MHI confirms effectiveness of air lube system on ferry

OCTOBER 8, 2012 — Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has installed its first installation of its Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System (MALS) on a ship with a slender hull form and has

Newport News Shipbuilding crane makes largest lift yet

OCTOBER 6, 2012 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division placed a 1,026-metric ton unit — roughly the weight of six Boeing 747 airliners — onto

Damen-design Platform Supply Vessels for Brazil

OCTOBER 5, 2012—Brazil shipyard Wilson, Sons is the midst of constructing six Platform Supply Vessels under license based on Damen’s PSV 4500 design for Wilson Sons Ultratug Offshore (WSUT). Two PSVs have

Midship Marine building two 25 m cats

OCTOBER 4, 2012 — Midship Marine’s Harvey, La., shipyard is building two Incat Crowther design 25 m catamaran passenger ferries to operate in St Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. They feature

Texas A&M scientists use new research ship to study Gulf

OCTOBER 3, 2012 — Scientists with the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) and the College of Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will study the oceanography

STX Finland to get order for third Oasis class cruise ship?

OCTOBER 3, 2012 — Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat reports today that STX Finland’s Turku Shipyard could be near to getting a contract to build a third Oasis-class cruise ship for Royal Caribbean.

VT Halter teams with DCNS for OPC program bid

OCTOBER 2, 2012 —  VT Halter Marine, Inc. has announced a partnership agreement with France’s DCNS to submit a proposal to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the design and construction

STX OSV books order for cable layer

OCTOBER 2, 2012 — STX OSV Holdings Limited reports that it has secured a contract for the design and construction of one cable laying vessel for an international client. The vessel will

ABB to supply systems for Russian icebreaker

OCTOBER 1, 2012 — ABB reports it has won an order worth $35 million from the Baltic Shipyard Ltd. to supply propulsion and electrical systems for a new icebreaker vessel under construction

Gibdock completes complex box ship crane refurbishment

OCTOBER 1, 2012 — Gibraltar ship repairer Gibdock has completed a complex containership deck crane refurbishment job that called for certification of strict welding procedures by Lloyd’s Register (LR), which approved all

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