The 26 m Incat Crowther catamaran, Cat Cocos Isle of La Digue has successfully completed sea trials following its launch from shipbuilder Richardson Devine Marine’s Hobart, Tasmania, shipyard. On trials, the vessel
Paris-headquartered classification society Bureau Veritas says continuing pressure on environmental emissions, coupled with rising oil prices, puts a new focus on operational efficiency. Writing in the Bureau Veritas Marine Business Review 2011,
Incat Crowther has secured a contract to design a 42 m wave piercing catamaran ferry for Indonesian operator Quicksilver Bali. Quicksilver runs day tours and dinner cruises out of Bali, using the
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass., has received an order to build a new all-aluminum mono-hull ferry for Fire Island Ferries, Inc., Bay Shore, N.Y. The vessel’s delivery is scheduled for June
ETP Engenharia Ltda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, recently delivered the 36m monohull crewboat Siem Piata to Siem Consub for service in Brazil for Petrobras. It will serve as a P2 crewboat in
Burger Boat Company, Manitowoc, Wis., recently signed a contract to build 350-passenger, 98 ft passenger vessel for Chicago’s First Lady Cruises, Chicago, Ill. To be called Chicago’s Leading Lady, the steel-hulled vessel
Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc., Seattle, has completed sea trials for M/V Defender V, a new design all-aluminum foil assisted catamaran of the shpbuilder’s own design that it recently launched. The vessel can
The National Oil Spill Commission set up by President Obama after the Deepwater Horizon tragedy has now issued its full report. It had already released the key findings in a prerelease of
The National Oil Spill Commission has released the key findings from its extensive investigation into the causes of the blowout of BP’s Macondo well. Though the full report will be released January
The International Group of P&I Clubs says it is concerned by the “indiscriminate and disproportionate application of criminal law in Venezuela in cases where vessels have been targeted by drug smugglers for
