VT Halter Marine launches T-AGS 66
MARCH 27, 2013 — VT Halter Marine today hosted a christening ceremony for USNS Maury (T-AGS 66), which was launched yesterday at its Halter Moss Point shipyard. In December 2009, VT Halter
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DNV students develop Arctic spill response concept
AUGUST 9, 2012 — Students enrolled in a summer project organized by DNV in Oslo have presented the results of seven weeks of intense and targeted work to develop a realistic and
STX Canada Marine to design Canada’s polar icebreaker
The Canadian Government today named the firm that will design the Canadian Coast Guard’s future flagship, the Polar Icebreaker, CCGS John G. Diefenbaker. “I am pleased to announce that the team at
First LNG fueled product tanker enters service
Marking a major breakthrough for commercial shipping and LNG fuel technology, the product tanker Bit Viking returned to service along the Norwegian coast as the first vessel to undergo conversion from heavy
PowerBuoy on sea trials as part of coastal surveillance system
Wave energy technology pioneer Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. reports that one of its PowerBuoy autonomous wave energy devices has been deployed for sea trials as part of a U.S. Navy coastal security
Mother ship design for deepwater offshore wind farms
Anglo-Dutch company Offshore Ship Designers has launched a new offshore wind farm maintenance vessel concept. It aims to improve the uptime of deepwater wind turbines and reduce maintenance costs and carbon emissions
AIDA ship order gives Siemens something to smile about
Siemens Industry Solutions Division has received an order from Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, to to provide diesel-electric propulsion systems, and power generation and distribution systems for the AIDA Cruises ship ordered
Singapore invests in marine fuel cell research
Singapore is investing up to Singapore $6 million (US$ 4.5 million) in maritime fuel cell research. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and Temasek Polytechnic (TP) have signed a Memorandum