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Briggs Marine orders maintenance support vessel
U.K.-based Briggs Marine has ordered a 40-meter maintenance support vessel at Vigo, Spain, based shipbuilder Freire A/S. Due to enter service in fourth quarter 2004, the vessel will enhance and expand the Briggs Marines offering across a range of industries including defense, ports and harbors, energy & utilities, construction and offshore…
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HMM 9,000 TEU newbuilds will be the first with new G80 methanol engine
The nine 9,000 TEU methanol-dual fueled containerships ordered by South Korea’s HMM will be powered by MAN B&W G80ME-LGIM dual fueled engines. Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries(HSHI) will build seven of the ships and HJ Shipbuilding and Construction( HJSC) will build the other two. The newbuildings will be delivered to HMM…
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Adm. Fagan: Recruiting Shortfall Threatens Coast Guard’s Readiness
In an address Tuesday night, the U.S. Coast Guard’s top officer warned that a tough hiring market is having a substantial impact on recruitment, and that the service is putting new effort into finding and keeping members of its active-duty workforce. To ensure that the public is aware of the…
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Photos: Winter Storms Damage Hulk of OS 35 off Gibraltar
The Captain of the Port of Gibraltar is reporting that recent winter storms damaged the hulk of bulker OS 35 which sunk last year just offshore after hitting another vessel at the entrance to Gibraltar harbor. The damage to the vessel while not severe may mean that changes will be required to…
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Trinidad and Tobago takes delivery of advanced low-emission tug
Even though it is not yet a requirement in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago’s National Energy Corporation (NEC) has chosen to have a class certified Damen marine NOx reduction system installed on a new low-emission tug to make it IMO Tier III compliant. The tug, a Damen ASD Tug 2811, named National Energy…
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Amogy aims to have ammonia-powered tugboat on the water this year
Aiming for a world-first, Brooklyn, N.Y., based ammonia-to-power innovator Amogy Inc. is retrofitting a 1957-built tugboat to use its technology, which cracks liquid ammonia to produce hydrogen. The tugboat, which uses diesel generators and generators, was sourced through Feeney Shipyard in Kingston, N.Y., who will lead retrofitting construction, engine removal and more under…
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PPG launches “breakthrough” fouling release coating
PPG (NYSE: PPG) has launched a biocide-free fouling release coating that, it says, uses a breakthrough approach to help shipowners lower power consumption and carbon emissions and meet demands for higher performance with no adverse impact on the marine environment. Called PPG Sigmaglide 2390, the coating is based on PPG’s…
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VIDEO: Former OSV reborn as research vessel
The Palo Alta, Calif., based Schmidt Ocean Institute has taken delivery of its newest research vessel, the Falkor (too). The 110 meter vessel was originally delivered in 2011 by Spain’s Freire shipyard as the GC Rieber IMR / Walk-to-Work vessel Polar Queen. The Schmidt Ocean Institute acquired the ship — minus the…
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P&O Takes Delivery of World’s Largest Double-Ended Hybrid Ro-Ro Ferry
P&O Ferries has taken delivery on the first of two new Fusion Class ferries which are the first and world’s largest double-ended ferries. Built in China at the Guangzhou Shipyard International, a division of CSSC, the vessels are set to establish several industry firsts for their size, luxury, and their…
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Bollinger delivers 52nd FRC to Coast Guard
Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the USCGC Maurice Jester to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla. This is the 178th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 52nd Fast Response Cutter (“FRC”) delivered under the current program. The USCGC Maurice Jester will be…
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