ABB adds to Azipod line

MARCH 24, 2015 — ABB has expanded its line of Azipod electric propulsion systems. Its new Azipod D thrusters cover the power range from 1.6 MW to 7 MW per unit and

Newbuild Songa semi to get sponsons and blisters

MARCH 24, 2015 — Offshore drilling contractor Songa Offshore says that its cat D mid-water semi-submersible Songa Equinox went on sea trials as planned on March 19, 2015. Prior to sea trial

Harley Marine adds two Z-drive tugs to fleet

MARCH 20, 2015 — Harley Marine Services, Seattle, WA, is adding two new ship handling vessels to its fleet. Built by shipbuilder Diversified Marine, Portland, OR, they are an improved version of

GEA Westfalia books first cruise ship BWTS order

MARCH 20, 2015 — GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH has received its first order for installation of its BallastMaster marineX UV ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) in cruise ships. The contract comes

Rolls-Royce all-gas Bergen engines picked for FLNG

MARCH 20, 2015 — Rolls-Royce has secured a contract with Keppel Shipyard in Singapore to supply two Bergen B35:40V20AG all-gas engines for power generation on-board a Floating Liquefaction Vessel (FLNGV) owned by

LNG-fueled ferry won’t reach Quebec until April

MARCH 20, 2015 — Recently published reports that Fincantieri has already delivered the LNG fueled ferry F.A. Gauthier to Canada’s STQ  (Société des traversiers du Québec) are premature. According to AIS data

Clipper converts HFO tanks to MGO for ECA operations

MARCH 19, 2015 — To meet new MARPOL Annex VI sulfur limits in Emission Control Areas (ECAs), Copenhagen, Denmark headquartered Clipper Group is to convert one HFO tank in each of six

Fast attack submarine to become Moored Training Ship

MARCH 19, 2015 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) recently welcomed USS La Jolla (SSN 701) for conversion from an operational fast-attack submarine into a Moored Training Ship (MTS). The submarine was built

Reinauer picks GE Marine Tier 4 diesels for ATB newbuild

MARCH 19, 2015 —GE Marine announced that Reinauer Transportation Companies, LLC, purchased two GE U.S. EPA Tier 4 certified marine diesel engines and two Lufkin Marine Propulsion Gearboxes for a new Articulated

Bestobell valves chosen for LNG-fueled harbor tug

MARCH 18, 2015—Sheffield, U.K., headquartered Bestobell Marine has received a major new order from Wärtsilä Fuel Gas Handling Division (FGH), to supply the Middle East’s first LNG (liquefied natural gas) fueled harbor

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