Eastern delivers first FMT newbuild with Sub-M certificate

Eastern Shipbuilding, Panama City, Fla., has delivered the first new construction towboat in a long running series to be issued a USCG Subchapter M Certificate of Inspection (COI). The vessel, M/V Brian

World’s largest, most powerful crane vessel makes its debut

Sembcorp Marine’s Tuas Boulevard, Singapore, shipyard has completed construction of the world’s largest and most powerful semi-submersible crane vessel. Built for Heerema Marine Contractors, the SSCV Sleipnir’s twin revolving crane’s can lift

Spirit of Discovery completes Ems conveyance

Spirit of Discovery, the first newbuild cruise ship for Britain’s Saga Cruises, today reached the open sea after departing the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, late Sunday night and being towed in

Louisiana shipyard to convert OSV for new Navy role

Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC, Lockport, La., has won a Navy contract worth $11,638,510 to purchase and convert an existing offshore supply vessel into an Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center range support

VIDEO: Newport News starts Columbia class advance construction

A first-cut-of steel ceremony held today at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division marked the start of advance construction for the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program. With the press of

MARAD picks TOTE as Vessel Construction Manager for NSMV program

Maritime Administrator RADM Mark H. Buzby, USN (Ret.) today announced that TOTE Services, Inc. of Jacksonville Fla., has been chosen as the Vessel Construction Manager (VCM) for the newest class of training

LNG fueled RoPax features MAN propulsion package

China’s Jinling Shipyard has ordered four MAN 51/60DF engines for a 230 m RoPax it is building for German ferry operator TT-Line under a contract that contains an option for a second

Conrad christens fourth Young Brothers tug

Conrad Shipyard recently christened the oceangoing tug Kāpena Bob Purdy for Young Brothers Ltd., of Honolulu, Hawaii, a subsidiary of Foss Maritime Company. The ceremony was held at Conrad’s Amelia shipyard in

Damen Mangalia cuts steel for $468 million diamond mining vessel

Damen Shipyards Group and De Beers Marine Namibia (Pty) Ltd (Debmarine Namibia) have marked the start of construction of a new diamond mining vessel with a steel cutting ceremony held at the

Converting “LNG ready” box ship to gas fueling will cost $30 million

Converting “LNG ready” box ship to gas fueling will cost $30 million Hapag-Lloyd has revealed a few more details about its plans to convert its 15,000 TEU containership Sajir to LNG propulsion

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