Fincantieri floats out largest Holland America Line ship yet

MARCH 6, 2015 — Carnival Corporation’s Holland America Line has marked another milestone in the construction of ms Koningsdam, its largest ship thus far, with the float-out and transfer of the cruise

Gas Turbine Alternator package installed in U.K. carrier

MARCH 6, 2015 — The Aircraft Carrier Alliance (Babcock, BAE Systems and Thales U.K. plus the U.K. Ministry of Defence) has successfully completed the installation of the first Rolls-Royce MT30 Gas Turbine

Harvey Energy starts working for Shell

MARCH 5, 2015 — Harvey Gulf’s PSV Harvey Energy, the first LNG fueled vessel to enter service in North America, today began working on charter for Shell’s deep water operations in the

MacGregor books cement handling system orders

MARCH 5, 2015 — Eight offshore service vessels under construction at China’s Wuhu Xinlian Shipyard will have MacGregor dry bulk cement handling systems. The fully automated pneumatic systems will be installed on

Navigate picks Interline 9001 for newbuilds

MARCH 5, 2015 — Interline 9001, an advanced cargo tank coating from AkzoNobel’s International marine coating range, is being applied to 18 chemical tankers currently currently under construction by South Korean shipbuilder

Microsoft billionaire finds lost WWII Japanese battleship

MARCH 4, 2015 — An expedition mounted by billionaire investor and philanthropist Paul Gardner Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, has located the Japanese battleship Musashi, sunk by American forces on October 24,

Rolls-Royce to equip Chouest Arctic AHTS newbuild

MARCH 4, 2015 — Rolls-Royce has been awarded a ship equipment contract worth about $30 million by Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO). The contract covers the supply of azimuth main propulsion, propulsion control

VT Halter Marine launches ATB tug for Bouchard

MARCH 4, 2015—VT Halter Marine, Inc., Pascagoula, MS, recently launched the Articulated Tug Barge (ATB) tug Kim M. Bouchard, the first of two ATB tugs under a major expansion program for Bouchard

NNS’s Suzanne Beckstoffer wins Engineer of the Year award

MARCH 3, 2015 — Suzanne Beckstoffer, engineering director of process and tools at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been named the Virginia Peninsula Engineer of the Year by the

Wärtsilä gets first contract for EX-proof BWMS

MARCH 3, 2015 — Eight new 33,000 DWT chemical tankers under construction by an Asian shipbuilder will be fitted with Wärtsilä Aquarius UV Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) that have each been

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