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Aker Solutions’ new deepwater intervention vessel, Skandi Aker, has today been announced winner of the coveted international “Ship of the Year

This weeks interesting ships are none other than the Blue Dolphin and HOS Centerline, the two vessels used to supply drilling mud to the Q4000 as part of the

MV Doulos Update 2010: On March 18, 2010, Doulos was handed over to her new owner, Mr Eric Shaw, Director and Chief Executive of BizNaz Resources International

Ship-Technology.com brings us this weeks Interesting Ship: The Self-Sustaining Cellular Reefer Vessel ( Banana Ship ) Dole Chile and her sister vessel, the

This week, all eyes have been on A-Whale, the 1,100-foot iron-ore and crude carrier that was recently converted into what’s being billed as the

Earlier this week we challenged gCaptain readers in a contest to identify a rather odd looking ship (shown above).  Sure enough, the first commentor

We came across the above image while reading an article titled “WTF is that?!”.  Quite frankly, it got us thinking:  WTF is that? Be the first

Suffering from regulatory pressure, uncooperative management and looking at the success of a previous pirate radio ship, the Radio Caroline, a team of radio

Fresh out of shipyard in Surat, India the Rolldock Sun was launched this week by RollDock an new partner in heavy lift transport and shipping industry. What

This weeks interesting ship is the ULSTEIN A122 AHTS vessel, Olympic Hera, which was just recently delivered to Olympic Shipping by Ulstein Group.  Olympic

This weeks Interesting Ship is Dolphin Marine international Dolphin III Towing and Anchor Handling Tug. The Dolphin III has been in service since 2001 and is

This week’s interesting ship is the BW Pioneer, which Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard) has just announced is on track to be delivered BW Pioneer

Earlier this week the USS New York, the the fifth ship in the LPD 17 San Antonio class of amphibious transport dock ships, took off on it’s maiden voyage

Fugro Survey has launched its multirole survey vessel, MV Fugro Gemini for a wide range of surveys like shallow and deepwater geophysical analogue and

This weeks interesting ship is the M/V Seabed Worker, an 88 meter Multi Purpose Support Vessel that is very well equipped for Subsea operations. The M/V Seabed

The Trans Sea Lifter, or TSL, is a uniquely innovative barge carrying system for short sea shipping that, according to their website, can execute 5 to 7 times

SS Chesapeake (AOT-5084) tilts 13 degrees to port to release the single anchored leg moor (SALM) into the ocean. The SALM is used to keep the ship at anchor

Austal, the world’s largest builder of fast ferries and makers of the revolutionary trimaran Benchijiqua Express that inspired the design for the USS

This weeks Interesting Ship is brought to us by Damen Shipyards with their Fast Crew Supplier 5009.  The idea in the design of the Fast Crew Supplier 5009

This weeks interesting ship was recently christened in the first part of January 2009.  The ship, named the Golden State, was built by General Dynamics