NOVEMBER 5, 2014 — Viking Cruises has opted for seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings for the 944 passenger, 47,800 gt cruise ship Viking Star. Built at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard, the ship is
NOVEMBER 4, 2014 — Brisbane-based shipbuilder Aluminium Boats Australia Pty Ltd today announced that it had been placed into voluntary administration. John Park and Kelly Trenfield from global business advisory firm FTI
NOVEMBER 3, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division’s fourth National Security Cutter, Hamilton (WMSL 753), sailed away from the shipyard on Saturday afternoon. The ship will be commissioned on
NOVEMBER 3, 2014 — MAN Diesel & Turbo says that a single MAN B&W 8S50ME-GI dual-fuel engine will power each of the two LNG fueled PCTC (Pure Car Truck Carriers) ordered earlier
OCTOBER 31, 2014 — Estonian state-owned ports corporation Tallinna Sadam has placed orders for four ferries that two subsidiary companies will operate between the Estonian mainland and the islands of Saaremaa and
OCTOBER 31, 2014 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard has secured a contract for a KFELS Super B Class jack-up rig worth about US$240 million from BOT Lease Co., Ltd (BOTL), an affiliated
OCTOBER 30, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has launched the company’s tenth amphibious transport dock, John P. Murtha (LPD 26). As has been done for
OCTOBER 30, 2014—Two 78m purser/trawler fishing vessels being designed and built at Karstensen Shipyard in Denmark will feature Wärtsilä main propulsion and control equipment. The ships have been contracted by Lunar Fishing,
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — Sembcorp Marine Ltd. (SMM)’s former finance director Wee Sing Guan has been sentenced to 39 months in jail by a Singapore court after pleaded guilty to nine charges
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — Two new 150 ton bollard pull anchor handling offshore support vessels (AHOSVs) being built at the Colombo Dockyard in Sri Lanka have been designed by Wärtsilä and will
