FEBRUARY 7, 2018 — The latest multi-purpose tractor tug being built for Baydelta Maritime LLC by Nichols Brothers (see earlier story) marks a number of firsts in the application of hybrid technology
JANUARY 31, 2018 — Wärtsilä Corporation President and CEO Jaakko Eskola said today that the company might consider acquiring Rolls-Royce’s loss making marine business, which is currently the subject of a “strategic
JANUARY 30, 2018 —Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine has released more details on an order it received to deliver battery-powered energy systems for six Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs), built by China’s Cosco Guangdong shipyard.
JANUARY 29, 2018 — Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm, is providing the design for a new 100-foot, Z-Drive hybrid tugboat to be built by Nichols
JANUARY 26, 2018—Rolls-Royce sees a future where autonomous and remotely operated ships are a regular part of the maritime landscape. To help the transformation process, it has opened a new autonomous shipping
JANUARY 17, 2017 — Rolls-Royce said today that it is looking at the “strategic options” for its commercial marine operation and planning a reduction from five operating businesses to three core units
DECEMBER 26, 2017 — Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI) says it has decided to terminate by agreement its shipbuilding contract with Island Offshore Shipholding LP for the top hole drilling/light well
NOVEMBER 27, 2017 — An Intelligent Asset Management (IAM) experience space, opened today in Ålesund, Norway, by Rolls-Royce, demonstrates how ship intelligence systems can harness the power of data to optimize fleet
NOVEMBER 3, 2017 — To help shipowners meet the European Union’s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) regulation that comes into force January 1, 2018, Rolls-Royce has added a cloud-based fuel consumption and
OCTOBER 3, 2017 — Rolls-Royce says it has signed a deal with Google to further develop its intelligent awareness systems. Signed today at the Google Cloud Summit in Sweden, the agreement allows