Guam floating dry dock self-submerges

Floating dry docks are supposed to submerge. But only when intended to. Guam Shipyard’s floating dry dock was being dewatered Monday after an unscheduled submersion after what shipyard President and CEO Mathews

Freddie snaps up SeaDragon semis

John Fredriksen’s Seadrill has entered into an agreement to acquire the two ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, Seadragon I and Seadragon II. The total project price for the two rigs, which are currently

HHI starts year by delivering VLOO to Nobu Su

The world’s largest shipbuilder, Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, has kicked off the New Year by today delivering a 319,000 dwt VLOO (Very Large Ore Oil carrier) to Taiwan’s, TMT, whose owner and

MAN Diesel & Turbo power for Chinese rescue ships

Two large rescue vessels being built for the Chinese Ministry of Transport will have complete twin-screw complete propulsion packages from MAN Diesel & Turbo based on its latest MAN L48/60CR engines, Renk

Nissan introduces eco-friendly “bubble bow” PCC

Japan’s Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation has delivered the 2,000 car capacity M.V. City of St. Petersburg to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. The PCC (pure car carrier) has a semi-spherical shaped “bubble bow” said

Navy awards LCS contracts to Austal and Lockheed Martin

After a pre-Christmas Congressional cliff hanger, the Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. and Austal USA each a fixed-price incentive contract for the design and construction of a 10 ship block-buy, for

Donjon Shipbuilding floats out tugboat

The Erie, Pa., shipyard of Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair has floated the 135-foot-long, 10,500-horsepower tugboat Ken Boothe Sr. into Presque Isle Bay. The vessel was moved from Donjon Shipbuilding’s 1,250-foot graving dock

ABS releases offshore wind turbine guide

Classification society ABS has released a Guide for Building and Classing Offshore Wind Turbine Installations. It is the first Guide to address design considerations for the bottom founded support structure of an

Russia and France firm up Mistral deal

On December 24, the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, put on his Santa hat and beard, as it were, and called President of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy to tell

DSME sets $11 billion 2011 sales target

Tis the season when Korean shipbuilders announce sales targets, providing as good a measure as any of world shipbuilding industry optimism. Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. said Monday that it is

LOAD MORE