NOVEMBER 10, 2016 — Classification society ABS confirms that the ABS-classed Ethane Crystal, the world’s first Very Large Ethane Carrier (VLEC), has been delivered to India’s Reliance Industries Ltd. by shipbuilder Samsung
NOVEMBER 9, 2016 — Shipbuilder Fincantieri has awarded MAN Diesel & Turbo the engine supply contract for three cruise ship newbuildings ordered by Costa Asia and P&O Cruises, Australia. The two companies
NOVEMBER 1, 2016 — The U.K.’s Automated Ships Ltd (an M Subs Ltd subsidiary) and Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build the Hrönn, the world’s first unmanned
OCTOBER 21, 2016 —Morgan City, LA, shipbuilder Swiftships LLC, is being awarded a $14,591,075 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-14-C-4217) for the accomplishment of continuous lifecycle support for the Iraqi
OCTOBER 21, 2016 — Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software specialist Aras Corp reports that Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has selected the Aras Innovator platform to support the complex engineering
OCTOBER 19, 2016 — Container shipping giant CMA CGM and energy company ENGIE (the former GDF Suez) have signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to promote LNG as the marine fuel for
OCTOBER 18, 2016 — At an event in Miami today, Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Cruises announced that it will be rebranded as Virgin Voyages. A letter of intent signed last year with
OCTOBER 18, 2016 — Back in July 2015 Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard announced it had signed a NOK 700 million contract with an undisclosed “international shipping company” for a subsea vessel to be
OCTOBER 17, 2016 — U.K. shipbuilder Cammell Laird today held one of the biggest ceremonies in its history when naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough joined more than 1,000 people at its
OCTOBER 16, 2016 — Dutch shipbuilder Scheepswerf Ferus Smit B.V. reports that it is to build four LNG-fueled coastal oil/chemical tankers for Sweden’s Erik Thun A.B.’s Thun Tankers. The shipyard has built