New dredge R.B. Weeks under construction at Eastern Shipbuilding Group

New dredge underway at Eastern Shipbuilding for Weeks Marine

Eastern Shipbuilding Group is busy with the construction of the trailing suction hopper dredge R.B. Weeks (ESG Hull 258). The dredge is a sister ship to the Magdalen (ESG 256), delivered to

Lloyd's Register

Lloyd’s Register withdraws services to Russia

As Russian aggression in Ukraine continues, more organizations are continuing to cease providing services to Russian-controlled entities. Today, classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) said it is disengaging from provision of all services

Zero-emission ship

Zero-emission bulk carrier project gains LR Approval in Principle

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded its Approval in Principle (AiP) to Norwegian ship owner Egil Ulvan Rederi AS for its zero-emission self-discharging hydrogen-fueled bulk carrier, With Orca. As we have reported earlier,

New Thordon appointees

Management changes at Thordon Bearings

Anthony Hamilton has been appointed as the new technical director at Thordon Bearings. Reporting directly to CEO Anna Galoni, he will lead the Burlington, Ontario, headquartered company’s engineering, CAD, and new product

LR's sustainability manager will push forward shipping decarbonization

LR’s Palmer takes on key UN shipping decarb role

Lloyd Register’s (LR) global sustainability manager, Katharine Palmer has been appointed as the United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC) High-Level Climate Champions’ (HLCC) Shipping Lead to support the shipping industry’s drive to decarbonization.

Multipurpose vessel at sea

VIDEO: Kuwait Oil takes delivery of multipurpose spill responder

Recently delivered to Kuwait Oil Company by Uzmar Shipyard, the 60-meter RAmpage 6000-ZM vessel Koc Al Zour, is the largest Robert Allan Ltd. design ever built in Turkey. She is designed and

Showing components of hydrogen propulsion system

Retrofitted inland vessel cleared to sail the Rhine on hydrogen

Rotterdam-headquartered Future Proof Shipping B.V. (FPS), which is retrofit the 110 meter by 11.45 meter inland container vessel Maas to a zero-emissions hydrogen propulsion system, has cleared a regulatory hurdle. The Central

Hugo De Stoop to leave Euronav

Euronav enters ammonia-fueling JDP, orders 3 Suezmaxes

Antwerp, Belgium, headquartered Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN) reports that it is in a Joint Development Program (JDP) with the largest shipbuilder in the world, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and

Model tests of Seaplace system were performed at the IH Cantabria offshore basin.

Floating offshore wind ballast system wins LR approval

An active ballast control system designed to improve the stability of floating offshore wind platforms has gained Lloyd’s Register (LR) Approval in Principle. The system has been developed by Madrid, Spain, headquartered

New Mercy ship will have similar design to Global Mercy

VIDEO: Hospital ship Global Mercy completes sea trials

The world’s largest civilian hospital ship, Global Mercy, has completed sea trials. Gothenburg, Sweden-based Stena RoRo, which is managing construction of the ship on behalf of the international charity organization Mercy Ships,

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