NOVEMBER 15, 2018 — Ålesund, Norway, headquartered ACEL AS has selected the Corvus Orca energy storage system (ESS) for installation in a new hybrid long line fishing vessel under construction at Norway’s
NOVEMBER 13, 2018 — The University of the South Pacific (USP) in Fiji and the China Navigation Company (CNCo), parent of Swire Shipping and Swire Bulk, have launched Project Cerulean, which aims
NOVEMBER 12, 2018 — Jeanerette, LA , headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark has completed the second of two 105-foot, 150-passenger, high speed aluminum catamaran passenger ferries constructed for the New Orleans Regional Transit
NOVEMBER 12, 2018 — Icelandic shipowners Samherji Island and Sildarvinnslan have confirmed orders with Denmark’s Karstensen Shipyard for two identical 88 m trawl and purse seiner newbuildings whose hulls will be built in
NOVEMBER 12, 2018 — New Albany, IN, headquartered American Queen Steamboat Company reports that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the Victory I and sister ship Victory II, along with
NOVEMBER 12, 2018 — Kongsberg Maritime has chosen Yverdon Les Bains, Switzerland, headquartered Leclanché to be its battery partner and supplier of customized marine energy storage solutions. Leclanché’s batteries will be an
NOVEMBER 8, 2018 — The Bay Ship & Yacht Co. shipyard in Alameda, CA, has laid the keel of America’s first zero emission ferry, the Water-Go-Round. The 70 ft Incat Crowther designed
NOVEMBER 7, 2018 — Austal’s Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard last month launched the Auto Express 109 m high-speed vehicle/passenger ferry Express 4 for Denmark’s Molslinjen. This major project milestone followed the roll-out
NOVEMBER 2, 2018 — The four Yard Tug 808-class harbor tugboats ordered from Anacortes, WA, shipbuilder Dakota Creek Industries (see earlier story) will each be equipped with two Schottel Rudderpropellers. The azimuth
NOVEMBER 2, 2018 — Ulsteinvik, Norway, headquartered Island Offshore has secured a three-year agreement with Equinor for its DPII PSV Island Clipper to serve as combined PSV and walk to work vessel.