Satellite communication provider Marlink has launched a range of airtime packages and application solutions to support its customers in the maritime, fishing and offshore industries during the COVID-19 pandemic.The ‘StrongerTogether’ initiative…
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Yanmar to Provide SHIPSWEB Free of Charge
Yanmar Engineering said it will provide its auxiliary diesel engine management service “SHIPSWEB” free of charge from April 15th, 2020 to March 31st of 2021.SHIPSWEB is a technology platform for providing customers that manage large ocean-going…
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Vestdavit Secures Davit Contract with French Navy
Vestdavit won a tender from Chantiers de l’Atlantique to supply davit systems for four new logistic support ships due delivery to the French Navy under the FLOTLOG (Flotte Logistique) program. The double-hulled vessels will replace the Navy’s current…...
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Interview: Dr. Dirk Jürgens, Heads of R&D, Voith Turbo Marine
Dr. Dirk Jürgens heads R&D at Voith Turbo Marine, a part of the family owned Voith conglomerate which employs more than 19,000 people in 60 countries. Voith Rudderpropellers were chosen as the propulsion system for the three new Staten Island Ferry ves...
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Phoenix Provides Floodlights for USNS Comfort
With the drastic increase in COVID-19 cases, the USNS Comfort was recently deployed to New York to provide relief for land-based hospitals that were over-capacity and struggling to keep up with the escalating number of critical patients.In order to pro...
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‘Stink flirting’ is a thing – just ask a ring-tailed lemur
For human beings, "stink flirting" may not sound like a prudent dating strategy. For ring-tailed lemurs, it is the way to go.
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At Least 32 Dead on Migrant Ship Left Adrift for Weeks
At least 32 ethnic Rohingya died on a ship that drifted for weeks after it failed to reach Malaysia, Bangladesh coast guard officials said on Thursday, following the rescue of 396 starving survivors.A human rights group said it believed more…
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Gulf Island to Build Another Two T-ATS Vessels for the US Navy
The U.S. Navy has exercised its options to order the fourth and fifth towing, salvage and rescue ships (T-ATS) from Houma, La. shipbuilder Gulf Island Fabrication. The Navy has remaining options for three additional vessels.The Navajo-class vessels wil...
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Philly Shipyard Chairman Requests to Step Down
Jim Miller, chairman of the Board of Directors of Philly Shipyard, has requested to step down from the board, to join the management team of Philly Shipyard, Inc. as Senior Advisor to the CEO.The Nomination Committee has nominated Kristian Rokke…
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Conrad Delivers 6,000hp Towboat to Canal Barge
Conrad Shipyard said it delivered the 6,000-horsepower towboat, H. Merritt ‘Heavy’ Lane, Jr., to Canal Barge Company, Inc. (CBC). Built at Conrad Amelia, the Subchapter M-compliant vessel measures 166 feet by 49 by 12 and is powered by EPA Tier IV-comp...
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