Two Austal vessels complete U.S. Navy acceptance trials
AUGUST 5, 2018 — Two vessel’s built at Austal USA’s Mobile, AL, shipyard have completed Navy acceptance trials within days of each other. On August 3, NAVSEA reported that the Navy’s 10th
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Baleària to convert five ferries to LNG fueling
AUGUST 1, 2018 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària is to invest 60 million euros (about $70 million) to switch the engines in five of the current ferries in its fleet to LNG
OSG goes to Gunderson for 204,000 barrel ATB barge newbuild
AUGUST 1, 2018 — Gunderson Marine LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX), reports that it has signed a binding contract with Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE:OSG) for the
Mexico’s Ultramar takes delivery of second cat from Louisiana shipyard
JULY 31, 2018 — Mexican operator Ultramar has taken delivery of Ultramar II, the second in a series of high capacity 48 m Incat Crowther designed catamaran passenger ferries built by the
Schulte back at Ulstein for third offshore wind SOV
JULY 31, 2018 — Germany’s Bernard Schulte Offshore has signed a contract with Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft covering construction of an offshore wind service operation vessel (SOV). The ship will be built
VIDEO: Damen Harlingen completes work on Fugro survey vessel
JULY 27, 2018 — Damen Shiprepair’s Harlingen, Netherlands, shipyard has completed maintenance and repair works on the Fugro Mercator, a twin-hulled survey vessel operated by Fugro. Fugro Mercator is a 42.35-m survey
Wison working on FLNG for Canada gas export project
JULY 27, 2018 — Houston headquartered Western LNG LLC, which is developing a floating LNG export facility in British Columbia, has entered into a technical service agreement (TSA) with China’s Wison Offshore
3D production engineering helps rapid rollout of NYC Ferry fleet
JULY 23, 2018 — Designer Incat Crowther says that its close interaction with the shipyards involved has helped NYC Ferry operated by Hornblower meet record breaking passenger demand for the commuter service,
LNG fueled Princess Cruises duo will be biggest ships ever built in Italy
JULY 23, 2018 — Fincantieri says that it has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with Carnival Corporation’s Princess Cruises brand covering the construction of two next-generation LNG fueled cruise ships. Deliveries
Keppel O&M books contracts in Brazil and Singapore
JULY 22, 2018 — Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has through its wholly-owned subsidiaries secured two contracts with a combined value of about S$70 million (about US$51 million). In Brazil,