MAN Diesel wins breakthrough high speed engine order
OCTOBER 30, 2016 — MAN Diesel & Turbo has won a breakthrough order for its 175D high speed engine, winning the contract to supply the first shipset (plus an option for six
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Bomin Linde LNG inks LOI with Furetank Rederi
OCTOBER 25, 2016 — Hamburg, Germany, based Bomin Linde LNG has signed a letter of intent with Swedish shipping company Furetank Rederi on long-term cooperationon the supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Susan Jacobs named NNS VP of HR and Admin
OCTOBER 21, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Susan Jacobs has been appointed vice president of human resources and administration at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. She will assume
Ingalls opts for Aras Innovator PLM solution
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
New design LNG bunkering vessel gets ClassNK AIP
OCTOBER 20, 2016 —Classification society ClassNK has issued Approval in Principle (AIP) for a 7,500 cu.m LNG bunkering vessel designed by South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. The
TAO-205 oilers to have Rolls-Royce propellers and gensets
OCTOBER 17, 2016 — Rolls-Royce has secured a contract to supply diesel generators, propellers and shaft lines for the U.S. Navy’s new T-AO 205 class of fleet oilers, the John Lewis Class,
New DFDS RO/ROs to set new eco design standards
OCTOBER 12, 2016 — Ship designer Knud E. Hansen says that the two 235 m RO/RO cargo ships ordered by Denmark’s DFDS this month (see story) will raise the bar for what
Plans for Saudi mega yard move ahead
OCTOBER 12, 2016 — Plans to build what would be the world’s largest shipyard in Saudi Arabia are moving ahead. Royal Haskoning DHV UK Ltd reports that it, in consortium with Hyundai Engineering
Eastern Shipbuilding gets go ahead on OPC contract
OCTOBER 6, 2016 —The U.S. Coast Guard moved forward with the offshore patrol cutter acquisition yesterday by issuing a notice to proceed to the detail design and construction phase (Phase II). The
Skangas bunkers first ship from Pori LNG terminal
OCTOBER 6, 2016 — Skangas, a subsidiary of Finnish energy company Gasum, has carried out its first direct bunkering of a ship from the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Pori, Finland.