fully-electric ferries

Damen to build two new fully-electric ferries for City of Toronto

Damen has signed a contract with the City of Toronto for the delivery of two fully-electric ferries. They will operate between the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal in downtown Toronto and the Toronto

Bardex teams with Von Schmidt Maritime

Bardex teams up with Von Schmidt Maritime

Bardex Corporation, which recently won a contract to supply Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding with a 165-meter shiplift with a capacity of over 27,000 tonnes, has teamed up with Baltimore, Md.-based naval architect firm

A rendering of the RApport 2800 tugboat design. (Credit: Moran Towing Corporation)

Gulf LNG Tugs orders four RApport 2800 tugs

Gulf LNG Tugs of Port Arthur LLC has announced the acquisition of four cutting-edge, high-horsepower tugboats designed for the Port Arthur LNG export facility in Texas. These Low Emission (LEV) RApport 2800

Tidal Transit CTV Arabella Jane

Tidal Transit’s newest CTV goes to work at Hornsea 2

U.K.-based crew transfer vessel specialist Tidal Transit has secured the first charter for its newest vessel, Arabella Jane. The Incat Crowther designed Windflex 27 CTV is now at work supporting operations at

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Svitzer orders world’s first battery-methanol tug

Copenhagen-headquartered global towage operator Svitzer has contracted Turkey’s Uzmar shipyard to build a first of its kind battery-methanol tug for delivery in the second half of 2025. The tug will be based

Shipbuilding in the United States has significantly declined over the past 75 years, according to Ted Williams, president of Senesco Marine.

FERRIES 2024: Navigating shipbuilding challenges in the U.S.

Shipbuilding in the United States has significantly declined over the past 75 years. According to Ted Williams, president of Senesco Marine LLC in North Kingstown, R.I., “We are now at a level

Maxie Lafleur

Maxie Lafleur named president of Chantier Davie Canada

Canadian shipbuilder Davie today announced the appointment of Maxie Lafleur as president of Chantier Davie Canada Inc. She comes to the company with wide experience in digital transformation, growth strategies, change management,

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Bollinger gets $7.6M mod to unmanned MCM vessel contract

Bollinger Shipyards Lockport LLC, Lockport, La., has been awarded a $7,677,970 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-22-C-6305) to exercise options for Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicles (MCM USV) engineering support.

KAUST orders Saudi Arabia’s first regional class research vessel

KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) announced that Freire Shipyards, which has over 100 years of shipbuilding experience, will build its new research vessel, R/V Thuwal II, at its yard

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BAE San Diego and Vigor get NAVSEA contracts worth $254M

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Washington, D.C., yesterday awarded two shipyards contracts worth a total of $253,923,531 for work on Arleigh Burke class destroyers. Both contracts include options that, if exercised, could

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