Clean Gulf Associates adds advanced response vessel
FEBRUARY 3, 2017 —New Orleans based non-profit oil spill response cooperative Clean Gulf Associates, Inc. has added a new 95-ft rapid response vessel to its assets. The vessel, the J.L. O’Brien, is
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Damen now operating Curacao shipyard
FEBRUARY 3, 2017 — Under an agreement reached last year with the Government of Curaçao, Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has this month taken over the management of the Curaçao Droogdok Maatschappij
MHI ponders shipbuilding spin-off
FEBRUARY 3, 2017 — Japanese broadcaster NHK reports Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) as saying that it is studying the option of spinning off its troubled shipbuilding operation into a separate company. MHI
VIDEO: Foss Maritime’s third Arctic tug nears completion
FEBRUARY 2, 2017 — Foss Maritime has posted a video showing the progress its Rainier Shipyard is making construction of the Nicole Foss, the third of three Arctic-Class tugs. The first two
Eimskip, Royal Arctic order ice class containerships
FEBRUARY 2, 2017 — Reykjavik, Iceland, headquartered Eimskip has been in negotiations with shipyards in China to build two 2,150 TEU container vessels and has finalized a contract with China Shipbuilding Trading
Rolls-Royce MT30 marks milestone in Italian LHD program
FEBRUARY 2, 2017 — Rolls-Royce has successfully completed the factory acceptance test for the first of two MT30 gas turbines that will power the Italian Navy’s new 20,000 t displacement Landing Helicopter
Strategic and ADSB sign MOU on aluminum vessels
FEBRUARY 2, 2017 — Triyards Group subsidiary Strategic Marine, a leading specialist shipbuilding, fabrication and engineering company, has teamed up with Abu Dhabi Ship Building PJSC (ADSB) to develop the Middle East’s
VIDEO: Damen’s Niron Staal launches ferry hull
FEBRUARY 2, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Group member Niron Staal, a sister company of Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam, Niron Staal has successfully launched the hull of a RoPax 5212 passenger ferry from its
Lake Assault to build 43 boats for San Antonio River Walk
FEBRUARY 1, 2017 — Superior, WI, based Lake Assault Boats is to build a fleet of 43 river barge boats for the City of San Antonio, TX. The contract value is $6.5
Baleària orders two more LNG-fueled ferries
FEBRUARY 1, 2017 — Almost exactly one year after ordering a giant 232.2 m LNG fueled “smart” cruise ferry at Spain’s LaNaval shipyard, ferry operator Baleària has signed a EUR 200 million