Midship Marine to build ferry for Mexican operator
FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Midship Marine, Harvey, LA, is to build a 48 m Incat Crowther design catamaran passenger ferry for UltraMar of Cancun, Mexico. It will operate on UltraMar’s busy Playa
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Fiskerstrand books order for two LNG fueled ferries
FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Norway’s Fiskerstrand shipyard has received an order from Boreal Transport Nord AS for two new LNG fueled ferries designed by Multi Maritime AS. The ferries have electric power
Advanced ASD tugs have unclutched tow drums
FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Designed for open ocean towing, the winch systems of two ASD tugs built for Dover, DE, headquartered Hyak Maritime LLC are independent and redundant. The 120 ft x
Otto Marine books North Sea contract for newest AHTS
FEBRUARY 7, 2013 — Singapore headquartered Otto Marine has secured a charter contract worth $40 million for the Go Pegasus, a 24,000 bhp AHTS recently completed at its Batam, Indonesia, shipyard. Go
Oregon offshore wind project advances
FEBRUARY 6, 2013 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has given the green light for Principle Power, Inc., Seattle, WA, to submit a formal plan to build a 30- megawatt
Keppel FELS books $218 million jack-up order
FEBRUARY 6, 2013 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard has secured a $218 million contract from UMW Drilling 8 (L) Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UMW Oil & Gas Corporation Sdn. Bhd. (UMW
Shipyard bollard failure blamed in Carnival Triumph breakaway
FEBRUARY 6, 2014 — A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident report says that a bollard failure at BAE Systems Mobile, AL, shipyard is the probable cause of the April 3, 2013,
Another HOS OSV makes a splash at Eastern
FEBRUARY 5, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Allonton Shipyard, Panama City, FL, last month launched the sixth of twelve offshore service vessels it is building for Hornbeck Offshore Services. The vessel, the
Trailing suction hopper dredge to be IHC’s largest yet
FEBRUARY 5, 2014 — Sliedrecht, the Netherlands, headquartered IHC Merwede is to start construction of the largest trailing suction hopper dredge that it has ever produced. It has been ordered by China’s
Fjord Line takes delivery of second LNG fueled cruise ferry
FEBRUARY 4, 2014 — Norway’s Bergen Group Fosen shipyard has successfully delivered the LNG fueled cruise ferry MV Bergensfjord to Fjord Line. The cruise ferry is a sister ship of MV Stavangerfjord