Chesapeake Shipbuilding wins tugboat order

JANUARY 22, 2015 — Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, MD, has signed a contract with Vane Brothers of Baltimore, MD, to build two new tugs. They will be the thirteenth and fourteenth tugs built

GTT and Conrad Shipyard ink LNG licensing agreement

JANUARY 21, 2015 — Paris, France, headquartered LNG membrane containment system specialist GTT reports that its U.S. subsidiary, GTT North America, and Conrad Shipyard, a major U.S. shipbuilder, have signed a Technical

Wärtsilä solutions picked for LNG carrier quartet

JANUARY 21, 2015 — Four LNG carriers being built by China’s Hudong-Zhongua Shipbuilding will feature Wärtsilä LNG reliquefaction plants and gas handling systems. The ships are under construction for Bermuda based Teekay

Wide beam drillship design gets ABS AIP

JANUARY 20, 2015 — Classification society ABS has awarded approval in principle (AIP) for Hyundai Heavy Industries’ next-generation HD12000 heavy duty, wide beam drillship design. The drillship, which can accommodate a 20,000-psi

ABB books $60 million order for Star Cruises newbuild duo

JANUARY 19, 2015 — ABB has won orders worth $60 million to deliver complete electrical power plant and propulsion systems for two cruise ships to be built for Star Cruises  by Meyer

Hyundai Heavy merges after sales service units

JANUARY 19, 2015 — The world’s largest shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), has launched the Hyundai Marine Service Center in Ulsan, South Korea, by merging the after sales service units of three

Nichols Brothers to build ferry superstructure

JANUARY 16, 2015 — Vigor Industrial has awarded Ice Floe, LLC dba Nichols Brothers Boat Builders a contract to construct the superstructure portion of the third Olympic Class 144-car Washington State Ferry,

Cruise ship to retrofit permanent magnet tunnel thruster

JANUARY 15, 2015 — Rolls-Royce says that Norwegian Cruise Line has selected a Rolls-Royce permanent magnet tunnel thruster to upgrade the propulsion package onboard the 4,100 passenger cruise ship Norwegian Epic, delivered

Skangass commissions LNG bunker/feeder vessel newbuild

JANUARY 15, 2015 — Development of an LNG bunkering infrastructure in Northern Europe continues to move ahead. Sirius Veder Gas AB has ordered a state of the art 5,800 cu.m LNG bunker

Just delivered Dorian VLGC has Clean Marine scrubber

JANUARY 15, 2015 — Dorian LPG Ltd. (NYSE: LPG), Stamford, CT, has taken delivery of the ECO VLGC (Very Large Gas Carrier) Corvette from shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries. Corvette is Dorian’s third

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