Nichols Brothers to build ferry superstructure

JANUARY 16, 2015 — Vigor Industrial has awarded Ice Floe, LLC dba Nichols Brothers Boat Builders a contract to construct the superstructure portion of the third Olympic Class 144-car Washington State Ferry,

Three rescued in China tugboat capsize

JANUARY 16, 2015 — Xinhua reports that rescuers saved three people yesterday after a tugboat capsized at about 3 pm local time while on trials in the Fubei Channel, near Jingjiang city,

Skangass commissions LNG bunker/feeder vessel newbuild

JANUARY 15, 2015 — Development of an LNG bunkering infrastructure in Northern Europe continues to move ahead. Sirius Veder Gas AB has ordered a state of the art 5,800 cu.m LNG bunker

First X-Stern has 100th X-Bow

JANUARY 14, 2015 — Ulstein’s order for its first X-Stern vessels — two offshore wind service vessels for Bernhard Schulte/WINDEA Offshore (see earlier story) —also brough the 100th sale of its X-Bow

Finnish owner orders two biofuel powered coasters

JANUARY 14, 2015 — Finland’s Meriaura Group has ordered two 4,700 dwt VG EcoCoaster general cargo ships from Dutch shipbuilder Royal Bodewes. Delivery of the first vessel from the shipyard is due

Alaska Class ferries to have Rolls-Royce propulsion system

JANUARY 13, 2015 — The Alaska Marine Highway System and shipbuilder Vigor Industrial have selected Rolls-Royce to provide a highly efficient propulsion system for the two Alaska Class ferries to be built

Ulstein books first X-Stern order

JANUARY 13, 2015 — Norway’s Ulstein Verft has signed a shipbuilding contract with Hamburg, Germany, based Bernhard Schulte for two vessels that will be the first to be built at the shipyard

SeaRiver christens second Aker Philadelphia newbuild

JANUARY 13, 2015 — Exxon Mobil Corporation’s marine affiliate, SeaRiver Maritime, Inc., yesterday named the Eagle Bay, the second of its two new U.S.-flag crude oil tankers, at a ceremony at Aker

Tidewater Norwegian subsidiary takes delivery of PSV

JANUARY 12, 2015 — Troms Offshore Supply AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tidewater Inc., has taken delivery of its new build no 791 at the Vard Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam.. The

Ezra wins $110 million FPSO turret mooring contract

JANUARY 12, 2015 —  Singapore’s Ezra Holdings Limited reports that wholly owned subsidiary London Marine Consultants (LMC) has been awarded a $110 million contract by Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong Shipyard to supply an

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