LNG bunkering barge will have Wartsila cargo system

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 — Wärtsilä will supply the cargo handling system and cargo tanks for a new 3,000 cu.m capacity LNG bunker barge. To be owned by LNG Shipping, a joint venture

Ritz-Carlton picks ABB solutions for first ultra luxury cruise ship

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 — As we reported in June (see earlier story) the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., part of Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) is getting into the high end boutique yacht

MARAD awards $9.8 million in Small Shipyard Grants

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 — The U.S. Department of Transportation reports that the Maritime Administration (MARAD) has awarded $9.8 million to 18 small U.S. shipyards through its Small Shipyard Grant Program. These investments

Gulf Island awards Gibbs & Cox research vessel design contract

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 — Arlington, VA, headquartered naval architecture and marine engineering firm Gibbs & Cox, Inc. has been awarded a contract by Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC, to perform the functional engineering

Meyer Turku to double investment in production capabilities

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 — Finland’s Meyer Turku shipyard is more than doubling its infrastructure investments from a previously published EUR 75 million euros to EUR 185 million ($221 million). The new investments

PPL Shipyard cancels two jack-up contracts

AUGUST 31, 2017 — Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine Ltd reports that its wholly-owned subsidiary, PPL Shipyard Pte Ltd, has terminated two contracts with the subsidiaries of Perisai Petroleum Teknologi Bhd, for the construction

Rolls-Royce wins contract for fishing vessel design and equipment

AUGUST 30, 2017 — Norway’s Westcon Yards AS has signed a contract with Rolls-Royce covering delivery of ship design and a range of equipment for a purse seiner/pelagic trawler to be built

LNG fueled tug is first vessel with new Schottel thruster nozzle

AUGUST 29, 2017 — LNG fueling is not the only innovation in the series of three dual-fuel escort tugs being delivered to Norway’s Østensjø Rederi A/S by Spanish shipbuilder Gondan. The first

VIDEO: Uljanik launches powerful cutter suction dredge

AUGUST 29, 2017 — The Uljanik Shipyard in Croatia recently launched what will be the world’s most powerful self-propelled cutter suction dredge. Under construction for the Jan de Nul Group, the vessel

Framo wins another FSRU pump system contract

AUGUST 29, 2017 — Bergen, Norway, based Framo AS has won a contract to deliver pump systems (sea water lift pumps) for a potential Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) for the shipowner

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