Austal has been awarded a contract for the design, construction and through-life support of eight new 57.8 m patrol boats for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. The approximate value of
Container shipping and logistics giant Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) today reported a net loss of US$67 million for the first half of 2011 compared to a US$1 million net profit in the
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) reports that the energy-saving Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF) device has now been ordered for 2,000 vessels worldwide. The PBCF breaks up the hub vortex generated behind
Gustav Johan Nydal is leaving his position as President and CEO of Quebec shipbuilder Davie Yards to return to Norway where he has been appointed Yard Director of STX Norway Florø AS.
The U.S. Coast Guard published today in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) designed to improve safety on towing vessels. The rule could impact more than 5,100 vessels that
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass., recently delivered a new high-speed ferry to Fire Island Ferries, Inc., for operation on the south shore of Long Island in New York. The new 387-passenger,
The two 92.4 m platform supply vessels that Fincantieri Marine Group’s Bay Shipbuilding Company is to build for Tidewater Marine LLC (see earlier story) are to have Siemens diesel electric propulsion. Siemens
China’s Zhejiang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. an affiliate of Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, has delivered Bourbon Front, the first Ulstein PX105 platform supply vessel, to Bourbon Offshore Norway. As well as the Ulstein X-bow,
SeaArk Marine, Inc., Monticello, Ark., reports that Engineering Department Manager Ronald “Ronnie” McGehee has succeeded VP of Engineering Casmer “Cas” Kirby who has retired after a career with the work and patrol
Here’s something else to use your smart phone for. Shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries has launched what it says is the world’s first mobile after-sales services (A/S) for ships. Called m-PASS, enables shipowners
