The companies were honored with two significant awards at the recent International Workboat Show (IWS) in New Orleans.Together Crowley Maritime Corp. and subsidiary Jensen Maritime , the company’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm…
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (Teekay LNG or the Partnership) (NYSE:TGP) entered into an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering CO., LTD., (DSME) of South Korea for the construction of two 173,400 cu. m. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier newbuildings…
Cash-strapped JJ Sietas Group is building a Van Oord liftboat but as a second order is uncomfirmed the yard's future is in doubt.In June 2012 the creditors’ committee voted in favour of an offer by the VeKa Group of the Netherlands to take over the Sietas shipyard…
China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) choose Havyard 832 design for renewal supply vessel fleet, & order Havyard designs for 4 new vessels.COSL has the largest fleet of oil rigs and offshore vessels in China owning 34 drill rigs, 2 accommodation rigs…
Scorpio Tankers Inc executes options with Korean shipyards Hyundai Mipo Dockyard & signs intent with SPP Shipbuilding Co.Two MR product tankships are to be built by Hyundai Mipo anf four with SPP Shipbuilding. The six newbuildings are scheduled…
Naval architect Vripack has designed a 43 ft. supply vessel together with Ribbon Yachts in the Netherlands. And by looking at the proportions between line and surface, one can easily see that the design of the agile and modern Ribbon 45 SC is the foundation for the sturdy Ribbon Offshore…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries commences 'Sayaendo', a distinctive-looking LNG carrier at Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works.The Sayaendo Series has a hull shape that evolved from LNG carriers with Moss-type hemispherical tanks, (and it offers…
Vyborg Shipyard, in NW Russia, to start construction of the next Icebreaker project 21900М ahead of schedule.The solemn ceremony of keel-laying of diesel-powered Icebreaker rated power 16 MW will take place shortly. The shipyard reminds…
The Ministry of Defence awards the contract for 'Audacious', the latest Astute Class attack submarine to be built for the Royal Navy.Audacious is the fourth of 7 Astute Class submarines being built for the Royal Navy. They are the most technologically…
Construction work begins in Fincantieri's Margher Shipyard on the cruise ship 'Costa Diadema'.Weighing in at 132,500 gross tonnage and with accommodation for a total of 4,947 guests, this will be the biggest Italian-flagged cruise ship afloat…
Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore has been notified by Friede & Goldman Marketing BV (F&G) to temporarily suspend construction of its rig jacking systems.Arising from the recent accident during the construction of a similar rig at the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore…
China Rongsheng Heavy Industries delivers a seventh 380,000 DWT class Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) to Vale.The new VLOC, christened Vale Shandong has been received by Vale S.A . As of 7 December 2012, China Rongsheng Heavy Industries has delivered a total of seven VLOCs…
'Arlington', following extensive sea trials, is the eighth ship in the LPD 17 class of ships Ingalls has delivered to the Navy.The ship performed well during builder's and U.S. Navy acceptance trials. Ingalls has three more LPDs in various stages of development or construction…
IHC Merwede unveils the IHC Beaver® 65 DDSP, a new IHC Beaver® series standard cutter suction dredger.The IHC Beaver® 65 DDSP, the successor to the highly successful IHC Beaver® 6518, is built for stock with short delivery times and designed and built under the BV Coastal Area classification…
Sembcorp Marine's PPL Shipyard secures rig orders worth US$434-million to build two jack-up rigs for the Mexican market.PPL Shipyard has secured two turnkey contracts with a combined value of US$434 million for the construction of two units…