OSX Brasil gets funding for Açu Shipbuilding Unit

OSX Brasil S.A. reports that subsidiary OSX Construção Naval S/A has received a  $227.9 million disbursement under a bridge loan entered into with the Brazilian Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES), for

Odfjell Drilling to build sixth-generation semi for $1.2 billion BP contract

Bergen, Norway, headquartered Odfjell Drilling has been awarded a significant pre-contract award with BP for the provision of a newbuild, semi-submersible offshore drilling unit for use in the U.K.’s West of Shetland

GHOST squadrons “could keep Straits of Hormuz open”

Portsmouth, N.H., based Juliet Marine Systems, Inc., (JMS), a privately funded company, today announced plans to select a weapons integrator for GHOST, a high-speed attack craft specifically designed by JMS to protect

St. Johns Ship launches OSV for Caribbean

St. Johns Ship Building, Palatka, FL, recently launched the Sea Strength, a 157 ft offshore service vessel (OSV) for A. R. Singh Contractors Ltd. When it is delivered in February, the Sea

Art Anderson Associates makes VP appointments

Bremerton, Wash., based Art Anderson Associates has named Ralph E. Duncan, PE, as Vice-President of Marine and Sean M. Hoynes, PE, as Vice-President of Facilities. Mr. Duncan (on left in picture) will

Hijacked chemical tanker may be pirate mother ship

NATO is warning that the M/V LIQUID VELVET, a Marshall Islands flagged, Greek owned chemical tanker, may be being used as a pirate mothership.  It was last reported making way 120 nm

Maersk Line Limited completes heavy-lift vessel reflagging

Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) has completed the reflagging to U.S. registry of Maersk Illinois, its newest multipurpose heavy-lift vessel. The ship is one of two sister vessels that MLL acquired in September

Chinese satellite-tracking vessels to have MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion packages

Two special transportation vessels being built by Jiangnan Shipyard, part of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation  Group, will feature complete twin-screw MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion packages in the form of two

Austal to build new design wind farm support vessel for Turbine Transfers

Austal is to build a fourth wind farm support vessel for U.K.-based Turbine Transfers Limited. The order is the first for a new Austal design that will enable safer and more efficient

Video released on new Cuba ferry service

In a recently released video, CubaKat CEO Pedro Baez talks about the company’s plans to begin operating high-speed ferry service  between Marathon, FL, to Havana, Cuba, in 13 months. As we reported

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