JULY 29, 2015 — The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch says that alcohol was a factor in two separate fatalities, involving the same workboat, within less than five months On August 13,
JUNE 12, 2015 — According to a report commissioned by ClassNK subsidiary Helm Operations, some 50% of crews working on offshore support vessels are willing to compromise safety rather than say “no”
APRIL 13, 2015—Motor-Services Hugo Stamp, Inc., (MSHS), Fort Lauderdale, FL, a turnkey supplier of propulsion and power systems, is now the exclusive distributor of Baudouin marine diesel engines and Nanni marine generators
JANUARY 12, 2015 — Meercat Workboats Ltd., Portsmouth, U.K., has delivered its first vessel since being acquired last September by Burgess Marine. The just completed vessel is a 14 m steel workboat
JANUARY 8, 2015 — Marine Group Boat Works, LLC, a San Diego, CA, family-owned boatbuilding and repair company with three yards in Chula Vista, National City and San Jose del Cabo, was
NOVEMBER 28, 2014—In the years ahead, tug, towboat, ferry and workboat operators in North America face a number of challenges because of the stricter emissions regulations imposed by the U.S. EPA Tier
OCTOBER 21, 2014 — Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Amon has delivered the 30 m catamaran ferriers Macôco and Panguila to Instituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola for operation by subsidiary TMA Express. The
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 — Developments announced by ZF Marine Propulsion at this year’s SMM event in Hamburg, Germany included introduction of a new ZF W 10000 workboat transmission family and the launch
AUGUST 21, 2014 — A contract worth in excess of £3.3 million (about $5.5 million) has been secured by Macduff Shipyards, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, from Scottish Sea Farms. The contract is for four
AUGUST 21, 2014 — Denmark’s Tuco Marine Group, which specializes in light structures and hulls manufactured with composite materials such as carbon fiber, has sold a “ProZero 12 m DC Light Pilot”