Rolls-Royce is to design, power and equip the advanced UT 737 CD subsea construction vessel ordered from STX OSV last month (see earlier story) by Island Offshore, in which the Chouest and
In a promising development for lightweight shipbuilding constructions, Germany’s Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) and its partners in a joint project have laser welded a demonstrator for marine gear unit foundations made
Australia’s Sydney Ferries has completed what enterprise software provider Ventyx describes as a “significant” upgrade of Ventyx Ellipse for Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), on time and on
Jacques de Chateauvieux’s Jaccar Holdings is selling its 25 percent stake in Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering to Pearlfine Ocean Worldwide, which joins Evergreen Holding Group and Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group (in which Jaccar
Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Bob Papp underwent surgery to treat early stage prostate cancer at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Monday, April 23, after it was diagnosed in
A 38,486 dwt Wilh. Wilhelmsen RO/RO ship, MV Tamesis is to be retrofitteded with the world’s largest exhaust gas scrubbing system. Supplied by Wärtsillä Hamworthy, the multi-stream Krystallon Exhaust Gas Cleaning System
André Goedée, CEO of heavy lift shipping specialist Dockwise Ltd., says that a planned acquisition of Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. is “an important step forward at the right time.” Dockwise has entered
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry experienced another year of strong growth in 2011,” according to International Registries, Inc., which manages the Marshall Islands maritime program. In terms of gross
Finland’s STX Rauma Shipyard recently held the keel-laying of the double-ended ferry for Suomen Lauttaliikenne Oy (Finferries). The environmentally friendly next-generation ferry will be delivered to Finferries at the end of this
Crowley Maritime company Titan Salvage, in collaboration with Italian marine contractor Micoperi, has won the contract to salvage the Costa Concordia, Costa Cruise Lines announced April 21. The salvage plan, which must
