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Frigstad Orders Ultra-deepwater Semi-submersibles

Jan 15, 2013

Subsidiaries of Frigstad Deepwater Ltd sign construction contracts for two ultra deepwater semi-submersible drilling units from CIMC Raffles in Yantai, China.The 7th generation drilling units are of the Frigstad D90™ design, developed by…

Canadian Radar Satellite Contract for MDA

Jan 15, 2013

MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. win Canadian Space Agency $706 million contract to build, launch & provide initial operations for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM). The RCM is designed for three main uses: maritime surveillance (ice…

US DoD Extends Austal Chartering Contract

Jan 14, 2013

The Dept of Defense exercise a 6-month option period for worldwide charter of a US-flagged passenger/cargo ferry.The vessel will support the Marine Corps, Third Marine Expeditionary Force, and will operate out of Okinawa, Japan. US Department…

Norway's Scana Energy Call on Consultants

Jan 14, 2013

Scana Industries ASA engage consultants to evaluate strategies for Scana Energy's further growth and international development.Scana Industries ASA has engaged Bridgehead AS and its Swedish partner Avantus Corporate Finance AB, to assist…

Steam Turbines: MHI in J/V with Chinese Company

Jan 14, 2013

MHI to establish small/medium-size steam turbine & marine-use steam turbine marketing & design business with Qingdao Jieneng Steam Turbine Group.Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has signed an agreement with Qingdao Jieneng Steam Turbine Group Co…

Tidewater Takes Over STX Pan Ocean PSV Newbuild Contracts

Jan 14, 2013

STX OSV Holdings Limited say Tidewater Inc. has acquired contracts for 3 Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) under construction at STX OSV in Norway. STX OSV had originally secured the contracts for the design and construction of three vessels for STX Pan Ocean Co…

Modern Terminals, WNS, Form BPO Alliance

Jan 14, 2013

Modern Terminals Ltd. and WNS (Holdings) in strategic partnership to provide Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services.Modern Terminals Limited, a leading container terminal operator headquartered in Hong Kong, and WNS (Holdings) Limited…

Aker Solutions Sign UK Continental Shelf Frame Agreement

Jan 14, 2013

Aker Solutions secures a 5-year frame agreement to execute contracts acrossTalisman Sinopec Energy UK Ltd's offshore brownfield projects.Although the contract contains no firm spending commitment, the anticipated multi-million pound agreement…

Offshore Vessel Charters for Farstad

Jan 14, 2013

Farstad Shipping ASA has been awarded charter contracts with a value of about US$ 58-million.The contracts awarded to Farstad are as follows:Statoil has awarded contracts to PSV Far Spica (2013, PSV 08 CD, 4,000 DWT) and PSV Far Scotsman (2012…

LNG-FSRU Vessel: BW Place Samsung Contract

Jan 14, 2013

BW Maritime inks contract with Samsung Heavy Industries for BW’s first Liquefied Natural Gas Floating Storage Regasification Unit (LNG-FSRU).Expected to be delivered in 2015, it will be the latest addition to BW's fleet of 16 LNG carriers…

Oil Spill Response Organizations Merge Operations

Jan 13, 2013

Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and Clean Caribbean & Americas (CCA) join up to meet the needs for global oil spill response.Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) is an industry-owned cooperative which exists to respond effectively to oil spills anywhere…

Subsea Contracts Galore for Ezra

Jan 13, 2013

Ezra Holdings announces multiple contracts, worth + US$160-million, for its subsea, offshore & energy services divisions.Ezra divisions, EMAS AMC, EMAS Marine and EMAS Energy have been awarded multiple contracts for projects in the North Sea and Asia Pacific…

Marina Construction & Lease Inquiry

Jan 11, 2013

Request for Interest: Town of Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA. The Town of Yarmouth, MA located in Cape Cod, is seeking non-binding responses from marina developers and/or operators interested in leasing 22.5 acres of waterfront property from the…

Subsea Construction Services Contract for 'Aker Wayfarer'

Jan 11, 2013

Aker Solutions subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services signs a contract to provide subsea construction services offshore Brazil. An undisclosed customer will utilise Aker Oilfield Services' subsea construction vessel Aker Wayfarer for a period of 230 days…

BWTS Fitting on Japanese VLCC a First

Jan 11, 2013

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) plan to install a ballast water treatment system on an in-service very large crude oil carrier (VLCC).This will be the first such onboard system installed by any Japanese shipowner on an existing VLCC. The company…

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