$691 million mod to Austal LCS contract funds two more

APRIL 1, 2015 — Austal USA reports that the U.S. Navy has issued a modification to Contract N00024-11-C-2301 that funds the last two ships of the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Block

Strategic delivers advanced wind farm crew transfer cat

MARCH 30, 2015 — Essex, U.K., based offshore wind farm crew transfer specialist Njord Offshore has taken delivery of  Njord Odin, the first of four 26 m StratCat design crew vessels on

CMA CGM poised to order 20,600 TEU trio

MARCH 30, 2015 — Kicking the size of giant containerships up yet another notch, Marseilles, France, headquartered CMA CGM, the worlds’s third largest container line, today said that it is finalizing an

Viking Ocean Cruises takes delivery of first ship

MARCH 30, 2015 — Viking Ocean Cruises took delivery Saturday of Viking Star, the first of the three 48,000 grt, 930 passenger cruise ships on order for the line at Fincantieri’s Marghera,

Rolls-Royce propulsion package picked for Polar ship

MARCH 27, 2015 — Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract by shipbuilder Fincantieri to supply a fully integrated propulsion system for Norway’s new Polar Research Vessel, which will carry out significant environmental

Carnival splits nine new ships between Fincantieri and Meyer

MARCH 26, 2015 —  Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has signed two strategic memorandums of agreement that will add a total of nine new cruise ships to its fleet

Maersk Line orders seven 3,600 TEU box ships

MARCH 26, 2015 — Maersk Line today signed a newbuilding order with COSCO Shipyard Co., Ltd in Zhoushan China. The order is for seven 3,600 TEU container ships. The vessels will have

Motion compensated knuckle boom crane delivered

MARCH 22, 2015 — Barge Master. Capelle a/d IJssel, the Netherlands has successfully delivered its first Barge Master T40 (BM-T40) motion compensated knuckle boom crane. The BM-T40 is installed on the Wagenborg

Harley Marine adds two Z-drive tugs to fleet

MARCH 20, 2015 — Harley Marine Services, Seattle, WA, is adding two new ship handling vessels to its fleet. Built by shipbuilder Diversified Marine, Portland, OR, they are an improved version of

Horizon’s pain is Crowley’s gain in Puerto Rico trade

MARCH 20, 2015 — Crowley Liner Services is picking up business as a result of Horizon Lines’ departure from the Puerto Rico Jones Act trade. An important milestone in its response to

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