Zamakona Yards to build Voith Schneider tug for Haifa

APRIL 15, 2014 — Spanish shipbuilder Zamakona Yards has won an international tender to build a 70 ton bollard pull Voith Schneider tug for the Port of Haifa, Israel. The tug is

Uzmar-built tug returns from successful sea trials

APRIL 13, 2014 — Turkish shipbuilder Uzmar reports that the 20.4 m line multipurpose Robert Allan designed line-handling tug Koc Musaned 2 returned to its Izmit shipyard April 5 after the first

Møkster orders second wave-piercing PSV

APRIL 4, 2014 — Norway’s Simon Møkster Shipping has signed a contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan. It covers the construction of a sister vessel to the Rolls-Royce UT-766 design wave-piercing platform

Rem arctic PSV is first in new Wärtsilä series

APRIL 3, 2014 — Wärtsilä says that the VS 485 design platform supply vessel ordered at Norway’s Kleven Shipyard by Rem Offshore ASA in January (see earlier story) is the  first confirmed

Aker Philly sells profit share in tanker pair to Crowley

APRIL 1, 2014 — Back in August 2012 when Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA sold two Jones Act product tankers that it had been building for its own account to Crowley Maritime’s Crowley

More shipowners opt for exhaust gas scrubbers

MARCH 31, 2014 — More shipowners are deciding that exhaust gas scrubbers are the most practical way to comply with increasingly tough regulations on fuel sulfur and vessel emissions. The trend has

Bollinger delivers ninth FRC

MARCH 28, 2014 — Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has delivered the Kathleen Moore, the ninth Fast Response Cutter (FRC). The Coast Guard took delivery today in Key West, FL, where it is scheduled

STX France inks LOI with MSC Cruises

MARCH 27, 2014 — Shipbuilder STX France and MSC Cruises have signed a letter of intent covering the  construction of two new cruise ships, with an option for two more. The two

Virgin Group plans cruise ship venture

MARCH 26, 2014 — Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is set to plunge into the cruise market. He told The National newspaper in Dubai that his Virgin Group has secured most of the

LNG carrier to have Wärtsilä dual fuel two stroke engine

MARCH 25, 2014 — A 14,000 cu.m LNG tanker being built to operate along the Chinese coastline is to have a five-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex50DF low-pressure, two-stroke, dual-fuel engine. The engine, together with

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