North Star Shipping, a division of Aberdeen, Scotland, based Craig Group, is to invest £50 million in building two new platform supply vessels at Astilleros Balenciaga SA in northern Spain. The two
Just weeks after its groundbreaking ceremony, Sembcorp Marine’s Brazilian shipyard Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz has secured a contract worth approximately US$792.5 million from a subsidiary of Sete Brasil Participacões S.A. for the design
Shipbuilder Dakota Creek Industries, Inc., Anacortes, Wash., is being awarded a $70,966,513 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-2201) to exercise option for the detail design and construction of the second Ocean-class Auxiliary
The Canadian Government today named the firm that will design the Canadian Coast Guard’s future flagship, the Polar Icebreaker, CCGS John G. Diefenbaker. “I am pleased to announce that the team at
DOF Rederi II AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Norway’s DOF ASA, has taken delivery of Skandi Hawk from Cochin Shipyard in India. The vessel is a combined CSV/PSV (construction support vessel/platform
The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) celebrates excellence in naval engineering by recognizing individuals who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in one or more facets of the industry. Today, the society announced
Gibraltar ship repairer Gibdock reports that back-to-back cruise ship projects at at its No. 1 dock saw the return of the 37,584 gt, 1,575-passenge Thomson Destiny for its fourth visit since a
Tank barge giant Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) reports record net earnings for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011 of $56.2 million, or $1.00 per share, compared with $31.6 million, or $.59
The Port of Los Angeles has gotten U.S. Coast Guard approval to retrofit its 42-year-old harbor tour boat, the Angelena II, with hybrid propulsion. When the work is done, later this spring,
Signal Ship Repair (SSR), a division of Signal International, Inc., Mobile, AL, competitively bid and won a contract worth about $16 million by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to repair and