ST Marine launches first of eight LMVs for Singapore Navy

JULY 6, 2015 — Shipbuilder Singapore Technologies Marine last week held the launching ceremony for the Independence, the first Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV) in a series of eight for the Republic of

Ice patrol ship HMS Protector is protected by Ecospeed

JULY 1, 2015 — At the end of May, the Royal Navy Ice Patrol Ship HMS Protector was coated with Ecospeed at the A&P Tyne Ltd. Shipyard in Tyne and Wear, England.

Havyard books order for subsea vessel

JULY 1, 2015 — Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard has signed a contract with an undisclosed “international shipping company” for a subsea vessel that will be built to a new Havyard 858 L WE

TUI Cruises orders two more from Turku

JULY 1, 2015 — The boards of TUI Group and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. have approved orders for two additional cruise ships for TUI Cruises and orders for them have now been

Austal lays keel for LCS 14

JUNE 30, 2015 — Austal USA’s Mobile, AL, shipyard yesterday hosted a keel-laying ceremony today for the future USS Manchester (LCS 14), marking the first significant milestone in the vessel’s construction. This

Tanker back in service after conversion to LNG fueling

JUNE 29, 2015 — Norway’s Bergen Tankers AS has completed the successful conversion of the 4,447 dwt chemical/oil products tanker Bergen Viking from diesel-electric to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)-electric propulsion. The 95

VHF recordings leaked following cruise ship collision

JUNE 29, 2015 — Though one passenger reportedly said the experience was “like being on the Titanic,” video shows that a collision between the elderly cruise ship Celestyal Crystal and a 38,734

Svitzer orders two more Damen ASD tugs

JUNE 29, 2015 — Towage and emergency response specialist Svitzer has ordered two more Damen ASD 3212 tugs with 80 tonnes bollard pull performance. They are being built at Damen’s Song Cam

Viking Ocean floats out its second ship at Fincantieri

JUNE 27, 2015—Viking Ocean Cruises’ second ship—the 930-passenger Viking Sea—was “floated out” at traditional ceremony on June 25, at Fincantieri’s Ancona shipyard in Italy—little more than a month after the new ocean

NNS delivers John Warner (SSN 785) ahead of schedule

JUNE 26, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has delivered the submarine John Warner (SSN 785) to the U.S. Navy. Delivered two and a half months ahead of

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