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STX Finland Oy and Saipem S.p.A have signed a contract covering major overhaul and maintenance of the semisubmersible pipelay vessel Castoro Sei. The work on the ship, providing employment for as many as about 1,000 people, will be completed by STX's Turku shipyard. The Castoro Sei is a 152 m long and 70.5 m wide semisubmersible pipelay vessel, owned by Italian offshore com ...

Underwater ship repair and maintenance  specialist Hydrex reports that last week a diver/technician team replaced three seals on a 180-meter tanker berthed in New York while concurrently cropping two of its propeller blades to restore balance to the propeller. The team mobilized from the Hydrex office in Tampa together with all the equipment needed for the opera ...

Eleven suspected pirates detained by the EU NAVFOR Spanish warship, ESPS CANARIAS on March 28, 2011 were today transferred to Seychellois legal authorities for prosecution. The suspected pirates were detained by the warship after they allegedly threatened a Seychelles-flagged fishing vessel 260 nautical miles northwest of the Seychelles.  The transfer has been mad ...

The Cape Wind project is another step nearer to getting its Nantucket Sound offshore wind farm project into the construction phase. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said yesterday that BOEMRE has approved a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the facility facility planned in Nantucket Sound. The timeframe reported in the COP submitted by Cape Wind Associa ...

Juha Heikinheimo has today resigned from the position as President of STX Finland Oy. He will be replaced by Su-Jou Kim, who currently holds the position as Chairman of STX Finland. Su-Jou Kim will be temporary acting President of STX Finland.Mr. Heikinheimo took the job in July last year, when he replaced Martin Landtman, in circumstances t ...

Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc., Seattle, recently constructed and delivered a 25 ft 8 in push boat to Seattle City Light for operation with the service barge at the Diablo Dam in the North Cascades. ...

ABS says it will class INDEPENDENCIA 1, the first ever offshore drilling rig built in Mexico. This is significant in that it represents new offshore construction in the country after a 25 year hiatus, notes the classification society.The rig is a modification of an existing Friede and Goldman design reviewed in accordance with the ABS Rules for Building and Classi ...

Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE:HRZ) today announced that William A. Hamlin has been named Senior Vice President of Operations for the company's Horizon Lines, LLC operating subsidiary. Mr. Hamlin reports to Brian Taylor, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, of Horizon Lines, Inc.In his new role, Mr. Hamlin oversees Horizon Lines' ocean transpor ...

Waller Marine, Inc., Houston, Tex., recently announced the successful installation of two floating power generation barges into a prepared basin at Tacoa, Venezuela. The two 171 MW barges, each supporti ...

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply a total propulsion package for the T-0, the 270 m long next generation semisubmersible heavy lift vessel ordered at Hyundai Heavy Industries by Dockwise Shipping BV.The scope of supply for ...