EU funding for LNG bunkering vessel project
JANUARY 11, 2013 — A €1,305,000 LNG bunkering project being carried out by AGA AB in the Port of Stockholm, Sweden, is to go ahead with the help of a €261,000 contribution
ClassNK to expand its U.S. brown water market services
JANUARY 11, 2013 — Tokyo-headquartered classification society ClassNK is now the world’s largest. And it is looking to expand its U.S. “brown water” business. Last month ClassNK gained expanded authorization from the
Tidewater takes over three PSV newbuild contracts
JANUARY 11, 2013 — STX OSV Holdings Limited reports that Tidewater Inc. has acquired contracts for three PSV 09 design platform supply vessels(PSVs) under construction at STX OSV in Norway. STX OSV
Deltamarin gets design contract for Stolt Nielsen newbuilds
JANUARY 11, 2013 — Deltamarin Ltd. of Finland has been retained to become the designer for five 38,000 dwt stainless steel parcel chemical tankers for Stolt Nielsen Ship Finance Ltd, a subsidiary
BAE Norfolk gets $80.6 million mod to LHD 7 contract
JANUARY 11, 2013 — BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded an $80,647,084 undefinitized contract modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee Navy contract (N00024-11-C-4407) for the planning and execution
Horizon Shipbuilding delivers second Canal Barge towboat
JANUARY 10, 2013—Horizon Shipbuilding of Bayou La Batre, AL, has delivered the second in a series of 74 ft towboats to Canal Barge Company, Inc. of New Orleans, LA The Susan J
Voith Schneider Propellers ordered for Canadian lake ferry
JANUARY 10, 2013 — A new double-ended ferry being built by Waterbridge Steel under a contract awarded last June by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure will have three Voith
LNG-fueled cruise ferry delivered by STX Turku shipyard
JANUARY 10, 2013— STX Finland Oy’s Turku shipyard has delivered the 2,800-passenger dual fuel cruise ferry Viking Grace to Viking Line ABP. The 57,000-gt M/S Viking Grace will enter service between Turku,
Steerprop propulsors ordered for Russian icebreakers
JANUARY 10, 2013 — Finnish azimuthing propulsor specialist Steerprop Ltd. has been contracted to deliver main propulsion systems for three icebreakers ordered by the Russian Federal Agency of Marine and River Transportation
Seastreak ferry had undergone major conversion
JANUARY 10, 2013—New York City morning newscasts today showed the ferry Seastreak Wall Street under tow away from Manhattan’s Pier 11 following the hard docking incident yesterday in which a total of