John Snyder
Managing Editor at Riviera Maritime Media
Managing Editor at Offshore Support Journal
Managing editor of Riviera Maritime Media, Editor of OSJ and LNG Shipping & Terminals, and Americas Editor. Opinions are my own.
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1 week ago |
rivieramm.com | John Snyder
Revitalising American shipbuilding and the US-flag merchant fleet will be no small task, requiring long-term commitment across the political spectrum. But with American maritime policy being formulated in the Oval Office and debated in the halls of Congress, a respected maritime historian provided historical precedents that can serve as examples on how it could be approached.
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1 week ago |
rivieramm.com | John Snyder
First of three FSIVs for operation in the Middle East delivered by Singapore shipbuilder Saudi OSV owner Zamil Offshore Services has taken delivery of the first of three 60-m fast supply intervention vessels (FSIVs) from Singapore shipbuilder Lita Ocean. Designed by Incat Crowther, Zamil 80 is DP2-class monohull FSIV with a 250 m2 aft cargo deck rated at 2.5 t/m2 and a climate-controlled forward cabin featuring business-class seating for 60 service personnel.
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1 week ago |
rivieramm.com | John Snyder
Geotechnical drilling vessel Dina Polaris will remain part of Geoquip’s operational fleet through 2030, following an extension of its charter with Myklebusthaug. UK-based Geoquip said the extension of charter of the 99-m, purpose-built, geotechnical drilling vessel reaffirms its commitment to delivering safe and accurate data for global offshore energy projects.
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1 week ago |
rivieramm.com | John Snyder
Throughout his career as a merchant mariner, naval aviator and a Space Shuttle commander, US Senator Mark Kelly has been an optimist. “I’m the guy who had to climb into the spaceship four times built by the lowest bidder. You have got to be an optimist,” the senator joked. Now, as the senior US Senator from Arizona, Mr Kelly has embarked on the equivalent of a moonshot — revitalising the US-flag merchant fleet and American shipbuilding industrial base through rethinking US maritime policy.
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2 weeks ago |
rivieramm.com | John Snyder
Four medium-sized multi-gas carriers under construction at South Korea’s HD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for Trafigura will be fitted with ammonia dual-fuel engine technology from WinGD. The Swiss marine engine designer said it would deliver X-DF-A ammonia-fuelled engine designs for the four 45,000-m3 gas carriers. Each of the medium-sized gas carriers (MGCs) will have a six-cylinder, 52-bore 6X52DF-A engine with high-pressure selective catalytic reduction.
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