NOL adds new 14,000-TEU “Eco ship”
MARCH 25, 2013—Singapore’s NOL Group is spending $4 billion to renew its fleet with some of the most-efficient, environmentally friendly containerships in the market. It recently took delivery of the APL Temasek,
Bollinger delivers fifth FRC to Coast Guard
MARCH 25, 2013 — Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has delivered the Margaret Norvell, the fifth Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard. The 154 foot patrol craft Margaret Norvell is
NPT Propeller delivers impressive results
MARCH 25, 2013 — The latest Grontmij/Schmidt Maritime Seahorse 35000 design bulk carrier, built by China’s Yangzhou Guoyu Shipbuilding Co. for Nordic Hamburg, recently completed sea trials in which it exceeded all
Bibby COO warns: Eco ships won’t arrive overnight
MARCH 25, 2013 — The eco ship revolution may be on the horizon but the new ships will not replace the existing fleet overnight and meantime ship managers are under increasing pressure
Glosten to develop offshore wind TLP demonstrator for U.K.
MARCH 25, 2013 — A U.K. public-private partnership, the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), has selected Seattle based naval architecture and marine engineering firm The Glosten Associates to design an offshore wind floating
Vigor completes Seattle fireboat renovation
MARCH 25, 2013 — Seattle, WA, based naval architecture and marine engineering company Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA) reports the on time and within budget completion of a major renovation of
Conservancy warns SS United States could be scrapped
MARCH 25, 2013 — The SS United States Conservancy says that if it can’t secure $500,000 from new donors, corporate sponsors, and other supporters, the historic liner could be sold to scrappers
MHI and Imabari form LNG ship JV to compete with Korea
MARCH 25, 2013 — Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. are setting up a joint venture company — MI LNG Company, Limited — to handle the design
China Rongsheng secures first jack-up orders
MARCH 25, 2013 — China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited has announceda pair of “notable breakthroughs” in the offshore market. The shipbuilder has won two EPC contracts for GustoMSC CJ46 design
Fast cat can morph into liftboat
MARCH 25, 2013 — Invented by Dennis Knox of OSSeas Consulting, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, the SHC Wavedancer is a concept for a submersible hull catamaran. It is described as “essentially a