COSCO Corporation (Singapore) announce delivery of vessels by its subsidiaries Nantong Shipyard & Guandong Shipyard in China.COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Co., Ltd has delivered its new build deep water semi-submersible drilling rig “ISLAND INNOVATOR” to its Norwegian ship-owner…
A backhoe dredger built by IHC Merwede was named ALBERTO ALEMÁN ZUBIETA at its associate's NMC shipyard, in Nieuw- Lekkerland, The Netherlands.The backhoe dredger will initially be used for the expansion of the Panama Canal and subsequently for its maintenance…
National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) approves US$1.8-million for 12 new cost-reducing projects.The NSRP Executive Control Board selected 12 new research and development projects for award as part of the National Shipbuilding Research…
Van Oord’s first shallow water pipe lay vessel 'Stingray' named at the COSCO shipyard in Nantong, China.Stingray is designed in accordance with the highest quality and safety standards in the oil and gas industry and equipped with state…
Transocean Ltd. awarded 10-year contracts for four newbuild dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillships by Royal Dutch Shell (Shell).Shipyard delivery for the first drillship is scheduled for mid-2015. The remaining three drillships…
Island Offshore's new UT 776 CDG design vessel 'Island Contender' delivered by STX Brevik shipbuilders.The owners say that fuel consumption measurements show that it was correct to go for this configuration: two larger gas engines which…
Sietas shipyard hands over second suction dredger christened 'Eke Möbius' to Josef Möbius Bau-GmbH in Hamburg.The Eke Möbius is 118.47 metres long with a displacement of 6.8 metres and has four diesel engines that together develop 6,760 kW…
The 50-foot vessel, designed by Anderson Associates, & built by Pacifica has been delivered for gold dredging near Nome, Alaska.Anderson Associates, a Bremerton-based multidisciplinary engineering services firm, recently completed design of a new dredge vessel for Pacifica…
An Atwood Oceanics subsidiary contracts with DSME Korea for an ultra-deepwater drillship to be named 'Atwood Admiral'The Atwood Admiral is expected to be delivered by March 31, 2015 at a total cost, including two blowout preventers ('BOPs')…
Crowley Maritime Corporation christen the 16,000-horsepower tugboat 'Legend' and 330,000-barrel tank barge 750-2 in Tampa, Florida.Together the vessels comprise the company’s newest articulated-tug-barge (ATB) and will be used to transport petroleum products between the U…
Huntington Ingalls Industries receives a previous contract modification for material procurement & advanced construction of 'John F. Kennedy'.The company's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division is the prime contractor.This award enables…
'MV Star Norita', a 58,000 dwt supramax bulk carrier named and delivered from Tsuneishi (Zhoushan) Shipbuilding Inc., China.The vessel is a sister of the recently delivered Isabelita, Bonita and Kristinita of the TESS 58 design. Star Norita is 100% owned by Ugland Shipping AS…
DNV has been contracted to class the Petronas LNG FPSO (Floating Production, Storage, Offtake) vessel to be built by Korea's DSME. The unit will be built by DSME in Korea and is destined for the Kanowit field offshore Sarawak, Malaysia.…
Harvey Gulf International Marine closes its asset purchase purchase deal with Bee Mar LLC.The purchase price for the all-cash sale of Bee Mar's nine Offshore Supply Vessels was US$243-million. Harvey Gulf immediately renamed the vessels…
If hindsight is 20/20, then one might assume that predicting future market trends to the year 2020 is a severely myopic endeavor. As most in the maritime industry can attest, the clarity of future regulations is often only crystallized by the most recent disaster and resultant rules…
