Incat Crowther wind farm service vessel goes on sea trials
Built by Lyme Boats in the U.K., Santa Ana is a 17.5 m Incat Crowther catamaran specifically designed for the wind farm service industry. Operator P&O Maritime Services saw the potential of
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Canadian university to convert ship to fuel cell hybrid research vessel
A former Canadian Coast Guard cutter is to be converted into North America’s first ever hybrid, electric research ship. BMT Fleet Technology, of Ottawa, Ontario is collaborating with the University of Victoria,
Wärtsilä to equip Viking Line’s new LNG vessel with engines
Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract by shipbuilding company STX Finland Oy to supply the propulsion machinery for a new passenger ferry to be built for Viking Line, a Finnish ship owner.
ITF takes tougher stance on arming ships against pirates
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is now recommending the carrying of military guards on ships, and is recognizing the use of private armed guards, subject to certain conditions. However, it reaffirmed
Petition seeks to change how USCG handles foreign rebuild determinations
Many in the U.S. shipbuilding industry find the Coast Guard’s logic in determining what constitutes a foreign rebuild to be weird, if not perverse. For instance, in one case, a new inner
ABS to form software JV with Herbert Engineering Corporation
Classification society ABS and naval architectural firm Herbert Engineering Corp. (HEC) have agreed to form a joint venture company, Herbert-ABS Software Solutions, LLC (Herbert-ABS). Herbert-ABS will offer loading and salvage analysis
Commandant delivers State of the Coast Guard address
“In order for the Coast Guard to win the future, we need to continue recapitalizing our fleet,” said Coast Guard Commandant Bob Papp in his State of the Coast Guard address, delivered
UN envoy seeks action against pirate ring leaders
With 90 percent of pirates captured by navies being released because nobody will put them on trial, Jack Lang, the United Nations special envoy on maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia
Pirates set new hostage taking record
Pirates captured 1,181 seafarers and killed eight more last year, making 2010 the worst year on record for hostage taking at sea. The latest global piracy report from the International Chamber of
Emissions controls, back to the basics says Ron Oyer
“We have to remember the basics before getting a real handle on emissions control for large marine and stationary plants,” says one well-known marine industry commentator. “In today’s world of automation and