Great Lakes Shipyard adds to capabilities

NOVEMBER 18, 2013 — Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, OH, has installation of a new state-of-the-art Plate Pro Extreme 3100 plasma cutting machine. The shipyard says the addition of this cutting table expands

Box ship newbuilds to have ABB waste heat recovery

NOVEMBER 18, 2013 — ABB has won two orders in the third quarter to provide waste heat recovery systems, each powered by a power turbine generator (PTG), for fourteen new 8,800 TEU

Box ship newbuilds to have ABB waste heat recovery

NOVEMBER 18, 2013 — ABB has won two orders in the third quarter to provide waste heat recovery systems, each powered by a power turbine generator (PTG), for fourteen new 8,800 TEU

Cutting CO2? “No brainer” says ICS

NOVEMBER 18, 2013 — The International Chamber of Shipping is telling today’s UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw, Poland (COP 19), that reducing CO2 emissions is an economic “no brainer” for the

GAC opens Galliano office

NOVEMBER 18, 2013 — GAC has strengthened its ship agency services in the U.S. with the opening of a new office in Galliano, LA, in response to the increase of offshore oil

Havyard books order for icebreaking AHTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2013 — Norway’s Havyard Group has agreed a contract with the Russian shipping company FEMCO covering design and construction of an 86 m Havyard 843 Ice, an icebreaking offshore vessel.

Aker Philly gets $65 million term loan

NOVEMBER 15, 2013 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS) reports that its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), has signed a commitment letter with a group of private

Seadrill buys under-construction jack-up

NOVEMBER 15, 2013 — Seadrill Limited reports that it has agreed to pay Prospector Offshore $235 million to acquire the company that owns the yard construction contract of the newbuild high specification

Bourbon sheds two

NOVEMBER 15, 2013 — Paris headquartered offshore services giant Bourbon has reported the sale of the Bourbon Surf and Bourbon Borgstein, two large 10-year old Norwegian built AHTS (Anchor Handling Tug Supply)

Pod problem forces unscheduled repairs to Allure

NOVEMBER 15, 2013 — Royal Caribbean International reported yesterday that a mechanical issue has made it necessary to perform unscheduled repairs to Allure of the Seas. The repairs will take place at

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