AUGUST 11, 2015—Some veteran Mississippi push boats and barges have been transported to South America for second careers. However, conditions on a great river like the Paraguay-Paraná are different. It has sharp
AUGUST 7, 2015—Shipbuilder Fincantieri Marine Group LLC, Washington, DC, and naval architectural firm Gibbs & Cox, Inc., Arlington, VA, have announced a joint strategic R&D initiative to develop future ship and vessel
AUGUST 6, 2015 — Rotterdam headquartered Van Oord has placed an order for two trailing-suction hopper dredges at the CNN LaNaval Shipyard in Sestao, Spain, with delivery dates scheduled for 2017. The
AUGUST 6, 2015 — Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) reports that its Philippines shipyard has delivered the first of two high speed catamaran ferries to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). The contract
AUGUST 5, 2015 – Totem Ocean Trailer Express has signed a contract with Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd’s Keppel Shipyard to carry out the conversion of the Midnight Sun to dual fuel
AUGUST 4, 2015 — The start of production of Estonian operator Tallink’s new generation LNG fueled fast ferry for the Tallinn, Estonia-Helsinki, Finland, route began today at the Meyer Turku shipyard in
AUGUST 4, 2015 — Reuters reports that Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi today won the backing of lawmakers for an emergency decree block a prosecutor’s efforts to shut down operations at Fincantieri’s
AUGUST 4, 2015 — After a renovation that will extend her life by 20 years, the French scientific research vessel Marion Dufresne II is now sailing for the Port of La Réunion
AUGUST 3, 2015 —The U.S. Navy reports that a fire broke out on board the U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) while the ship was in
JULY 31, 2015 — For the first time in some 20 years, Spain is getting back into the business of building large tankers — and it is taking a leaf from the
