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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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U.S. Coast Guard Decommissions 55-Year-Old Cutter
Few operators manage to keep aging hulls going in saltwater as well as the U.S. Coast Guard, which has plenty of seagoing vessels in their fifth decade of active service. But all good things must come to an end, even when it comes to well-maintained tonnage, and on Thursday the…
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A memorandum of understanding between the “Saudi Bahri” and the “Suez Canal”
The Saudi National Shipping Company “Bahri” signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with the Suez Canal Authority to establish a joint Egyptian joint stock company for maritime transport. According to a statement issued by the Saudi “Bahri”, that the company to be established is specialized in owning, renting, renting and…
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Photos: Ice Damaged Chinese Bulker Sinks After Failed Salvage Effort
Salvage teams were unable to save a Chinese bulker that was damaged in a collision with heavy ice flows near the Russian port of Vanino. The Maritime Rescue Service of Rosmorrechflot, the Russian emergency services ministry, confirmed that the Yong Xing 56 sank on March 1 approximately 42 miles south-southwest of the…
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Vigor completes USS Chosin modernization
Vigor has successfully completed a three-year modernization project on USS Chosin (CG 65) at its Harbor Island, Seattle, shipyard, sending the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser back to its homeport of Naval Station Everett. The project was one of the largest, longest and most complex in Vigor’s history, involving more than 1.7 million hours…
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Farra Marine orders seven Incat Crowther designed CTVs
Dublin, Ireland, headquartered crew transfer vessel (CTV) owner and operator Farra Marine has placed an order with Singapore-based Penguin Shipyard International that will see it double its fleet to a total of 14 vessels. The new CTVs are Incat Crowther designed WindFlex-27 series catamarans. When their deliveries are completed, by early 2024,…
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Australia slaps 90-day port entry ban on MSC box ship
In its most recent port entry ban, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) yesterday issued a refusal of access direction notice banning the Liberian-flagged containership MSC Kymea II from Australian ports for 90 days. AMSA says that it issued the notice “following months of sub-standard performance from the ship’s operator, MSC Shipmanagement…
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