Furetank sells LNG fueled tanker to Desgagnés
Sweden’s Furetank Rederi AB is selling its 17,999 dwt LNG dual fueled product tanker Fure Vinga, delivered just over a year ago to Canada’s Groupe Desgagnés Inc. Neither privately held company has
shipbuilding
Valmet to supply scrubbers for 23,000 TEU Hyundai Merchant newbuilds
Espoo, Finland, headquartered Valmet is to supply exhaust gas cleaning systems for seven newbuilding containerships that, at over 23,000 TEU each, will be the world’s largest. They are on order for Hyundai
CMA-CGM splits ten-ship order 50/50 between LNG and scrubbers
CMA-CGM Group Chairman and CEO Rodolphe Saadé, yesterday signed two strategic agreements covering construction of 10 new 15,000 TEU containerships, five of them LNG fueled and five fitted with hybrid scrubbers. The
Austal gets EPF contract mod worth potential $370.7 million
Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, is being awarded a $261,776,539 modification to a previously-awarded Navy contract for the detail design and construction (DD&C) of the 13th and 14th Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) ships.
BC Ferries plans to build five next gen ferries
BC Ferries is planning to build up to five new ferries that will replace four existing ships. The new ferries will potentially add capacity to the Metro Vancouver – Vancouver Island routes
Navy shipbuilding budget request includes large unmanned surface vessels
The Navy’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget request of $205.6 billion is an increase of $9.5 billion (4.6%) from the FY19 enacted budget, According to the Navy’s Budget Highlights book, ship depot maintenance
Japan Marine United to build LNG bunkering tanker
A bunkering tanker just ordered at shipbuilder Japan Marine United will be the first in Asia able to supply both LNG and IMO 2020 compliant low sulfur fuel. The ship has been
Viking takes delivery of sixth ship with Thordon water-lubricated system
The 930-passenger Viking Jupiter, delivered earlier this month by Fincantieri’s Ancona, Italy shipyard, is the sixth cruise ship delivered by the shipbuilder to Viking Cruise. It is also the sixth in the
New pilot boat arrives in Valdez
The Southwest Alaska Pilots Association’s newest pilot boat, Emerald Island, is now at work. Built by Somerset, Mass-based Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, the Emerald Island arrived by ship in Victoria, BC on December 22
Scenic again pushes back first sailing of Scenic Eclipse
Australian based Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours reports that the first sailing date for its first oceangoing vessel. the Scenic Eclipse, has again been pushed back, this time to August 15, 2019.