OCTOBER 4, 2013 — Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply its Promas Lite propulsion system to Norwegian shipowner Hurtigruten to improve propeller efficiency on its cruise ship Richard With. Promas Lite
OCTOBER 2, 2013 — To reduce fuel consumption during slow steaming, a 318,000 dwt Maersk Tankers VLCC has been retrofitted with Variable Turbine Inlet system (VTI) turbochargers. Cross-section view of VTI turbocharger
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 — Damen Shiprepair Brest in France has docked the first ship to take advantage of a new “Quick Docking/Fuel Saving” now offered by Damen Shiprepair & Conversion. The package
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 — BAE San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $20,691,196 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-4407) on Sept. 17, 2013 to exercise an option for the
AUGUST 20, 2013 — BAE Systems Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a $12,820,427 modification to previously awarded contract (N0024-06-C-4408) for repairs to the USS Chafee (DDG 90). This repair modification consists
AUGUST 12, 2013 — General Dynamics-NASSCO Earl Industries, Portsmouth, Va., is being awarded an $82,481,992 undefinitized contract action as a modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-4303) for the USS Eisenhower (CVN
AUGUST 8, 2013 — The world’s largest semisubmersible Heavy Transport Vessel (HTV), Dockwise Vanguard, was recently used as an alternative to a dry dock. Disney Cruise Line passengers get a view of
JULY 31, 2013 — Gibraltar ship repairer Gibdock has added to its offshore vessel sector references by completing a drydocking contract from Technip. Wellservicer, a multi-role diving support vessel with subsea lift
JULY 18, 2013 — Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. reports that its Bollinger Fourchon, L.L.C. facility has worked twelve years without a lost time accident. Bollinger says that, building on a philosophy that starts
JULY 5, 2013 — Ship repair company Elgin Brown and Hamer (EBH) Namibia says that its Panamax sized third floating dry dock arrived in Walvis Bay today. EBH Namibia announced its plans