Burlington, Ontario-based McKeil Marine has replaced oil- and grease- lubricated bearings onboard its bulk carrier Northern Venture with Thordon Bearings COMPAC water-lubricated propeller shaft and SXL rudder bearings. Established in 1956, McKeil
PrimeServ, MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, has completed the world’s first retrofit of the engine of a very large container vessel, the Maersk Halifax, to dual fuel methanol operation. The 15,000 TEU
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the availability of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Regional Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sales Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
A new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds that sixteen out of the 32 ships in the Navy’s amphibious warfare ship fleet are considered to be in “poor material condition” by
Austal Philippines has delivered a 32-meter Incat Crowther designed catamaran to Australia’s Rottnest Fast Ferries, less than twelve months after commencing construction at its Balamban, Cebu, shipyard. The vessel, the Ocean Master,
By Michael Devolld, maritime transportation system cybersecurity lead at ABS Consulting On February 22, 2024, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register,
At the 2024 International Workboat Show, we had the opportunity to sit down with Luke Briant, vice president of sales and marketing at Arlington, Va.-based Trident Maritime Systems, to discuss the company’s
Sweden’s Wallenius Marine is getting nearer to achieving its goal of building the world’s first wind-powered PCTC (pure car and truck carrier). It is now conducting advanced wind tunnel tests to confirm
It’s official, the Coast Guard has now issued a contract for the acquisition of the Edison Chouest Offshore icebreaking vessel Aiviq. The Coast Guard Acquisitions Directorate says that on Nov. 20 it
Austal USA LLC, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $48,020,435 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract modification (P00006) under a previously awarded contract (N40345-22-D-8000) to exercise Option Year Two for emergent repair and continuous maintenance
