Shipyard News

Singapore's Marco Polo Marine Ltd. (MPM) has secured a new shipbuilding contract to construct two towing tugs and two deck cargo barges for PT. Pelayaran Nasional Bina Buana Raya Indonesia for apporoximately S$4.6 million (about US$ 3.8 million). MPM subsidiary Marco Polo Shipping Co. Pte Ltd. has just completed the acquisition of a 49 percent equity stake in BBR. Besides ...

Rolls-Royce has won a  GBP 20 million order to design and supply power and propulsion systems for the two UT 776 CD supply vessels ordered by Island Offshore from STX OSV's Brevik, Norway, shipyard in June. (See earlier story).Island Offsh ...

Noble Corporation, Zug, Switzerland, has exercised options with Sembcorp Marine's subsidiary Jurong Shipyard for the construction of two additional high-specification heavy duty, harsh environment JU3000N jackup drilling rigs.  With this latest order, Noble now has six jackups under construction at Singapore's Jurong Shipyard.Nobl ...

Singapore's Keppel FELS Limited shipyard is on track to deliver Scarabeo 9, a sixth generation ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig, to Saipem S.p.A (Saipem) on time and with no lost time incidents.A significant part of Keppel FELS' work on Scarabeo 9 involved the completion and commissioning of marine and drilling systems onboard.The rig wa ...

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., says it has secured orders worth $850 million to build four liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers for the George Economou Group. The 159,800 cu.m ships will have dual fuel diesel electric propulsion and will be delivered by 2014. The deal includes options for two more ships.

July 29, 2011

Incat Crowther reports the launch of Topaz Zenith. Launched by Topaz Shipbuilding's Fujairah, UAE, shipyard, this innovative 27.6 m wave piercing catamaran crew boat has been designed to support offshore energy installations.Part of the development of the vessel focused on the development of an unusual platform for the application. Following the evaluation of a series of ...

Japan's Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) is to build two next generation "neo Supramax 66BC" bulk carriers for a customer it identifies as a "first class shipowner." Developed as a low fuel consumption, eco-friendly ship, the 66,000 dwt  design retains the usability of MES' best selling 56,000 dwt "Mitsui 56" type handymax bulk carrier for which over ...

Galliano, La., headquartered oilfield services contractor Grand Isle Shipyard, Inc. (GIS) has been purchased by NANA Development Corporation. Founded in 1948, GIS has 1,400 employees and provides a variety of contract services, primarily focused on maintenance and repair of more than 700 offshore platforms off the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Its primary customers are both large and smal ...