BMT Nigel Gee to design all-electric ferry for China
Southampton, U.K., based BMT Nigel Gee Ltd. has won an order to design a 25 m, all-electric, 150 passenger ferry in China. A new green ship design is being developed to demonstrate
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PDVSA takes delivery of second Cuban-built tug
Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has taken delivery of the second in a series of Cuban-built harbor tugs. The first, Kariña, was delivered in April last year. Like that vessel, the latest
Shell gets conditional approval for Beaufort Sea exploration plan
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today issued conditional approval for a revised Exploration Plan (EP) submitted by Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell). The plan outlines Shell’s proposal to
AMO ends strike against American Steamship Company
The American Maritime Officers union strike against American Steamship Company has ended with an agreement to extend the current contract through – at a minimum – the end of the 2011 Great
Transocean orders another Bigfoot
Keppel FELS Limited has secured a repeat order worth $195 million from Transocean Offshore Deepwater Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Transocean Ltd. Following its order of two jack-up rigs from Keppel FELS
Harvey Gulf poised to order first U.S.-flag LNG-fueled OSV’s
New Orleans headquartered Harvey Gulf International Marine reports that on July 28, 2011, its Board of Directors approved the construction of the first United States flagged LNG-fueled offshore supply vessels. Harvey Gulf
Donjon Marine wins Navy contract worth a potential $251 million
Donjon Marine Co., Inc., Hillside, N.J., is being awarded a $41,000,000 ceiling priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-award-fee contract for salvage, salvage-related towing, harbor clearance, ocean engineering and point-to-point towing services to support the Director
BIW gets contract mod for second and third Zumwalt class destroyers
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $110,799,779 contract modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2303) for long lead time construction for DDG 1001, long lead time material
Rolls-Royce to design and equip Farstad AHTS newbuilds
Rolls-Royce has won a GBP 50 million (about US$ 82 million) contract to design and equip two anchor handling vessels for Norwegian company Farstad Shipping. The vessels have been ordered from STX
ThyssenKrupp: No German-French naval shipbuilding merger in works
Germany’s ThyssenKrupp today commented on recent press reports of a planned merger of German and French naval shipbuilding interests. The stories were based on a report in Financial Times Deutchsland on August