BV teams with Securymind to audit and verify armed guards providers

Classification society Bureau Veritas has joined forces with French maritime security consultantcy Securymind to provide an auditing and verification service for companies providing armed guards to protect ships against piracy. Security companies

ASL Shipyard delivers LNG terminal tugs to Australian operator

Australian operator RiverWijs, a joint venture of Riverside Marine and Svitzer A/S, has recently taken delivery of two sister tugs from Singapore’s ASL Shipyard. Designed by Robert Allan Ltd.  the RiverWijs Emma

IHC Merwede’s Southeast Asia expansion plans start rolling

“IHC Merwede,” says Denis Welch, the company’s Regional CEO for Southeast Asia, “is not just a shipbuilder per se, but also an aggregation of engineering and manufacturing companies, which combines to provide

Rolls-Royce to power two latest Lockheed-Martin Littoral Combat Ships

Rolls-Royce has secured a contract to supply power and propulsion systems for the two latest Lockheed Martin design vessels in the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. Designed to operate in

Keppel signs five rig, $4.12 billion LOI with Sete Brasil

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its subsidiaries, Keppel FELS Brasil S.A. and Estaleiro BrasFELS Ltda, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Sete Brasil Participações S.A. (Sete Brasil),

Seadrill orders tender rig at COSCO Nantong

Seadrill has exercised an option to build a new tender rig at the COSCO Nantong Shipyard in China. The new unit, T18, is set for delivery from the shipbuilder in the fourth

Cal Dive, Cashman and Hochtief unit picked for Cape Wind construction

Cape Wind has selected a joint venture team of Flatiron Construction Corp., Cal Dive International, Inc. (NYSE:DVR), and Cashman Equipment Corp. as its construction contractor to build America’s first offshore wind farm

Corps of Engineers takes delivery of towboat from Horizon Shipbuilding

 Shipbuilding, Inc. of Bayou La Batre, Alabama has delivered the M/V General Irwin, a 58 ft x 22 ft x 4 ft 10 in inland river towboat to the U.S. Army Corps

Eastern Shipbuilding delivers Harvey Gulf OSV

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, recently delivered the Sisuaq, the second of three 292 ft Offshore Support Vessels based on STX Marine designs to Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC, New

Bergen Risk Solutions says Nigerian pirates now using mother ships

Bergen Risk Solutions, the Norwegian based specialist in political, maritime and security risk assessments that puts a special focus on Nigeria and the Niger Delta, has identified a worrying new trend in

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