JANUARY 20, 2015—Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Freeland, WA, has selected Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), Seattle, to provide the design and production engineering for the construction of a new freight and passenger
JANUARY 19, 2015 — ABB has won orders worth $60 million to deliver complete electrical power plant and propulsion systems for two cruise ships to be built for Star Cruises by Meyer
JANUARY 19, 2015 — Crowley Maritime Corporation’s liner services group will add a 400 FEU capacity, flat deck barge to its South Atlantic Puerto Rico service in the first quarter, increasing the
JANUARY 19, 2015 —The joint venture agreement between Wärtsilä and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) for the take-over of Wärtsilä’s two-stroke engine business, which was announced in July 2014, has now been
JANUARY 19, 2015 —The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled last week on the issues raised in the Phase 2 trial of the Deepwater Horizon case: the
JANUARY 19, 2015 — Shipowners who violate the new fuel sulfur requirements in the North American ECA (Emissions Control Area) will face stiff civil penalties. On January 16, 2015, EPA released a
JANUARY 19, 2015 — The world’s largest shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), has launched the Hyundai Marine Service Center in Ulsan, South Korea, by merging the after sales service units of three
JANUARY 19, 2015 — The California Air Resources Board has fined four shipping companies a combined $146,719 for failing to switch from bunker fuel to cleaner, low-sulfur marine distillate fuel upon entering
JANUARY 16, 2015 — Canadian media report that the federal government has now signed a build contract with Irving Shipbuilding for the AOPS (arctic/offshore patrol ships) program. Irving is the prime contractor
JANUARY 16, 2015 — Norway aims to have the world’s most environmentally friendly fleet of coastal vessels according to a declaration of cooperation just signed by Minister of Trade and Industry Monica
