Hybrid electric SES CTV at sea

BV classes world’s first hybrid SES crew transfer vessel

Bureau Veritas has classified the world’s first hybrid-powered surface effect ship (SES), the CWind Pioneer. Built at the U.K.’s Wight Shipyard, the 22 meter long x 8.9 meter beam crew transfer vessel

Two RRF vessels at dock

Crowley awarded $638 million MARAD contract

Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Solutions business unit has been awarded a multi-year, $638 million contract for Vessel Acquisition Management (VAM) by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD). Crowley says its strategic acquisition and vessel

OneTank new logo

Erma First adds world’s smallest BWTS to product range

Perama, Greece, headquartered ballast water equipment manufacturer Erma First has acquired oneTank LLC, a subsidiary of Seattle-headquartered naval architecture and marine engineering firm Glosten. Erma First says the acquisition will see it

3D rendering of ship in Foran

Siemens to acquire FORAN

One of the world’s most widely used shipbuilding software systems is to come under new ownership. Nuremberg, Germany, headquartered Siemens Digital Industries Software said today that that it has signed an agreement

passenger/utility boat

New NPS vessel has a full suite of Furuno electronics

The recently delivered National Parks Service passenger/utility vessel Annie Moore is outfitted with a complete suite of Furuno navigation electronics at its state-of-the-art helm. The 74-foot all-steel vessel was designed and built

First hybrid daughter craft

North Star to build world’s first hybrid daughter craft

Daughter craft are used by the offshore wind industry to safely transfer technicians between the in-field service operation vessel (SOV), where they live while working offshore, to the wind turbines to undertake

Jacob Frost (L) and Colton Bonnaure (R)

Shearer Group announces two additions to its team

The Shearer Group Inc. (TSGI), a Houston-based leader in the design of inland towboats, ferries and barges, has made two additions to its team of naval architects: Jacob Frost and Colton Bonnaure.

Car carrier vessel to to be built by CIMC Raffles

CIMC Raffles to build up to 6 LNG-fueled car carriers for Wallenius

Chinese shipbuilder CIMC Raffles reports that, on June 30, it signed a contract with Wallenius for two next generation low emission, 6,500 car capacity, pure car carriers. The contract includes two options,

Wind turbine installation vessel

Knud E. Hansen unveils new WTIV design

The latest addition to Danish naval architectural consultancy Knud E. Hansen’s Atlas series of wind turbine installation vessels (WTIV) designs, the Atlas A-class, is able to carry four new-generation 14 MW wind

Ferry at sea

First look at new ferry designs for Isles of Scilly

BMT has now released the first details of its cutting edge designs for new vessels to serve the Isles of Scilly, off the southwest tip of the U.K. The Isles of Scilly

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