FEBRUARY 4, 2015 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. reports that a new four year collective bargaining agreement has been ratified by the Philadelphia Metal Trades Council (PMTC). The PMTC is the exclusive
Former top DOD civilian arrested in Glenn scandal
FEBRUARY 3, 2015 — Paul Simpkins, 60, of Haymarket, VA, a former senior federal contracting officer was arrested this morning for conspiracy to commit bribery in connection with his alleged role in
ClassNK speeds type approval of new Niigata DF engine
FEBRUARY 3, 2015 — Classification society ClassNK says it has granted type approval in near record time to the new 28AHX-DF dual-fuel engine built by Niigata Power Systems Co., Ltd. Though the
Royal Caribbean cuts steel for fourth Oasis class
FEBRUARY 3, 2015 — Royal Caribbean International today marked the official start of construction of a fourth Oasis class cruise ship with a steel cutting ceremony at shipbuilder STX France’s St. Nazaire
BC Ferries awards FortisBC LNG contract for three vessels
FEBRUARY 3, 2015 — BC Ferries has now awarded a long-term contract to energy utility FortisBC to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel the three new intermediate class ferries that it
Lamprell delivers jack-up
FEBRUARY 3, 2015 — United Arab Emirates based Lamprell plc reports that it has delivered the jack-up drilling rig Jindal Pioneer to Dev Drilling Pte Ltd of Singapore, a D. P. Jindal
ASRY in $33 million ship repair block deal with KOTC
FEBRUARY 3, 2015 — ASRY, Bahrain, has signed a $33 million ship repair block agreement with Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) that includes the exclusive maintenance rights to 19 vessels over the
Finnish operator orders CROE scrubber
FEBRUARY 3, 2015 — Parsippany, NJ, headquartered CR Ocean Engineering (CROE) has won an order from Finland’s Bore Ltd for a state-of-the-art exhaust gas cleaning system that will use seawater to reduce