JUNE 22, 2012 — German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (FSG) has booked its second newbuilding order this month. The new contract comes from Scotland’s Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL)
JUNE 15, 2012 — Norwegian shipbuilder Fjellstrand has broken into the wind farm support vessel market with an innovative trimaran SWATH design, the WindServer. Ejsberg, Denmark, based World Maritime Offshore A/S has
JUNE 6, 2012 —The underwater hull of the Staten Island ferry Sen. John J. Marchi, was recently coated with Ecospeed in Norfolk, Va. This follows last year’s application of Ecospeed to the
MAY 25, 2012—The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently concluded that the probable cause of a loss of propulsion control of a Staten Island Ferry two years ago was the failure
File this under “how things change.” Once upon a time Bangladesh imported ferries from Denmark. Now Chittagong shipbuilder Western Marine Shipyard Ltd. has launched a 50 m RO/RO ferry for Denmark’s Hundested-Rørvig
Vigor Industries’ US Fab shipyard will start construction in December on a second 144-car ferry for Washington State Ferries. The Ferries Division of the Washington State Department of Transportation and shipbuilder Vigor
“Tragic accidents, from the Titanic, to the Estonia or the Costa Concordia, put ship safety in the spotlight,” said EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas, setting out the European Commission’s priorities for passenger
Finland’s STX Rauma Shipyard recently held the keel-laying of the double-ended ferry for Suomen Lauttaliikenne Oy (Finferries). The environmentally friendly next-generation ferry will be delivered to Finferries at the end of this
Two weeks after its acquisition by Damen Shipyards, the former Sobrena shipyard in Brest, France, (now Damen Shiprepair Brest) has booked its first order. Bourbon Offshore Surf’s Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel
Morgan City, La., based Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) has reported its fourth quarter and twelve months 2011 results and the addition of new business during the first quarter totaling
