OCTOBER 5, 2012—Brazil shipyard Wilson, Sons is the midst of constructing six Platform Supply Vessels under license based on Damen’s PSV 4500 design for Wilson Sons Ultratug Offshore (WSUT). Two PSVs have
SEPTEMBER 16, 2012—General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT, was recently awarded a $94 million contract in relation to the fire restoration efforts to the damaged Los Angeles Class fast attack nuclear
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012—Valve and automation technology specialist, ISCOLA, Inc., recently announced that its product, Pyro-Torq, has earned ABS approval as the only coating system currently approved for fire protection of aluminum pneumatic
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012—Ever Laden, the second L-type containership of Evergreen Line, was recently christened by S.S. Lin, the Evergreen Group’s First Vice Group Chairman, at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Korea.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012—Rowan Companies plc, Houston, TX, said it has exercised its option to build a fourth GustoMSC P10,000 design ultra-deepwater drillship at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. with delivery
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012—Increasing its focus on deepwater, giant offshore drilling contractor Transocean Ltd. has inked a definitive agreements to sell 38 shallow water drilling rigs to a newly formed company Shelf Drilling
SEPTEMBER 2—A keel laying and dedication ceremony was recently held at Dakota Creek Industries, Anacortes, WA, for AGOR-27 and 28, the first two of a new class of advanced Oceanographic Research Vessels.
AUGUST 27, 2012—Robert “Bob” Hill has made a name for himself thinking out of the box. Hill, shown at left, is the principal of Ocean Tug & Barge Corp., which has a
AUGUST 22, 2012—Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Freeland, WA, was recently contracted by Harley Marine Services, Seattle, WA, to build two 100 ft x 40 ft, Z-drive, ship-assist tractor tugs. Nichols Brothers Boat
AUGUST 21, 2012—NASA and the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) have signed a memorandum of understanding to transfer NASA’s solid rocket booster recovery ship, 176 ft M/V Liberty Star, to the National Defense