Seventy-four year old tugboat sinks under tow

FEBRUARY 23, 2018 —The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of a tug collision that occurred about three miles south of Kennebunk, Maine, early Thursday, and monitoring the site where one of

Marcon brokers sale and tow of double hull ocean tank barge

FEBRUARY 22, 2018 — Marcon International, Inc., Coupeville, WA, reports that it has sold a 28,580 mtdw double hull ocean tank barge to private interests in South America, following completion of a

Ice class Seaway tug now at production design stage

FEBRUARY 22, 2018 — Robert Allan Ltd. has released more details of the ice class TundRA 3600 tug that Gulf Island Shipyards is to build under an $18.4 million contract awarded by

Bio-tech based solution helps prevent hard fouling during outfitting

FEBRUARY 21, 2018 — As global water temperatures increase, global “biofouling hotspots” in subtropical/tropical areas are intensifying, exposing newbuildings at some of the world’s major shipyards to greater risk of hard fouling

Shell inks time charters for two SCF LNG-fueled Aframaxes

FEBRUARY 20, 2018 — Shell has signed time charter agreements for two of six LNG dual fueled Aframax tankers under construction for Russia’s SCF Group (Sovcomflot). The time charter agreements were signed

U.K. sells Royal Navy’s flagship to Brazil for $118 million

FEBRUARY 20, 2018 — The U.K. has agreed the sale of its current flagship, the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, to Brazil. According to the U.K. Ministry of Defence, she has been sold

OSK provides concept design for world’s largest RoPax ferries

FEBRUARY 20, 2018 — Danish naval architectural specialist OSK-ShipTech has provided the concept design for the four largest ferries thus far ordered. The RoPax cruise ferries are 229.5 m long and 32

Cathelco wins orders for new cruise and commercial ships

FEBRUARY 19, 2018 — Chesterfield, U.K., based Cathelco has won orders to supply equipment for a number of cruise and commercial vessels on order at European and Far Eastern shipyards. Impressed current

Baleària buys three more

FEBRUARY 15, 2018 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària has invested neary EUR 75 million (about $94 million) to purchase three existing ships to reinforce its fleet. The vessels are the ferries Nápoles and

Fire Island Ferries orders another boat from Blount Boats

FEBRUARY 15, 2018 — Shipbuilder Blount Boats, Warren, RI, reports that it has signed a contract with Fire Island Ferries to construct an 85-foot aluminum ferry boat for service between Bay Shore

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