Engineering News

The shipping industry is well on its way to becoming greener. However, being aware of global environmental regulations, let alone knowing how to be compliant,

I was on the outskirts of Istanbul this past weekend at the epicenter of Turkey’s bustling shipbuilding industry where the naming ceremony of the

Workers at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) tension the bolts that will keep the 30-ton bronze propeller affixed to one of the 4 shafts protruding from

AET, the Kuala Lumpur-based tanker operator has announced that two of their 320,000 dwt Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs), which are currently under

Gibbs & Cox is looking to expand its naval architecture and marine engineering business through acquisition noted company CEO Rick Biben in a phone call

Russia’s State Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (SMRCC) has two new rescue and salvage icebreakers under construction at Nordic Yards GmbH in Germany.

Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) — Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, the state company whose near-bankruptcy contributed to credit downgrades and banking system

Software titan Larry Ellison's decision to race the 34th America's Cup on high-speed 72-foot catamarans has been criticized for pushing the competition too far

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard announced today the winning of a KRW 198 million order to build 5 Liquefied Ethylene Gas carriers from an undisclosed European shipowner.

(Bloomberg) — Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., the heavy machinery maker whose merger talks with Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. fell apart

Caterpillar Marine has announced the acquisition of Johan Walter Berg AB has successfully closed. The merger deal between CAT and Berg was announced on July

Tighter regulations covering sulphur emissions, which imposes limits on the sulphur content of the heavy fuel oil (HFO) burned has become an important

Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) –Wärtsilä a Finnish maker of ship engines, rose the most in eight weeks in Helsinki trading after winning a repeat-order for the

United Arab Emirates-based rig builder Lamprell (LSE:LAM) announced today that an undisclosed drilling contractor has exercised a newbuild option for an

Currently taking shape at Foss Maritime’s shipyard in Seattle are the Port of Long Beach’s new Robert Allan-designed fireboats. Once delivered in

Alain Thébault, founder of the l’Hydroptère project which currently owns the world speed sailing record after recording an average speed of 50.17

ABS Nautical Systems has welcomed three more leading European shipowners to the user community for its NS5 Enterprise software suite. Two Athens-based owners,

LOCKPORT, La., Bollinger Shipyards’ Chairman and CEO Donald “Boysie” Bollinger announced the appointments of Chris Bollinger as President and

The following question was posted today in the gCaptain Forum: One of the suggested ignition sources for the Deepwater Horizon explosion was that the No. 3

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) — Wilbur Ross, the billionaire investor in struggling industries, says Chinese limits on shipbuilding will help the cargo market