Solstad Farstad sells first vessel since merger
JULY 14, 2017 — Norway’s Solstad Farstad ASA has shed its first vessel since its formation last month by the merger of Deep Sea Supply, Farstad Shipping and Solstad Offshore. Wholly owned
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Nichols Brothers delivers powerful ATB tug for Savage
JULY 14, 2017—The ATB tug Abundance, the “power” behind the first complex liquefied ammonia transport barge built in the U.S. in decades, was recently delivered by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Whidbey Island,
Gulf Island Shipyards to build OSU research vessel
JULY 14, 2017— Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC, a subsidiary of publicly traded Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., has been awarded a contract by Oregon State University (OSU) to build a 193 ft x
Grand Bahama Shipyard appoints U.K. representative
JULY 13, 2017 — Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS) has appointed London-based L&R Midland (U.K.) Limited to represent it in the U.K. in what is expected to be an increasingly busy period due
Goltens to retrofit two BP gas carriers with BWTS
JULY 13, 2017 — Goltens has been awarded a contract for the engineering and retrofit installation of OceanSaver ballast water treatment (BWT) systems on-board two BP Shipping gas carriers. The vessels to
Cruise majors keep Grand Bahama Shipyard bustling
JULY 12, 2017 — Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS) Freeport, Grand Bahama reports that it has a total of 23 cruise vessels scheduled for dry dock in 2017. It has completed work on
U.S. should block-buy four polar icebreakers at $791 million each
JULY 12, 2017 — The U.S. lacks icebreaking capability in the Arctic and Antarctic and should build four polar icebreakers with heavy icebreaking capability to help minimize the life-cycle costs of icebreaker
Hudong Zhonghua LNG newbuilds to have latest GTT technology
JULY 11, 2017 — Paris headquartered GTT has received an order from the China’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Corp. Ltd. in relation to four 174,000 cu.m LNG carriers to be built at
Newport News steelworkers union in tentative agreement with HII
JULY 10, 2017 — United Steelworkers (USW) Local 8888 reports that it has reached a tentative agreement with Huntington Ingalls Industries on a new collective bargaining agreement covering Newport News Shipbuilding employees.
Gondan delivers second dual fuel tug of trio
JULY 10, 2017 — The second LNG fueled dual fuel escort tugs to be built in Europe, PAX, has successfully completed sea trials and has been delivered to Norway’s Østensjø Rederi A/S