Austal Philippines hands over fast cat to South Korea’s Seaspovill

JULY 28, 2017 — Austal reports that the company has made its first ever delivery to a South Korean customer with the handover of a 50 m high speed passenger ferry to

Exmar takes delivery of world’s first FLNG barge

JULY 28, 2017 — Exmar has taken delivery of he world’s first barge-based floating natural gas liquefaction and storage, the Caribbean FLNG (CFLNG), from Chinese shipbuilder Wison Offshore & Marine. Delivery took

VIDEO: Peace Boat’s Ecoship project moves ahead

JULY 27, 2017 — Japanese based NGO Peace Boat is making progress with its plans to build and operate the Ecoship, the world’s greenest cruise ship, as the platform for its worldwide

Shipyard labor contractor allegedly broke eligibility verification rules

JULY 26, 2017 — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit today against Louisiana-based companies Technical Marine Maintenance Texas LLC, which provides contract shipyard labor, and Gulf Coast Workforce LLC, a

DDG 114 successfully completes builder’s trials

JULY 26, 2017 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division reports the successful completion of builder’s sea trials on the guided missile destroyer Ralph Johnson (DDG 114). The Arleigh Burke (DDG

First NYK Group ships with scrubbers will have Wartsila systems

JULY 26, 2017 — Two new 56,000 DWT handymax bulk carriers under construction at Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in Japan are to be equipped with Wärtsilä exhaust gas cleaning systems. The ships

Tanker, bulker orders rise in first half

JULY 25, 2017—While the number of orders for new vessels declined in the first half of 2017 as compared with 2016, the number of bulkers and tankers order rose, according to data

VIDEO: Vroon christens first walk-to-work vessel

JULY 25, 2017 — Vroon B.V. christened its first subsea-support walk-to-work vessel in a July 20 ceremony, held at the Damen Shiprepair shipyard in Amsterdam, in which the vessel was named VOS

New study details economic impact of U.S. waterways industry

JULY 24, 2017 – The American Waterways Operators has released a new study that documents the contribution that the American tugboat, towboat and barge industry makes to the U.S. economy. The study,

More red ink at Vard, but order backlog edges upward

JULY 24, 2017 – Specialist shipbuilder and designer Vard Holdings Limited, which is now 78.20% owned by Fincantieri, has reported its financial results for the second quarter and first half-year ended June

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