Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract October 22 with Pakistan’s Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) for the materials package of a third ASD Tug 2009 under a Damen Technical Cooperation (DTC)
With three similar Gladding-Hearn pilot boats already in their fleet, the Louisiana-based Lake Charles pilots have taken delivery of another launch from the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. With a length overall of 70
A Faroe Islands ferry, M/F Teistin, has become the first ship in the world to be fitted with retractable bow foils from Trondheim, Norway, based Wavefoil AS. The foils are designed to
Metairie, La., based Maritime Partners, LLC (MP) recently christened the 2,600 hp towboat M/V Ouizee at the John Bludworth Shipyard in Corpus Christi, Texas. The new 2,600 horsepower towboat is the second
The first building-block for AIDA Cruises’ second LNG-fueled cruise ship was put in place in a ceremony held October 15 at the Neptun Werft shipyard in Rostock, Germany. Two trainees, Charleen Hoffmann
Deltamarin has signed two design contracts with Merima Oy, a Finnish company providing turnkey interior solutions for passenger vessels. The contracts cover HVAC and interior design for Merima’s turnkey areas aboard the
A 27-year old German coastal ferry is to take on a new life as a day cruise vessel. Germany’s Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH (WDR) reports that it has sold its M/V Rungholt
Saudi Arabia’s International Maritime Industries (IMI) has signed a license agreement with GustoMSC that will enable it to construct and deliver drilling rigs built to a new GustoMSC jack-up design. International Maritime
Shipbuilder VT Halter Marine has launched the Q-LNG 4000 ATB barge just a few weeks after its naming ceremony. The 324’ x 64’ x 32’.6 Q-LNG 4000 is the barge component of
BAE Systems San Diego shipyard has successfully drydocked two destroyers, stern-to-stern, in its Pride of California floating dry dock. The dock is the shipyard’s largest, with a length of 950 ft, breadth