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NAVAL CATAMARAN: USN takes Hawaii Superferries

Under the US Defense Authorization Act of 2012, the US Navy has been authorised to acquire the former Hawaii Superferry vessels Alakai and Huakai...

PLATFORM SUPPORT: LNG-fuelled US-flag first

European owners have been operating platform supply vessels fitted with engines capable of burning LNG as a fuel for some time now, but American...

FAST FERRY: Norman Arrow Future In Doubt

Although LD Lines achieved nearly one-third increase in May-August, passenger figures for its two-ship service between Portsmouth and Le Havre, fast craft Norman Arrow...

RESCUE TUGS: China’s Two Emergency Rescue Tugs

While the UK government is scrapping its emergency tug service, China’s Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding Company, part of the state-controlled China State Shipbuilding Corporation, is...

SUPPORT VESSEL: First Purpose-Built Lightering Support Vessel

International petroleum tanker owner-operator AET has taken delivery of the world’s first purpose-built lightering support vessel (LSV). The new craft, designed by Elliott Bay...

SHIP AGROUND: Rena Stranded Off New Zealand

On 5 October the Liberian-flagged cargo ship Rena (1990/37,209gt, ex-Andaman Sea, Zim America, pictured) struck the Astrolabe Reef off New Zealand at full speed...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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