Silversea Cruises orders Silver Muse sister
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 — Silversea Cruises and shipbuilder Fincantieri have signed a contract worth about 310 million euros (about $370 million), for the construction of a new ultra-luxury cruise ship, due to
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ABS grants AIP for ready-to-convert FLNG hull design
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 — Classification society ABS has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Newbuilding Conversion FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) hull design. “The Newbuilding Conversion
Vard wins order for expedition cruise ship
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 — Vard Holdings Limited has secured a contract for the design and construction of an expedition cruise vessel for Coral Expeditions of Australia. Developed by Vard Design in Norway
VIDEO: Huge containership inaugurates raised Bayonne Bridge
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017—This morning the 14,414 TEU CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt became the largest capacity containership ever to pass under the newly elevated Bayonne Bridge and visit the Port of New York
Ritz-Carlton picks ABB solutions for first ultra luxury cruise ship
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 — As we reported in June (see earlier story) the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., part of Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) is getting into the high end boutique yacht
VIDEO: LCS 9 successfully completes acceptance trials
AUGUST 31, 2017 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Fincantieri Marinette Marine successfully completed acceptance trials on the future USS Little Rock (LCS 9), on Aug. 25. The future USS Little Rock,
Three more LNG carriers to have Wärtsilä reliquefaction units
AUGUST 31, 2017 — Three LNG carriers under construction in South Korean shipbuilders are to have Wärtsilä reliquefaction plants. One of the three ships is being built at the Samsung Heavy Industries
Rolls-Royce wins contract for fishing vessel design and equipment
AUGUST 30, 2017 — Norway’s Westcon Yards AS has signed a contract with Rolls-Royce covering delivery of ship design and a range of equipment for a purse seiner/pelagic trawler to be built
LNG fueled tug is first vessel with new Schottel thruster nozzle
AUGUST 29, 2017 — LNG fueling is not the only innovation in the series of three dual-fuel escort tugs being delivered to Norway’s Østensjø Rederi A/S by Spanish shipbuilder Gondan. The first
VIDEO: Uljanik launches powerful cutter suction dredge
AUGUST 29, 2017 — The Uljanik Shipyard in Croatia recently launched what will be the world’s most powerful self-propelled cutter suction dredge. Under construction for the Jan de Nul Group, the vessel