Technip (Paris:TEC) is launching Vertiwind, a project that will test a pre-industrial prototype of a floating offshore wind turbine with a vertical axis. Associated with Technip in the project are Nénuphar, Converteam
Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard, a unit of Sembcorp Marine, has received a S$123 million (US$95.5 million) contract from Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) of a
Rolls-Royce reports that it is to supply gas turbines and waterjets for ten Lockheed Martin team Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) — its largest ever marine naval surface ship contract. Each Freedom class
“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
The Coast Guard’s chief of staff of the Ninth Coast Guard District, was promoted today to the rank of rear admiral lower half in a ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio. Rear Adm. Fred
Failure of the vessel’s Kort nozzle struts may have led to the March 23, 2008, sinking of the fish-processing vessel Alaska Ranger and the subsequent loss of five of the 47 people
A series of 9,000 TEU containerships will cut fuel consumption by 10 percent and CO2 emissions by 90 tonnes a day as a result of an improvement in the hull lines. The
Metairie, La. headquartered Triton Diving Services, LLC has gotten an equity injection from Grey Mountain Partners, LLC , a Boulder, Colo.-based private equity firm. The investment, says Grey Mountain, “provides Triton with
The National Oil Spill Commission set up by President Obama after the Deepwater Horizon tragedy has now issued its full report. It had already released the key findings in a prerelease of
Tom Crowley Jr., chairman, president and CEO of Crowley Maritime Corporation calls the just-announced acquisition of Jarvis International Freight, Inc. “a unique opportunity to extend our logistics services to new industries and
