Rolls-Royce to design, power and equip Atlantic Offshore newbuild at Simek

MAY 20, 2012—Rolls-Royce has secured a £6 million contract to provide an integrated design, power & propulsion and equipment systems package for a 76.6 m offshore supply vessel (OSV) to be built

Bath Iron Works Machinists ratify new four year labor contract

MAY 20, 2012: Machinists Union members at Bath Iron Works  voted 1,610-342 to accept a four-year contract agreement to replace the one that expires today. BIW spokesman Jim DeMartini told The Times

LoBiondo voices concern about Coast Guard budget

MAY 18, 2012—U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) recently voiced his concern about the sustainability of the U.S. Coast Guard’s acquisition program and its ability to maintain its fleet of ships and aircraft

Wreck removal plan presented for Costa Concordia

MAY 18, 2012—With Costa Concordia Emergency Commissioner Franco Gabrielli in attendance, Costa Crociere S.p.A. and Italo-American consortium Titan-Micoperi, the winner of the tender tasked with performing the work, presented their plan to

Scana Propulsion signs new contracts with Kleven and Rong Tai

MAY 18, 2012: CEO of Scana Industrier ASA, Rolf Roverud says that subsidiary Scana Propulsion AS has signed new contracts with Kleven Maritime AS, Norway and Rong Tai Trading Co. Ltd., Taiwan,

St. Johns delivers OSV to A.R. Singh Contractors

MAY 18, 2012: St. Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Fla.has  delivered the offshore service vessel (OSV) Sea Strength to A. R. Singh Contractors of Point Fortin, Trinidad. The 157-ft vessel is currently

Enman & Associates now represents US Fab

MAY 17, 2012: Enman & Associates, Inc., Jacksonviille, Fla., now represents US Fab, a subsidiary of Vigor Industrial specializing in new vessel construction in the Pacific Northwest. US Fab builds barges, passenger

ABS to class latest Ensco drillship newbuild

MAY 17, 2012:  Ensco plc has selected ABS as the classification society for its latest advanced-capability, ultra deepwater drillship to be built at the Samsung Heavy Industries, Co. Ltd (SHI) Shipyard in

Sembawang Shipyard gets FSO upgrade and LNG ship life extension contracts

MAY 17, 2012: Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard has secured three major contracts totalling S$130 million. The first contract, from Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção S.A. (SNLPP), is for the repair and upgrading

Topaz Marine launches two Incat Crowther wind farm service vessels

MAY 17, 2012: Incat Crowther reports the launch of ASP Tyne and ASP Thames, two 18 m catamaran wind farm service craft at Topaz Marine’s Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., shipyard. Built for ASP

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