Quebec-based Ocean Industries Inc. has ordered eight MAN 12V175D-MM, IMO Tier III-compliant engines to power four 24-meter ASD tugs on order the Royal Canadian Navy. Under the contract, MAN Energy Solutions will
Ketchikan, Alaska, headquartered Boyer Towing Inc. has recently repowered its 80 foot by 30 foot tug Gretchen H. Delivered by Rodriguez Shipbuilding, Inc., Coden, Ala., in 1997, the vessel was acquired by
NOAA — the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — is in the process of acquiring two new oceanographic ships as part of its fleet rebuilding effort. Once in service, the new ships
The Navy’s FY 2021 budget request includes $4.0 billion for the first Columbia class ballistic missile submarine. That $4.0 billion, says the Navy, “will provide the first of three years of incremental
Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT) is ordering two new LNG fueled shuttle tankers for long-term time charter to ENI . The two new 124,000 DWT LNG fueled shuttle tankers will be built
Japan has reportedly requested talks with South Korea over that country’s alleged subsidies to its shipbuilding industry. The talks would be held under the dispute settlement process of the World Trade Organization.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that Brandi Smith has been named program director of the Columbia-class submarine program at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. In this new role, Smith will
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced the availability of $19.6 million in federal funding to support capital improvements and employee training at small U.S. shipyards. The Small Shipyard
Helsinki, Finland, headquartered Grimaldi Group member Finnlines has ordered two environmentally friendly Superstar 5,100 lane-meter RoPax vessels from the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai), previously known as AVIC Weihai. Expected to be
The Association of Maryland Pilots has ordered a new class of pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass. Called the “Baltimore Class” after the pilots’ base of operations at the
