VIDEO: LCS 15 completes acceptance trials

DECEMBER 10, 2018 — Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 15, the future USS Billings, has completed acceptance trials in Lake Michigan, the ship’s final significant milestone before delivery. LCS 15 is the eighth

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard wins order for 30,000 cu.m LNG carrier

DECEMBER 6, 2018 — Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has won a contract worth $77 million to build a 30,000 cu.m LNG carrier for Norway’s Knutsen OAS, making it the first Korean shipbuilder

Baleària floats out second LNG fueled newbuild

NOVEMBER 28, 2018 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària reports that the two LNG fueled vessels it has under construction at Italian shipbuilder Cantiere Navale Visentini are well on the way to completion.

Schottel control upgrade gives 1998-built ASD tug new lease on life

NOVEMBER 28, 2018 — Schottel GmbH has successfully carried out a control upgrade on a 1988-built tug equipped with azimuth thrusters from another supplier. Instead of replacing the entire propulsion system (including

Master Marine delivers fourth towboat in Waterfront Services series

NOVEMBER 20, 2018 — Cairo, IL, fleeting services provider Waterfront Services has taken delivery of the 67′ x 28′ towboat M/V Rick Pemberton from Bayou La Batre, AL, shipbuilder Master Marine, Inc.

VT Halter Marine awarded $9 million in support of T-AGS 67

NOVEMBER 20, 2018 — The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has awarded shipbuilder VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, MS, $9,000,000 for functional design engineering, procurement of long-lead time material, and limited advanced

ABS issues first Cyber Security-Ready Notation to HHI VLCC

NOVEMBER 16, 2018 — ABS and South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have collaborated to develop cyber security requirements for the ABS Cyber Security-Ready (CS-Ready) Notation for marine assets. ABS has

Meyer Turku starts production of first Carnival XL class ship

NOVEMBER 15, 2018 — A traditional steel cutting ceremony at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland today marked the start of construction on Carnival Cruise Line’s newest and largest class of vessel,

Metal Shark completes second of two New Orleans RTA ferries

NOVEMBER 12, 2018 — Jeanerette, LA , headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark has completed the second of two 105-foot, 150-passenger, high speed aluminum catamaran passenger ferries constructed for the New Orleans Regional Transit

Nichols Brothers to build tractor tug series for Foss Maritime

NOVEMBER 8, 2018 — Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland, WA, has won its first contract from Foss Maritime of Seattle, WA. It covers the construction of four 90 ton bollard pull

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