China’s AFAI Southern Shipyard has delivered the first of two new, Incat Crowther designed, emergency response vessels for the Hong Kong Fire Services Department. The two state-of-the-art next-generation vessels will replace the department’s aging fleet of emergency response vessels and will be stationed at Hong Kong International Airport for fast deployment across Hong Kong’s busy waterways.
The new vessels are tailored specifically for search and rescue, fire response and other emergency...
Marine Log held its second annual Ship Repair USA conference in the French Quarter of New Orleans on June 11-12, once again drawing numerous attendees from across the spectrum of shipyards, vessel operators, maintenance providers, suppliers, and other specialists. Ship Repair USA will return to the Gulf region again next summer.
“This year’s Ship Repair USA conference was a true collaborative effort,” said Gary Lynch, publisher for Marine Log. “Thank you to our speakers, sponsors, SNAME, our...
Singapore-headquartered Ventus Marine, a subsidiary of PSA Marine, has signed a contract with aluminum shipbuilder Strategic Marine for the construction of four BMT-designed 27-meter Z-bow hull crew transfer vessels (CTVs).
In addition to BMT’s Z-bow hull for improved seakeeping and efficiency, the vessels will feature BMT’s active fender system, for safe transfers, and advanced propulsion systems tailored to the operational requirements of the offshore wind markets.
The vessels are scheduled for...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/ventus-marine-orders-z-bow-hulled-ctv-quartet/
For a second year in a row, the Military Sealift Command (MSC) will be hosting several presentations aimed at shipyard and ship repair yard suppliers—both OEMs and non-OEMs alike—at Marine Log’s Ship Repair USA conference on June 11-12 in the French Quarter of New Orleans, La.
“MSC relies on the commercial ship repair and marine equipment industrial base to support our ship maintenance and repair requirements,” said Neil Lichtenstein, deputy director ship management, DSMx, for the MSC, who will...
https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/msc-joins-ship-repair-usa-next-week-in-new-orleans/
The first of seven new 200-passenger Parramatta Class ferries is now in service in Sydney, New South Wales. The fleet of new Incat Crowther designed ferries, which will service the busy Parramatta River commuter route, are being constructed in Tasmania, Australia by Richardson Devine Marine. A second vessel has begun sea trials and three more are already under construction, with the full fleet expected to enter passenger service over the next 18 months.
Incat Crowther worked closely with...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/first-of-7-new-parramatta-class-ferries-now-in-service-in-sydney/
Austal USA has celebrated the christening of the company’s 19th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) – the future USS Pierre (LCS 38). Ship sponsor Larissa Thune Hargens executed the ceremonial bottle break over the bow of Pierre, witnessed by an audience of over four hundred guests.
Hargens, the daughter of U.S. Senator John Thune (R.-SD), is a native of South Dakota, She graduated from Bethel University, in Saint Paul, Minn., with a bachelor’s degree in political science and...
Putting the big into BigLift, Spliethoff Group’s heavy lift specialist BigLift Shipping has used a single vessel to transport eleven Damen tugs from the shipbuilder’s yards in Vietnam and China to Europe.
While such voyages usually require six months to plan and organize, Damen reports that there was less than two months available to prepare for this one and to ensure that each stage was executed on time.
The ship used to transport the eleven Damen tugs was BigLift’s Happy Star, a 156-meter heavy...
Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to supply azimuth thrusters to Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine, to power six new azimuthing stern-drive tugs for the Tunisian port authority, OMMP.
The new tugs, of Robert Allan RAstar 2800 series design, will offer powerful and reliable performance for a range of towing and harbor operations in Tunisian ports.
Kongsberg Maritime will supply a pair of its US205 FP azimuth thrusters, to each of the six 28-meter vessels. The thrusters feature 2.8 meter diameter...
Leading maritime industry valves, actuation and instrumentation supplier W&O has reached a three-year supply agreement with Norway-based ship designer and builder Vard, a member of the Fincantieri Group. Under the agreement, W&O will provide technical support to the design and engineering departments of Vard, covering all valve challenges on newly built vessels. This will include delivering valves, actuation and instrumentation packages to Vard in Norway, Romania, and Vietnam.
Vidar Hoel,...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/wo-in-three-year-valve-supply-agreement-with-vard/
Liverpool-headquartered Bibby Marine has placed an order with Spanish shipbuilder Gondan for what, it says, will be the world’s first truly zero-emission, electric commissioning service operation vessel (eCSOV). It will be built in Gondan’s Asturias shipyard and is scheduled to be delivered in 2026.
This marks a further step forward in a project that we last reported on back in January. Bibby says that it selected Gondan after a thorough international tendering process that included yards in the...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/bibby-marine-places-order-for-worlds-first-zero-emission-ecsov/