First Wärtsilä HY hybrid tug delivered
The technology group Wärtsilä’s hybrid power module solution, the Wärtsilä HY, is now fully operational on the ‘Vilja’, an escort tug owned by the Swedish port of Luleå.The tug was built at Gondan Shipbuilders in Asturias, Spain and was delivered in the end of June 2019 following successful completion of the commissioning and sea trials. The Wärtsilä HY is the first hybrid power module in the marine industry…
BMT Inks Deal for Kitsap Fast Ferry
BMT announced the signing of a contract for two new 43 metre (104’ x 37’’ x 12.5’) high-speed, passenger Fast Ferries for Kitsap Transit, with an option for a third to be added to this vessel fleet. The custom design project will once again see the UK engineering design consultancy partner with US shipyard Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) and will join the Kitsap Fast Ferry service in Seattle once completed.
Robert Allan to Design Canadian Navy Tugs
Robert Allan Ltd. announced that they have been awarded the contract from Ocean Industries Inc., a related corporation of Ocean Group Inc., to design a new generation of Ship Handling tugs to be built at the Ocean Industries Inc. shipyard at L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Quebec for the Royal Canadian Navy. Four tugs are to be built, with two delivered to each of Canada’s major naval bases, at Esquimalt, BC and Halifax…
KONGSBERG propeller Blade Air Emissions Tech for silent seas
Kongsberg Maritime has successfully adapted a propeller concept used in naval applications and is now offering the same operational and environmental benefits to commercial shipping customers.While the naval sector has been using KONGSBERG Blade Air Emission technology for a number of years, with several navies deploying it to limit vessel signature, the process is now being applied to commercial ship…
Malta to Take in some NGO Boat Migrants
Malta said on Friday it would take in 54 migrants rescued by an Italian charity boat off Libya this week, after Italy refused to let the vessel dock at one of its…
Panama: Seized Iranian Tanker Removed from Registry
Panama's Maritime Authority said on Thursday that Grace 1, a giant Iranian oil tanker seized by British Royal Marines in Gibraltar, was no longer listed in Panama's…
Maersk, Major Shippers Hike Gulf-bound Box Rates
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Containerships in first SIMOPS boxship bunkering
Containerships performed its first simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) bunkering, which allows for the concomitant bunkering of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and execution of loading and unloading procedures.An unprecedented achievement improving Containerships’ operational efficiency and highlighting the Group’s leading role in the energy transition of the shipping industryOn July 4th, 2019, Containerships…
Iran threatens UK in Retaliation for Tanker Seizure
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander threatened on Friday to seize a British ship in retaliation for the capture of an Iranian supertanker in Gibraltar by Royal…
RVOS Retrofits Fleet for DP Ops
Saudi Arabia’s Rawabi Vallianz Offshore Services (RVOS) has contracted Netherlands-based Praxis Automation Technology to deliver dynamic positioning systems for…
Corpus Christi Train 2 Delivers 1st LNG Cargo
Bechtel Corporation and Cheniere Energy have completed the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) commissioning cargo from Train 2 at the Corpus Christi Liquefaction (CCL) export terminal in Texas…
FESCO Buys New Containership
FESCO Transportation Group, the largest intermodal transport operator in Russia, announced that the ice-class container vessel “FESCO Magadan”, with full capacity of 822 TEU…
Wellard Sells MV Ocean Swagman
Cash-strapped livestock shipper, Wellard Limited has agreed to sell its Ocean Swagman vessel to major shareholder Heytesbury Holdings for $US22 million ($31.3 million).Australia's…
Swedish Club's NextGen Loss Prevention
The marine mutual insurer Swedish Club has introduced the next generation of Loss Prevention. It means that shipowners can now be offered real time personalized loss prevention…
Woodfibre LNG Gets BC OGC Permit
Woodfibre LNG, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility planned for Howe Sound on the southern B.C. coast, has received its facility permit from the British…
DNV GL Supports Asia's Largest Solar Floater
DNV GL, the international accredited registrar and classification society, said that it has been appointed by PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, as technical…
Singapore Starts Tuas Terminal Phase 2
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has announced that reclamation work for Tuas Terminal Phase 2 began ysterday (4 July), with the installation of…
Hapag-Lloyd Orders 13,000 Reefers
German-based cargo container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd AG has placed a record order for 13,420 refrigerated containers, known as reefers, which are set for delivery…
MAN in Global Service Deal with Wallem
German solution provider to the marine and energy sectors, MAN Energy Solutions (MES) has signed a Global Key Account Management contract with Hong Kongbased Wallem…
MACN's Port Integrity Campaign in India
The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) has announced the launch of a groundbreaking Port Integrity Campaign in India, with the support of the Government of…
