NYK gets green loan to finance methanol-fueled newbuild

DECEMBER 27, 2018 — Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) is to receive 2 billion yen (about $18 million) from Taiyo Life Insurance Company as a green loan to finance the building

Incat launches 110 m high speed cat for Malta’s Virtu Ferries

DECEMBER 24, 2018 — Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania recently launched a 110 m vehicle / passenger ferry for Virtu Ferries at its Hobart, Tasmania, shipyard. The ship will commence sea trials in

Irish Continental takes delivery of much delayed cruise ferry

DECEMBER 12, 2018 — Irish Ferries parent companyy Irish Continental Group plc today finally took delivery of the cruise ferry W.B.Yeats from German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesselschaft & Co.KG (FSG). It is the

World’s largest LNG bunkering vessel enters service

DECEMBER 12, 2018 — The world’s largest LNG bunker supply vessel, the 7,500 cu.m Kairos, has started operations in Northwest Europe on charter from Babcock Schulte Energy to Blue LNG, a joint

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

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