Bold Tern to install Block Island wind turbines

FEBRUARY 14, 2014 — Deepwater Wind is to use Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Maltese-flag jack-up wind farm installation vessel Bold Tern to install five 6 MW wind turbines at the Block Island Wind

Wärtsilä pumps picked for Mariner FSU

FEBRUARY 14, 2014 — Wärtsilä is to supply a range of pumping solutions for a new Floating Storage Unit (FSU) that South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) is building for Statoil

Enercon returns rotor ship to service

FEBRUARY 13, 2014 — German wind turbine manufacturers Enercon is bringing its 130.42 m diesel electric rotor ship E-Ship 1 back into service transporting wind turbines world wide. The vessel has been

Aker Philly comments on injury incident

FEBRUARY 13, 2014 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI) yesterday released an update on an incident that had at the shipyard early morning. It said the update was being provided “to correct

New player orders jack-up trio at Keppel FELS

FEBRUARY 13, 2014 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has secured contracts to build three high-specification KFELS B Class jack-up rigs worth

MacGregor wins order for new design lashing bridge

FEBRUARY 13, 2014 — MacGregor has secured an order for lashing bridges for three 18,000 TEU containerships to be built at Waigaoqiao Shipyard in China. The contract includes the design and fabrication

Van Oord and Wärtsilä ink three year service agreement

FEBRUARY 13, 2014 — Netherlands based dredging and offshore project contractor Van Oord has signed a new three-year framework service agreement with Wärtsilä for all field service and parts supply. The agreement

U.S.-flag ship is 200th vessel drydocked by Oman repair yard

FEBRUARY 12, 2014 — A U.S.-flag ship, Maersk Line, Limited’s 4,388 TEU Maersk Wisconsin, has become the 200th vessel to be drydocked by Oman Drydock Company’s Duqm, Oman, shipyard. The occasion was

Helix teams with Siem for Brazil well intervention gig

FEBRUARY 12, 2014 — Siem Offshore Inc. (OSE: SIOFF) has entered into agreements with Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX) to provide two newbuild well-intervention vessels. Helix will charter the vessels

Swiber expands its Singapore shipyard

FEBRUARY 12, 2014 — Singapore’s Swiber Holdings Limited is to expand its Singapore shipyard. Its wholly owned Newcruz Shipbuilding & Engineering Pte subsidiary has acquired a second shipyard lease from Jurong Town

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