TOTE gets contract to operate, maintain Sea-Based X-Band Radar

AUGUST 17, 2018 — The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC), Norfolk, VA, is awarding TOTE Services Inc., Jacksonville, FL, an $11,057,672 firm-fixed-price contract for the operation and maintenance of the Sea Based X-Band

Yara picks Vard to build its zero-emissions, zero-crew containership

AUGUST 15, 2018 — Norwegian fertilizer giant Yara has signed a shipbuilding contract worth approximately NOK 250 million (about $30 million) with Fincantieri subsidiary Vard for construction of the zero-emission vessel Yara

Meyer opts for Cadmatic software at all three of its shipyards

AUGUST 14, 2018 — Papenburg, Germany, based Meyer has acquired Cadmatic’s design and information management software for all three its shipyards: in Papenburg and Rostock in Germany and Turku, Finland. The goal

Crane refit readies jack-up for installation of next gen wind turbines

AUGUST 10, 2018 — Brave Tern, a 132 m jack-up installation vessel operated by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS, has completed a major crane refit at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam to allows it to

Golden Gate ferry gets Ecospeed coating system

AUGUST 8, 2018 – Subsea Industries reports that its Ecospeed coating system has been applied to the aluminum-hulled 750-passenger capacity Spaulding class ferry M/S Marin, owned and operated by the Golden Gate

Cyberhawk completes ABS oil tanker survey using drones

AUGUST 6, 2018 — Livingston, Scotland, headquartered Cyberhawk reports that it has successfully completed the first full ABS  on an oil tanker using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones. Cyberhawk says that

Two Austal vessels complete U.S. Navy acceptance trials

AUGUST 5, 2018 — Two vessel’s built at Austal USA’s Mobile, AL, shipyard have completed Navy acceptance trials within days of each other. On August 3, NAVSEA reported that the Navy’s 10th

Baleària to convert five ferries to LNG fueling

AUGUST 1, 2018 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària is to invest 60 million euros (about $70 million) to switch the engines in five of the current ferries in its fleet to LNG

OSG goes to Gunderson for 204,000 barrel ATB barge newbuild

AUGUST 1, 2018 — Gunderson Marine LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX), reports that it has signed a binding contract with Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE:OSG) for the

Mexico’s Ultramar takes delivery of second cat from Louisiana shipyard

JULY 31, 2018 — Mexican operator Ultramar has taken delivery of Ultramar II, the second in a series of high capacity 48 m Incat Crowther designed catamaran passenger ferries built by the

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