The Office of Naval Research has successfully demonstrated a weapon that could one day prove an effective means of disabling pirate attack skiffs. On April 6, the Office of Naval Research and
Rolls-Royce today opened its latest Marine Service Center, in Walvis Bay, Namibia. Rolls-Royce has opened seven Marine Service Centers in the last two years and the global network now includes facilities in
EMAS Production is set to take delivery of one of Vietnam’s largest Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels from Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard), on behalf of owner PV Keez
A wholly owned subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA recently entered into a turnkey contract with Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. for the construction of a new ultra-deepwater drillship. Under the
Mohammad Shibin, allegedly identified by conspirators as the person in Somalia responsible for negotiating the ransom of four U.S. citizens held hostage on the high seas, has been indicted by a federal
Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has appointed Charles “Skip” Bowen as Program Manager for the FRC “Sentinel” Class Patrol Boat building program at Bollinger’s Lockport facility. Mr. Bowen joins Bollinger following a very successful
A semisubmersible platform used to house offshore oil workers in the Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico partially sank Tuesday afternoon. The flotel, named the Flotel Jupiter, is owned by Mexico’s
STX Finland Oy and Finferries have signed a contract for the construction of a double ended ferry. The ship will be built at the STX Rauma shipyard and will be delivered at
Singapore-based Ezra Holdings reports that its deepwater subsea services division EMAS AMC unit has secured a contract worth an estimated $88 million from Noble Energy. It will see EMAS AMC install approximately
Piracy at sea hit an all-time high in the first three months of 2011, with 142 attacks worldwide, according to the most recent global piracy report from the International Chamber of Commerce