Maersk Tankers and Mitsui order mega ammonia carriers
With Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. as its co-investor in the first four ships, Maersk Tankers has ordered up to ten 93,000 cubic meter capacity very large ammonia carriers (VLACs) at
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Modern laker Mark W. Barker begins sea trials
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
Southern Illinois Transfer towboat will be Mitsubishi-powered
A retractable pilothouse towboat under construction at Kaskaskia Shipyard Inc., Red Bud, Ill., is to be powered by two Mitsubishi diesel propulsion engines, supplied by Covington, La., headquartered Laborde Products. Ordered by
Chevron and Caterpillar eye hydrogen-fueled marine applications
Could a hydrogen-fueled version of the Electro-Motive Diesel two-stroke engine, long a U.S. marine industry work horse, be in the works? These days, the EMD engine is produced by Caterpillar’s Progress Rail
Interlake orders newbuild Great Lakes bulker
under an agreement recently signed with the Interlake Steamship Company, Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding is to construct the first U.S.-flagged Great Lakes bulk carrier to be built in more than 35 years The
Nichols Brothers delivers powerful ATB tug for Savage
JULY 14, 2017—The ATB tug Abundance, the “power” behind the first complex liquefied ammonia transport barge built in the U.S. in decades, was recently delivered by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Whidbey Island,
Eastern Shipbuilding confirms deal for Staten Island Ferries
APRIL 4, 2017—Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, FL, confirmed the contract to the design and build three 4,500-passenger capacity ferries for the iconic Staten Island Ferry, following a Notice to Proceed (NTP)
Gulf Island Shipyards delivers towboat to Marquette
OCTOBER 18, 2016—This past September, the Houma, LA, shipyard of Gulf Island Shipyards, a division of Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., delivered the 10,000 hp M/V Chad Pregracke, the last of a series
Cat Marine establishes new Singapore Marine Center
AUGUST 17, 2016 — Caterpillar Marine is establishing a new Marine Center in Singapore in a facility at 5 Tukang Innovation Grove previously occupied by Caterpillar Remanufacturing. It will give Caterpillar Marine’s