Stena RoRo to retrofit Forerunner with CROE scrubbers
JANUARY 7, 2015 — CR Ocean Engineering, L.L.C.(CROE), Parsippany, NJ, says that Stena RoRo AB, Gothenburg, Sweden, has awarded it a contract for the design and supply of two open loop exhaust
Grounded car carrier refloats itself
JANUARY 7, 2015 — Although salvors had no plan to refloat the grounded car carrier Höegh Osaka today, according to the latest update from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Höegh Osaka
Double launch from Canada’s largest dry dock
JANUARY 7, 2015 — Chantier Davie Canada Inc, Lévis, Quebec, reports a busy three weeks. Over the holiday period, the second in the series of 130-m Subsea Construction Vessels that the company
Panama Canal unveils new toll proposal
JANUARY 7, 2015 — The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) this week announced a proposal for a new toll structure, following more than a year of informal consultations with representatives from various industry
L-3 SAM to retrofit four Scandlines double-enders
JANUARY 7, 2015 — Hamburg, Germany, headquartered L-3 SAM Electronics reports that it has been awarded a contract through Danish subsidiary, L-3 Lyngsø Marine to retrofit navigation facilities aboard four double-ended passenger
No refloat yet for grounded car carrier
JANUARY 7, 2015 — The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) issued a statement this morning confirming that grounded car carrier Höegh Osaka will not be refloated off the Bramble Bank in
Batam shipyard uses air bags to launch X-bow
JANUARY 7, 2015 — The first of two Ulstein designed PX121 platform supply vessels for Singapore’s Britoil Offshore Services Pte Ltd was successfully launched this week —using ship launching airbags. “Launches are
DOF Subsea gets contracts for Otto Candies vessels
JANUARY 7, 2015 — Bergen, Norway, headquartered DOF Subsea reports that it has been awarded “several contracts” by key clients and oil majors in the Gulf of Mexico for two of the
Pearl Seas considering Cuba cruises
JANUARY 7, 2015 — One of the first cruise lines to offer cruises to Cuba may be Guilford, CT, based Pearl Seas Cruises, a sister company of American Cruise Line. The company
Ferus Smit wins order for two DP2 ECOBOX vessels
JANUARY 6, 2015 — Symphony Shipping B.V., the Netherlands subsidiary of Singapore’s Symphony Ventures Pte Ltd., has added two more ECOBOX multipurpose vessels to the six it has on order at Westerbroek,