Chile’s largest shipuilder, state-owned ASMAR (Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada)(ASMAR) has awarded Nekkar ASA subsidiary Syncrolift AS the tender for the basic engineering design of a 5,000 tonnes shiplift and transfer
ABS is supporting a project to build the first offshore supply vessel (OSV) in Malaysia to feature an innovative vessel design and battery system to support more sustainable operations. The next generation
The Interlake Steamship Company has released photographs of its new 639-foot River class self-unloading bulker on initial sea rials. Named for Interlake Steamship’s president, the vessel, the M/V Mark W. Barker, has
The wedding is off. The U.S. Department of Justice reports that container handling equipment giant Cargotec Corporation confirmed today that it has abandoned its intended merger of equals with Konecranes Plc. The
Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding and the Interlake Steamship Company hosted a launch ceremony Thursday that marked the latest milestone in the construction of the new 639-foot M/V Mark W. Barker, its float out
The world’s largest civilian hospital ship, Global Mercy, has now been formally handed over to Mercy Ships in a ceremony at the Tianjin Xingang shipyard in northern China. Gothenburg, Sweden, based Stena
Voith will showcase a new system for remotely controlling tugboats in a live streamed simulation at Germany’s upcoming 12th National Maritime Conference, being held virtually May 10-11. Called FernSAMS, the technology has
PSA Marine, Singapore, has taken delivery of two more Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAmparts 3200 ASD tugs from China’s PaxOcean Engineering Zhuhai Co. Ltd. The tugs, PSA Marvel and PSA Valkyrie, are
Last month saw the delivery of Odin of Scapa and Thor of Scapa, a pair of Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAstar 3200-SX terminal support/escort tugs, that will operate in Scotland’s Orkney Islands.
Cranes and material handlers—it’s something we haven’t written a whole lot about in Marine Log. Nonetheless, they are an essential part of shoreside shipping, whether they are at a container terminal on
