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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

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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

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E.R. Schiffahrt cancels AHTS orders at Korean shipyard

Hamburg-headquartered shipowner and ship manager E.R. Schiffahrt reports that it has cancelled orders placed with the Korean shipyard Sekwang for four anchor handling tug supply vessels “due to ongoing delays in completion

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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

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Washington State may transfer WSF to new ferry district

Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire is proposing handing over the state ferry system from the Washington State Department of Transportation to a newly created regional ferry district. As we reported in November,,

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Bourbon changes management structure

Paris-headquartered offshore services giant Bourbon has separated the functions of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. Jacques de Chateauvieux will continue to chair the Board of Directors but

Austal moves giant cat out of fabrication hall

Austal today moved its largest ever catamaran out of the fabrication hall at its Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard. The 113 m long vessel is being built for Denmark’s Nordic Ferry Service The

Antarctic cruise ship in trouble – again

The antarctic cruise ship Clelia II was yesterday limping towards Ushuaia at Argentina’s southern tip with 101 passenger and 65 crew members on board. The ship, operated by Polar Cruises and managed

Blount Boats adds to order book

Boats, Inc., Warren, R.I., has been adding to its order book. Recent contract include an award by the Maine Department of Transportation to build a 110-foot passenger ferry for the Casco Bay