Wärtsilä is to supply a complete power system, including two 6-cylinder Wärtsilä 20DF dual-fuel medium-speed engines, for a new dry cargo inland waterway vessel. This will be the first ever medium speed
Coltec Industries Inc. and National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) have agreed to pay a civil penalty of $280,000 and spend approximately $500,000 on an environmental project to resolve alleged violations of
Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Zamakona S.A has received an order from Sølvtrans Holding ASA, Norway, for a 76 m long by 16 m wellboat for delivery in June 2013. Sølvtrans is the world’s
The Navy reports that guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Baranof (WPB 1318) rescued 24 Filipino mariners in the Persian Gulf, early March 15. At
The news that an ME-GI principle LNG-fired engine will be demonstrated next year by MOL and Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. (see earlier story) is one of several indications of growing interest
The Port of Los Angeles has gotten U.S. Coast Guard approval to retrofit its 42-year-old harbor tour boat, the Angelena II, with hybrid propulsion. When the work is done, later this spring,
Wärtsilä is to supply fresh water integrated scrubbers for a series of six vessels, with an option for a further two, being built for Canadian shipowner, Algoma Central Corporation by Chinese shipbuilder
The inland waterways of the Netherlands are now home to the 6,100 dwt Argonon, the world’s first new LNG-fuelled tanker, following its delivery by the Dutch Shipyard Trico B.V. Built to Lloyd’s
Siemens Industry, Inc. says that it has improved upon its popular Siship Blue Drive with the launch of its Blue(TM) Drive Plus C system, a new diesel electric propulsion system now available
Marking a major breakthrough for commercial shipping and LNG fuel technology, the product tanker Bit Viking returned to service along the Norwegian coast as the first vessel to undergo conversion from heavy
