JANUARY 11, 2017 — Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1), who is Co-Chair of the Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus, has been selected as Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces.
JANUARY 11, 2017 — Scanship Holdings ASA has entered into a contract with what is described only as “a Norwegian shipyard” to supply Scanship’s Total Clean Ship Systems including advanced wastewater purification,
JANUARY 11, 2017 — Nearing completion at Finland’s Meyer Turku shipyard, Tallink’s new liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled fast ferry M/S Megastar is scheduled to make her maiden voyage from Tallinn, Estonia,
JANUARY 10, 2017 — Vard Holdings Limited reports that it has secured contracts for the construction of two LNG fueled car and passenger ferries for Norwegian operator Torghatten Nord in Norway. The
JANUARY 9, 2017 — Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, MA, has delivered the first of three new sightseeing vessels to New York City’s Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, Inc. According to Costas Markou,
JANUARY 9, 2017 — A video that first surfaced on the web last week shows the dramatic failure of an offshore service vessel launch at a shipyard somewhere in the world. From
JANUARY 9, 2017 — CSSC Wärtsilä Engine Co Ltd (CWEC), a joint venture company between Wärtsilä and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has formally opened a new 20,000 sq.m production plant at
JANUARY 6, 2017 — Singapore District Judge Kessler Soh Boon Leng yesterday imposed a jail sentence of 14 days on a former president of shipbuilder Singapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine), Chang Cheow
JANUARY 5, 2017 — Fraser Shipyards Inc., Superior, WI, has reportedly reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in a case relating to employee
JANUARY 5, 2017 — Heerema Marine Contractors has chosen Emerson Automation Solutions to provide a valve remote control (VRC) system for the world’s largest semi-submersible offshore crane vessel, SSCV Sleipnir, currently under