MARCH 19, 2013 — Wesmar (Western Marine Electronics, Inc.), Woodinville, WA, has won an order from Hydraquip, Tasmania, Australia, for two commercial bow thruster systems for installation on a steel-hulled car/passenger ferry.
MARCH 14, 2013 — Norway’s Bergen Group Fosen shipyard has signed a contract with NFDS Offshore 1 AS for outfitting and commissioning a newbuild anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS). The vessel
MARCH 14, 2013 — Edda Accommodation, operated by Norway’s Østensjø Rederi, has placed an order for a new monohull accommodation vessel at Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. The order includes
MARCH 13, 2013 — ABB has won a $26 million repeat order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for two next generation Ramform Titan seismic vessels ordered from Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi
MARCH 13, 2013 — Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has released its investigation report (M11W0211) into a December 2011 accident in which British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.’s (BCFS) Coastal Inspiration struck the
MARCH 11, 2013 — A floating storage unit (FSU) being built by South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries for Statoil will have Wärtsilä deep well cargo pumps, firewater pumps and ballast pumps.
MARCH 8, 2013 — While Shell has delayed its plans for drilling offshore Alaska (see earlier story), ConocoPhillips plans to go ahead with exploratory drilling in the Chukchi Sea during the 2014
MARCH 7, 2013 — Norwegian Cruise Line (NASDAQ: NCLH) has released details of some of the new environmentally-friendly and technologically advanced innovations on its newest cruise ship, Norwegian Breakaway, which is currently
MARCH 7, 2013 — Ulstein reports that it has entered into a contract for the delivery of design and power packages for two platform supply vessels of its PX121 design ordered from
MARCH 7, 2013 — German shipbuilder Meyer Werft said yesterday that a fire that broke out March 5 on a cruise ship newbuilding in the shipyard’s building dock II had caused less