China's COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Co. Ltd. has secured a contract valued over $220 million from an Asian company to build two Self Propelled Pipelay Heavylift Offshore Construction Vessels.
The vessels are scheduled for delivery from the shipbuilder in the fourth quarter of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014 respectively.
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Signal International L.L.C. says it has received news of "a complete victory" in a case against the company pending in the Eastern District of Louisiana that alleges human trafficking, slave labor and fraud, among other claims. United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey has denied class c ...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, Newport News, VA, has assumed responsibility for maintenance services at the Kenneth A. Kesselring Site in West Milton, NY.NNS was awarded the contract in September 2011 by Bechtel Marine Propu ...
South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy has released its trade figures for 2011. Korea’s exports increased 19.6 percent year on year to a record $557.8 billion and imports gained 23.3 percent to a record $524.5 billion—a $33.3 billion trade surplus.Exports from Korean shipbuilders played an important role in achieving the new record. Ships were, by value, the most sig ...
The Brazilian Navy has signed a contract worth £133 million with BAE Systems for the supply of three Ocean Patrol Vessels and ancillary support services. The contract also contains a manufacturing licence to enable further vessels of the same class to be constructed in Brazilian shipyards.The three 90 m vessels were originally built by BAE Systems for the Government of Trinida ...
Xinhua reports that the Chinese shipbuilding industry suffered sharp declines in new orders in 2011,citing data from released Monday by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC.New shipbuilding orders from January to November last year fell 47.3 percent year-on-year to 33.69 million dwt, according to the NDRC, and have been lower than the completed s ...
Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, LA, recently released video of the sea trials of the USCGC Bernard C. Webber, the first of the U.S. Coast Guard's Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutters.What's particularly interesting about the video, shot off of Grand Isle, Louisiana, is that it shows the deployment of the vessel's RHIB. You can see the video here: ...
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, recently delivered the 292 ft long Harvey Supporter, the first of three "Tiger Shark Class" Offshore Support Vessels for Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC, New Orleans, LA. The vessel immediately went to work in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico under a long-term contract.Wit ...
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