Rolls-Royce to power seabed mining vessel
MARCH 26, 2015 — Rolls-Royce is to supply six of its new B33:45 medium-speed diesel generator sets to China’s Fuijan Mawei Shipbuilding Ltd. for the seabed mining vessel that Marine Assets Corporation
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Maersk Line orders seven 3,600 TEU box ships
MARCH 26, 2015 — Maersk Line today signed a newbuilding order with COSCO Shipyard Co., Ltd in Zhoushan China. The order is for seven 3,600 TEU container ships. The vessels will have
Newbuild Songa semi to get sponsons and blisters
MARCH 24, 2015 — Offshore drilling contractor Songa Offshore says that its cat D mid-water semi-submersible Songa Equinox went on sea trials as planned on March 19, 2015. Prior to sea trial
Ingalls Shipbuilding christens LPD 26
MARCH 22, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, Pascagoula, MS, christened the company’s tenth amphibious transport dock, John P. Murtha (LPD 26), Friday, in front of more than 1,100
World’s largest civilian hospital ship to have Azipods
MARCH 18, 2015 — ABB is to deliver electrical propulsion and power systems to a new flagship hospital vessel for the international charity Mercy Ships. The vessel, Atlantic Mercy (working title), will
Circle Line newbuilds to have Wesmar thrusters
MARCH 17, 2015 — Woodinville, WA, based Wesmar (Western Marine Electronics) reports that its heavy duty Bow Thrusters have been selected for three new 165-foot, 600-passenger excursion and sightseeing ferries ordered by
Tier III compliant high pressure SCR successfully tested
MARCH 16, 2015 — The first Wärtsilä two-stroke engine with a high pressure SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) system manufactured in China has been introduced. The system is fitted to a 5-cylinder Wärtsilä
Vard cancels two newbuilding contracts
MARCH 15, 2014 — In a filing Saturday, the Board of Directors of shipbuilder Vard Holdings Limited said that on March 12 “the company was notified that two affiliates of E.R. Offshore,
LNG fueled Harvey Energy now fully in service
MARCH 13, 2015 — Gulf Coast Shipyard Group (GCSG) reports that Harvey Energy, the first LNG fueled vessel operating in the United States is now fully in service—for Shell Upstream America’s deep
NNS gets $8.4 million award for CVN 68 class work
MARCH 13, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA, is being awarded an $8,396,093 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-14-G-2114) for fiscal 2015 propulsion plant engineering activity