With Congress not wanting to see a repeat of some of the types of engineering problems experienced with the littoral combat ship (LCS) program, the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act requires the
An internal study undertaken by Inmarsat indicates that data usage on commercial maritime vessels has jumped more than threefold since 2019. Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications services, connects
Houston-headquartered Thrustmaster of Texas reports that it has been awarded a multiyear contract from the U.S. Coast Guard Surface Force Logistics Center (SFLC) to overhaul thrusters for the Coast Guard’s 175-foot WLM
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday has released Navigation Plan 2022 to the fleet. It aims to outline how the U.S. Navy “will build, maintain, train, and equip a dominant
The Cruise Division of MSC Group and French shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique celebrated two important milestones this past weekend for MSC Cruises’ first two LNG-fueled cruise ships. MSC World Europa completed her
The Department of Defense announced today that the Navy awarded Fincantieri Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, Wis., a $536,875,440 fixed-price incentive (firm target) and firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-20-C-2300 to exercise
Leaders from Fincantieri Marinette Marine, the U.S. Navy, and Wisconsin-based Miron Construction dedicated a new facility at the Marinette, Wis., shipyard with a small ceremony on March 8. Employees and guests gathered
In a ceremony held December 3, 2021, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., shipbuilder Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding delivered the 340 foot long, 5,500-cubic-meter LNG bunkering barge, Clean Canaveral, to Polaris New Energy. The vessel, which
By Jonathan Barnes, Marine Log Contributor Around the Great Lakes region, shipyards are busy. The need for vessels, maintenance and retrofits, and necessary infrastructure improvements, have led to a hike in activity
Fincantieri Marine Group member Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, Wis., has been awarded a $38,172,896 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-20-C-2300 to exercise an option for fiscal 2021 engineering and class services
