JULY 23, 2015 — Congressional opposition to Arctic drilling remains strong. Nonetheless the Obama administration continues to allow Shell’s Chukchi Sea drilling program to proceed — under a number of limitations. Among
APRIL 13, 2015 — The first of three Arctic Class tugs being built at the Foss Rainier, OR, Shipyard was christened Thursday, April 9, at the Foss Waterway Seaport in Tacoma, WA.
MARCH 18, 2015—Wärtsilä and VTT, the Technical Research Center of Finland, will be the main contributors to a new EUR 7.5 million technology research program aimed at developing propulsion products specifically for
MARCH 4, 2015 — Rolls-Royce has been awarded a ship equipment contract worth about $30 million by Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO). The contract covers the supply of azimuth main propulsion, propulsion control
FEBRUARY 20, 2015 — Two identical Arctic icebreaking rescue and salvage vessels were named yesterday in a ceremony at Nordic Yards’ Wismar, Germany, shipyard. Nordic Yards — which is owned by the
NOVEMBER 14, 2014 — The Natural Resources Development Council (NRDC) reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has rejected a Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. and Shell Offshore
AUGUST 12, 2014 — Chartered in the state of Alaska and based in Anchorage with an office in Houston, the Arctic Salvage Research Foundation has been formed with the mission of assuring
AUGUST 11, 2014 — Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has won a contract worth some $380 million to building of three icebreaking stand-by vessels for Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot. They will be
AUGUST 7, 2014 — Wärtsilä has won a design contract for a multi-purpose platform supply vessel (MPSV) ordered at Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard by Tidewater, Inc.for operation by its Troms Offshore subsidiary. There
MAY 7, 2014 — Norwegian Electric Systems (NES), Bergen, Norway, is to supply the hybrid battery diesel electric propulsion system for the Arctic PSV recently ordered at Havyard by Iceland’s Fafnir Offshore