Marine Equipment News


VOS Challenge joins Vroon Fleet

Jun 27, 2016

VOS Challenge has been delivered to Vroon according to the company spokesman. The vessel left Fujian Southeast Shipyard (FSES) in Fuzhou, China on Thursday 23 June at the start of her journey to Thailand, where she will be delivered to charterers PTTEP…

Austal Delivers LCS 8 to US Navy

Jun 25, 2016

Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) delivered the future USS Montgomery (LCS 8) to the U.S. Navy, during a ceremony held aboard the ship at Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, USA on 23 June.The delivery of LCS 8 marks the fourth Independence…

POSH Bags Shell FLNG Contract

Jun 25, 2016

Singapore’s offshore marine services provider PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd. (POSH) has been awarded a contract to support Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility using its semi-submersible accommodation vessel the “POSH Arcadia”…

MSC Jade Sails with MAN's Biggest Engine

Jun 24, 2016

The largest and most powerful engine from MAN Diesel & Turbo’s portfolio ever designed and built has entered service. Built by Doosan Engine in Korea and rated at 75,570 kW (103,000 horsepower), the engine is an MAN B&W 11G95ME-C9.5 two-stroke type that acts as prime mover aboard the MSC Jade…

OSG Joins NYSE "Big Board"

Jun 24, 2016

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE:OSG) (the “Company” or “OSG”) announced today that it has been approved by the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) to transfer its stock listing to the NYSE from the NYSE MKT. The Company’s common stock, which will continue to trade under the ticker symbol OSG…

Orca Energy ESS to Power Fish Farm Support Vessel

Jun 24, 2016

Grovfjord Mek. Verksted AS (GMV) has selected Corvus Energy as the supplier of the lithium ion based energy storage system (ESS) for a fish farm support vessel called GMV ZERO. GMV will utilize Corvus’ next generation Orca Energy ESS to support…

Terntank's first 15000DWT Chemical Tanker Passes Sea Trials

Jun 24, 2016

The first dual-fuel two-stroke engine employing the low-pressure X-DF gas admission technology developed by Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) has passed the final milestone in its evolution from a technical concept to commercial operation as a marine main engine…

TEN Sends New Aframax Tanker to Work for Statoil

Jun 23, 2016

Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. (NYSE:TNP) has taken delivery of the aframax tanker Elias Tsakos, part of the 15-vessel newbuilding program and the first of the nine assigned for the Statoil long-term business. The vessel was delivered from…

Viscometer Helps Coating Process

Jun 23, 2016

Oxfordshire based Chiltern Connections specialist is a provider of conformal coating machines and associated solutions for a wide range of industrial customers. Applications for their coating machines are generally highly specialised and a means…

Demand for Helm CONNECT Software Soars ahead of Subchapter M

Jun 23, 2016

Helm Operations  signed on more than 50 commercial maritime companies to its  maritime software, Helm CONNECT, many of whom are trying to prepare for the publication of Subchapter M. Helm CONNECT’s customers come from a variety of commercial maritime industries…

Win-Tron Promotes Bench to National Sales Manager

Jun 22, 2016

Gerald “Jerry” Bench II has been appointed to the position of National Sales Manager at Win-Tron Electronics, announced company president, Eddie Winder. Bench will report directly to Winder, and his new responsibilities will encompass management…

Scrubbers Installed on Another Great Lakes Bulker

Jun 22, 2016

The Interlake Steamship Company’s M/V Lee A. Tregurtha sailed today from Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., becoming the shipper’s third self-unloading bulk carrier to be outfitted with exhaust gas scrubbers. Interlake became the first U…

Hapag-Lloyd Selects INTTRA eVGM Service

Jun 22, 2016

Shipping company Hapag-Lloyd and ocean shipping electronic marketplace INTTRA announced an agreement under which Hapag-Lloyd will connect with the INTTRA eVGM Service for facilitating compliance with new International Maritime Organization container weight requirements…

AccessESP Names Sheridan Asia Pacific Region Manager

Jun 22, 2016

AccessESP, a provider of rigless electric submersible pump (ESP) conveyance solutions for the worldwide oil industry, has appointed Ed Sheridan as its Asia Pacific region manager. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, he will be responsible for increasing market share in the region…

APM Terminals Focus on Safety, Productivity

Jun 22, 2016

Speaking on a panel devoted to “Robotics & Automation in Container Terminals” at the TOC Europe’s 40th annual industry gathering devoted to port and terminal technology and operations, APM Terminals Head of Terminal Design and Automation, Alex…

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