St. Johns Ship launches OSV for Caribbean
St. Johns Ship Building, Palatka, FL, recently launched the Sea Strength, a 157 ft offshore service vessel (OSV) for A. R. Singh Contractors Ltd. When it is delivered in February, the Sea
Art Anderson Associates makes VP appointments
Bremerton, Wash., based Art Anderson Associates has named Ralph E. Duncan, PE, as Vice-President of Marine and Sean M. Hoynes, PE, as Vice-President of Facilities. Mr. Duncan (on left in picture) will
Hijacked chemical tanker may be pirate mother ship
NATO is warning that the M/V LIQUID VELVET, a Marshall Islands flagged, Greek owned chemical tanker, may be being used as a pirate mothership. It was last reported making way 120 nm
Maersk Line Limited completes heavy-lift vessel reflagging
Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) has completed the reflagging to U.S. registry of Maersk Illinois, its newest multipurpose heavy-lift vessel. The ship is one of two sister vessels that MLL acquired in September
Chinese satellite-tracking vessels to have MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion packages
Two special transportation vessels being built by Jiangnan Shipyard, part of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation Group, will feature complete twin-screw MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion packages in the form of two
Austal to build new design wind farm support vessel for Turbine Transfers
Austal is to build a fourth wind farm support vessel for U.K.-based Turbine Transfers Limited. The order is the first for a new Austal design that will enable safer and more efficient
Video released on new Cuba ferry service
In a recently released video, CubaKat CEO Pedro Baez talks about the company’s plans to begin operating high-speed ferry service between Marathon, FL, to Havana, Cuba, in 13 months. As we reported
Rolls-Royce and Great Lakes Shipyard to upgrade Interlake Steamship tug
Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine has been contracted to upgrade Interlake Steamship Company’s tug Dorothy Ann. The 124-foot, 7,200-horsepower Z-drive tug is the largest Z-drive ATB tug built to date in North America and
Harvey Gulf picks ABS to class LNG-powered offshore supply vessels
Harvey Gulf International Marine has selected ABS as the classification society for its two new dual fueled LNG-powered offshore supply vessels (OSVs) being constructed at Trinity Offshore LLC. The vessels will be
MSC realigns its shoreside operations
Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, commander of the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command says the command is “proactively streamlining and improving our organization so that we will be ready for anything that