Industry cautious on well control final rule

APRIL 15, 2015 — Six years after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has announced final well control regulations to reduce the risk of an offshore oil

VIDEO: Kongsberg survey team finds Nessie

APRIL 14, 2016 – Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, the U.K. division of Kongsberg Maritime, reports that it has discovered Nessie. Well, not a living, breathing Loch Ness Monster as such, but a long

WindFloat gets AIP for floating wind turbine foundation

APRIL 14, 2016 – Classification society Bureau Veritas has given Approval in Principle (AIP) to the WindFloat Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) foundation. Designed by Principle Power, Inc.,  WindFloat consists of a

VIDEO: Ovation joins Royal Caribbean fleet

APRIL 14, 2016 – Royal Carribean’s 168,660-gt  Ovation of the Seas has now arrived in Southampton, U.K., following its formal hand-over by shipbuilder Meyer Werft (see earlier story) and the cruise line

Ship managers set to merge

APRIL 14, 2016 – Hamburg, Germany, headquartered Rickmers Holding AG and E.R. Capital Holding GmbH & Cie. KG say they are reviewing a potential merger of their ship management units – Rickmers

Liberian flag still tops with Greek shipowners

APRIL 14, 2016 – Figures released by the Greek Shipping C-operation Committee (GSCC) show that Liberia has cemented its position as the leading open registry of choice for Greek shipowners, says the

McDermott names DLV 2000 in Singmarine ceremony

APRIL 14, 2016 – McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) today formally named its flagship Derrick Lay Vessel 2000 (DLV 2000) in a ceremony at the Keppel Singmarine Shipyard in Singapore. Mrs. Brenda Cuthbertson,

Damaged LCS to return home under own power

APRIL 14, 2016 – The U.S.Pacific Fleet said yesterday that the Freedom Class littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) will make preparations to get underway from Singapore on its own

VIDEO: Virtually transiting the expanded Panama Canal

APRIL 13, 2016 – Get ready for what will become a common acronym: Neopanamax. That’s the maximum size ship that will be able to transit the Expanded Panama Canal. How big is

Blount delivers first U.S. built, U.S. flagged wind farm CTV

APRIL 13, 2016 — Blount Boats, has delivered the Atlantic Pioneer, America’s first U.S. Flagged Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) from its Warren, RI, shipyard. It will begin service for Atlantic Wind Transfers

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