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Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation (NYSE:NE) reports that it has been awarded a contract for the semisubmersible rig Noble Paul Romano and has received a contract extension on the semisubmersible rig Noble Max Smith, two rigs located in the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, the company has been awarded a contract for the jackup rig Noble George Sauvageau operatin ...

Johan Roos, director of sustainability at Sweden's Stena group since 2006, will join ferry industry trade association Interferry as executive director of EU and IMO affairs in September, working from an office within the Brussels HQ of the European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA).Interferry is opening a Brussels office with a full-time specialist for EU and IMO activities in a bid to strengthen the ferry industry's voice on maritime policy and regulations.Star ...

Wärtsilä is to supply the main engines for the first series of eight "Bangkok-max" containerships being built at the Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in Chinal. The ships will serve as feeder vessels in Asian waters.Wärtsilä received the order in June. The scope of supply includes eight Wärtsilä RT-flex60C main engines, which will be built by a Wärtsilä lic ...

Southampton, U.K., based BMT Nigel Gee Ltd. has won an order to design a 25 m, all-electric, 150 passenger ferry in China.A new green ship design is being developed to demonstrate the practical use of a battery powered ferry in estuarial and coastal waters where marine transportation is a viable alternative to land-based transport. ...

Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has taken delivery of the second in a series of Cuban-built harbor tugs. The first, Kariña, was delivered in April last year. Like that vessel, the latest tug, Guaiquerie, has been built in the Havana shipyard of Caribbean Drydock Company. The PDVSA program is for a total of eight tugs, six to be built in Cuba and two in Venezuela.The 30 ...

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today issued conditional approval for a revised Exploration Plan (EP) submitted by Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell). The plan outlines Shell's proposal to drill up to four shallow water exploration wells in Alaska's Beaufort Sea beginning in July 2012. The leases to be explored under the current EP were acquired by Shel ...

The American Maritime Officers union strike against American Steamship Company has ended with an agreement to extend the current contract through - at a minimum - the end of the 2011 Great Lakes shipping season, and with confidence on both sides that a successor agreement can be reached that ensures the long-term job and benefit security of AMO members while addressing th ...

Keppel FELS Limited has secured a repeat order worth $195 million from Transocean Offshore Deepwater Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Transocean Ltd. Following its order of two jack-up rigs from  Keppel FELS on February 17, 2011, Transocean is exercising its option to build another high specification jack-up rig based on the KFELS Super B Class Bigfoot design for de ...

New Orleans headquartered Harvey Gulf International Marine reports that on July 28, 2011, its Board of Directors approved the construction of the first United States flagged LNG-fueled offshore supply vessels.  Harvey Gulf International Marine’s Chairman & CEO Shane J. Guidry stated that this is another example of Harvey Gulf’s commitment to meet its clients fu ...

Donjon Marine Co., Inc., Hillside, N.J., is being awarded a $41,000,000 ceiling priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-award-fee contract for salvage, salvage-related towing, harbor clearance, ocean engineering and point-to-point towing services to support the Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving.  This contract includes option ...