Fincantieri Marinette gets FMS award for two RB-M’s
JANUARY 31, 2017 — Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) reports that it has been awarded a contract for two additional Response Boats–Medium (RB-Ms) vessels by the U.S. Coast Guard. The two boats are
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GD Bath Iron Works lays keel of third stealth destroyer
JANUARY 31, 2017 — General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard yesterday celebrated the keel laying of the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002), the third of the three Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers
Damen to deliver new design aquaculture Utility Vessel
JANUARY 31, 2017 — Norway’s Volt Service AS, a subsidiary of Remøy Ship Management, has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards Group for a UV 4312 utility vessel to be delivered in
Horizon to build five more Citywide ferries
JANUARY 31, 2017 — Hornblower subsidiary HNY Ferry Fleet, LLC has awarded Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, AL, contracts for five additional ferries for New York City’s new Citywide ferry service.
Arctech names first of Sovcomflot Sakhalin-2 support vessels
JANUARY 31, 2017 — Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard yesterday held a naming ceremony for a new ice-breaking platform supply vessel (IBSV) commissioned by Russia’s SCF Group (Sovcomflot). Named for Gennadiy Nevelskoy (1813-1876),
LNG powered Med ferry to have MAN Cryo FGSS
JANUARY 30, 2017 — MAN Cryo – MAN Diesel & Turbo’s marine LNG fuel-gas-system manufacturer – has signed a contract with Sefine Shipyard in Turkey to deliver a marine LNG fuel-gas supply
MHI-MME delivers world’s largest steering gear
JANUARY 30, 2017 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co., Ltd. (MHI-MME) has delivered the electro-hydraulic steering gear that will be installed in the world’s largest 20,000 TEU mega containership,
Four more CMA CGM box ships to have Wartsila BWMS
JANUARY 30, 2017 — Four 3,300 TEU containerships being built for French shipping group CMA CGM will be fitted with Wärtsilä Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS). This is the third series of
Tallink enlists Genius to optimize Megastar performance
JANUARY 26, 2017 — Wärtsilä has signed a five-year maintenance agreement with Estonia based AS Tallink Grupp for its new LNG-fueled RoPax ferry M/S Megastar on the Tallinn – Helsinki route across
LNG fueled cruise ferry to add a Rotor Sail
JANUARY 25, 2017 — Rotor sail specialist Norsepower Oy Ltd. reports that it has signed an agreement with Finnish shipping company Viking Line that will see its 57,565 grt LNG-fueled cruise ferry