Toisa MOCV to have Siemens drive and power solutions

MARCH 13, 2014 — The Ulstein X-bowed multipurpose offshore construction vessel (MOCV) that Hyundai Heavy Industries is building at its Ulsan, South Korea shipyard for Toisa Ltd (see earlier story) will have

Lipski named Ingalls Shipbuilding VP of business development

MARCH 12, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has announced that Mike Lipski will be the company’s vice president of business development, effective April 1. Mr. Lipski will be

NASSCO delivers MLP2, gets $128 million more for MLP3

MARCH 12, 2014 — General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO), San Diego, CA, today delivered the USNS John Glenn (MLP 2), the second ship of the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP)

Color Line ferry set for scrubber installation at FaYard

MARCH 12, 2014 — Color Line’s high speed ferry Superspeed 2 is set to enter Denmark’s FaYard shipyard later this month for what will be the first installation of Wärtsilä’s new inline

Rolls-Royce opens new training center in Brazil

MARCH 12, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has opened a new training center to cater for customers operating vessels with Rolls-Royce systems in Brazil’s deep water oil and gas fields. The center is located

Nordic Maritime gets seismic contract off Indian coast

MARCH 12, 2014 — Singapore-based Nordic Maritime has been awarded a $23.5 million contract to provide 3D marine seismic data acquisition and processing services off the coast of Andhra Pradesh, India, to

CIMC Raffles books jack-up order

MARCH 12, 2014 — Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Limited (CIMC Raffles), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CIMC Group, has secured an order from Thaumas Marine, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Coastal Contracts Bhd, to

Study suggests building BC ferries in BC

MARCH 12, 2014 — Here’s a study that looks to have missed the boat. Produced by a Vancouver, BC, think tank called the Columbia Institute, it claims to show significant economic benefits

Electric Boat gets $57.2 million for SSN-73 PSA

MARCH 12, 2014 — The U.S. Navy has awarded Electric Boat a $57.2 million contract to prepare and perform maintenance work on the USS Minnesota (SSN-783), a Virginia-class attack submarine. Electric Boat

Austal lays keel of JHSV 5

MARCH 12, 2014 — Austal USA laid the keel of Trenton (JHSV 5), the fifth of ten Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV), in a ceremony held Tuesday at its Mobile, AL, shipyard.

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