St. John Enterprises is to open a new barge building operation at Tallulah, Louisiana, succeeding a former Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding operation that closed in December and meant the loss of about 100
The U.K.’s University of Birmingham has been operating a canal boat with a fuel cell drive for three years on Britain’s 3,500 km long canal system. Last year the boat made its
Maine Maritime Academy Vice President for Enrollment Management, Jeff Loustaunau, has announced that Captain Leslie B. Eadie, III, of Brewer, Maine, has been selected as the permanent master of the training ship,
MT Højgaard has awarded Jumbo Offshore the transport and installation contract for all of the 111 Transition Pieces (TP’s) for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm (Denmark). The 400 MW wind farm is
GL Maritime Software’s navigational decision-making support system GL SeaScout 2.0 has been installed on board Reederei Claus-Peter Offen’s 14,000 TEU containership MSC Savona. It will help the vessel to optimize routing; minimizing
Two 47 m high speed catamaran ferries have departed Austal’s Henderson, Australia, shipyard for Guadeloupe, where they will soon start operations for long-standing Austal customer L’Express des Iles. Austal was selected by
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has announced the appointment of 29 members to the new Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council (MTSNAC), established to advise the Department on matters relating to
With Hurricane Irene approaching New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced during his press conference today that Staten Island Ferry service by 10 p.m. on Saturday, August 27. There was a possibility
Aker Solutions has received a Letter of Award from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), to supply two drilling equipment packages to the new “Cat D” drilling rigs the yard is building
BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $14,545,851 modification to a previously awarded Navy cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00024-07-C-4407) to definitize the USS Preble (DDG 88) fiscal
