Honolulu, Hawaii, headquartered Navatek LLC has been awarded an $8 million contract from the U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR) for advanced planing hull research. It will focus on pursuing new
Gearing and transmission specialist Renk AG reports that its Rheine, Germany, plant has won its first new construction contract for its MARHY maritime hybrid system. The system enables ships with two-stroke engines
The Canadian Coast Guard is to procure six new program icebreakers to replace the heavy and medium icebreakers that operate in Atlantic Canada and the St. Lawrence waterways during the winter and
Norway’s Ulstein Verft shipyard has delivered the world’s largest plug-in hybrid vessel, Color Hybrid, to Color Line. Measuring 160 m in length and 27.1 m in beam, the vessel can carry 2,000
The lengthening of two Grimaldi Group group cruise ferries by Fincantieri’s Palermo, Italy, shipyard earlier this year was accomplished using heavylift equipment and expertise supplied by Stafford, U.K., based ALE . The
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. has agreed to pay $159,050 in back wages and interest to resolve alleged systemic hiring discrimination violations found in a routine compliance evaluation by the U.S. Department of
U.K. offshore energy support vessel (OESV) operator, Seacat Services, has taken up its option to build a second Chartwell 24 catamaran for the offshore wind sector. Construction of the vessel, to be
Oslo headquartered Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA today took delivery of the MV Barracuda from New Yangzi Shipyard in China. The MV Barracuda is the second of eight contracted CLEANBU vessels that will
Nikkei Asian Review reports that a consortium of U.S. private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management and Australian shipbuilder Austal is in exclusive talks to acquire the strategically located Cebu, Philippines, shipyard formerly
Island Tug and Barge Ltd.’s second new ATB push tug Island Regent entered service at the end of June pushing the double hulled refined petroleum products barge, ITB Reliant. The vessel was