Freddie splashes out at Samsung

Two companies controlled by John Fredriksen are splashing out with newbuilding orders at Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. Golar LNG Limited has entered into firm contracts with Samsung for a

Austal reports loss-making half year

Low activity levels at its Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard pushed Austal Limited into a first half operating loss of Australian $ 6.3 million. That compared with a A$19.4 million profit for the

South African ship repairer completes work on Transocean drillship

Transocean’s Deepwater Millennium vessel recently left the Port of Ngqura near Port Elizabeth, South Africa, after undergoing a number of upgrades and modifications by Cape Town based ship repairer DCD Marine. The

With pain at the pump, AMP moves to head off Jones Act waivers

With rising U.S. gas prices and uncertainty in the Strait of Hormuz, operators of U.S.-flag tankers are worried that a drawdown of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve could be accompanied by a

BMT Nigel Gee WSV will be first vessel with new Voith Linear Jet propulsors

BMT Nigel Gee Ltd., a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd., is collaborating with offshore wind farm support vessel operator Turbine Transfers of Holyhead, Anglesey, U.K., on the design of a 19 m

DSME operates floating hotel in Oman

A ship built as a Swedish America Line transatlantic liner has become a luxury floating hotel. Now the Veronica Duqm, the ship is owned and operated by DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine

Irving Shipbuilding launches Online Supplier Register

Halifax, Nova Scotia, headquartered Irving Shipbuilding has officially launched its Online Supplier Registry, as a part of its preparation for upcoming vessel construction programs associated with Canada’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS).

Navy exercises options at Austal USA for JHSV 8 and 9

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $321,725,461 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-2217) for the exercise of construction options for Joint High Speed Vessels 8 and 9.  The JHSV will

Huntington Ingalls awarded $391.7 million Navy contract for CVN 72 work

Huntington Ingalls, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $391,797,124 cost-plus-fixed-fee, with performance incentives, fiscal 2012 contract option under an existing contract (N00024-10-C-2110) for continuation of the refueling complex overhaul advance

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