[ad_1] A Massachusetts ferry operator was ordered to halt a portion of its operations Monday after bystanders noticed large numbers of passengers packed on the top deck of one of its vessels, an apparent departure from local social distancing guidelines. It was the operator's fourth...
[ad_1] MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured an order to provide deck handling solutions to two T-ATS class vessels to be built at Gulf Island Shipyards LLC, a subsidiary of Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. The order was booked into Cargotec’s second quarter order intake, with deliveries...
[ad_1] PANGBOURNE, UK - Global lubricants supplier Castrol today highlights the increasingly important role of marine lubricants as the engine room environment changes. More efficient engines, new and varied fuels, and recent changes to leading OEM cylinder oil strategies are making lubricant choice a more important and...
[ad_1] The Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany floated out the world’s newest cruise ship, the 58,250 gross ton Spirit of Adventure being built for the UK’s Saga Cruises. The float out from the building proceeded as planned despite the announcement that many of the...
[ad_1] Taiwan named its new marine research vessel the New Ocean Researcher 1, built at a cost of approximately $50 million. It is an ocean-class multi-functional ocean research vessel and Taiwan’s largest ocean research ship. The ship is the third new research vessel launched by...
[ad_1] In a sign of the times, the Port of Tacoma's privately-operated Husky Terminal is dismantling four older, smaller cranes after decades of service. Over the past few years, the facility has taken delivery of eight new post-Panamax cranes made by ZPMC, and the older units...
[ad_1] Both of Huntington Ingalls Industries' major shipyards - Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia and Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi - are reporting significant spikes in new COVID-19 cases. NNS announced 44 new cases over the past two days, bringing its total to 340. Ingalls Shipbuilding...
[ad_1] The efforts to build new ro-ro passenger ships for the operations between Australian and Tasmania took a new turn with the announcement that the Premier of Tasmania has decided not to support the proposed order with a Finish shipbuilder and instead calling for efforts...
[ad_1] The superlarge crane ship Sleipnir has set another record: the largest single-lift jacket removal. Last week, Sleipnir successfully lifted and removed the 8,100 tonne jacket for the Jotun-B platform in the Norwegian North Sea. The platform was installed in 1998 by the Heerema crane ship...
[ad_1] Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has delivered the first of three Bigaçay class ASD tugs that will be operated by Svitzer in the Port of Sohar, Oman. Destined for operation at the Sohar Industrial port, the tugs will be employed escorting and berthing large container ships...
