SEPTEMBER 14, 2014—Every two years, the shipping and shipbuilding world descends on Hamburg, Germany, for SMM, a week-long, mind-boggling smorgasbord of marine technology and innovation on display at more than 2,100 booths
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014—It’s been hard to imagine it’s been 13 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks. For many of us, the wounds are still fresh. It’s a day that touches us
AUGUST 25, 2014 — Wärtsilä is using this week’s ONS 2014 event in Stavanger, Norway, to launch its new Low Loss Hybrid (LLH) system. It utilizes different power sources in combination with
AUGUST 19, 2014 — Technology reminiscent of Marvel’s Iron Man could become a part of the everyday shipbuilding scene. An exoskeleton developed by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] will soon be under evaluation
AUGUST 18, 2014—One crew member is dead, following a fire in the engine room of a 485 ft Bahamian flag chemical tanker, according to a report by the U.S. Coast Guard. The
August 15, 2014—How does a company stay in business for a century and a half—surviving and thriving during a Civil War, two World Wars, and the Great Depression. McAllister’s formula: reinvesting, constantly,
JUNE 19, 2014—An 86-year-old tugboat now has a new life as an all-electric dredge tender, thanks to a recent refit with electric motors. Originally built as a tug in 1928, the dredge
APRIL 7, 2014 — Rotterdam headquartered Imtech Marine says that a hybrid propulsion system supplied for the first diesel electric, hybrid ferries built for Scottish state-owned ferry operator, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
JANUARY 20, 2014—The European Union is providing EURO6.4 million in co-financing for a pilot project investigating a new hybrid propulsion system aboard two RoPax vessels operated by Scandlines Germany GmbH on routes
JUNE 12, 2013 — Queensland, Australia, shipbuilder Marine Engineering Consultants (MEC) has started construction of a 24 m Incat Crowther designed 24 m long-range catamaran patrol vessel. The vessel will work in
