DECEMBER 10, 2012 — Austal has been awarded a Fleet Maintenance Services contract by the Sultanate of Oman’s National Ferries Company (NFC). The contract is worth approximately Australian $1.6 million (about US$1.67
DECEMBER 10, 2012 — China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co. Ltd. has stopped work on the jacking systems of four jack-up rigs, pending testing. The rigs, which are under construction for have
DECEMBER 7, 2012 — Yesterday at the International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans, GE Marine announced orders to deliver a combined total of 16 of its L250 and V250 engines to new
DECEMBER 7, 2012 — The ceremonial shovels were out in Pascagoula, Miss., this week as VT Halter Marine held a ground breaking ceremony for a new ship repair facility that will create
DECEMBER 7, 2012 — Wärtsilä has received a fifth order from Harvey Gulf International Marine for a complete LNG package, including the propulsion, auxiliaries and controls, for a new offshore support vessel
DECEMBER 6, 2012 — Sembcorp Marine’s PPL Shipyard subsidiary has secured two turnkey contracts with a combined value of US$434 million for the construction of two jack-up rigs for Mexico’s Integradora de
DECEMBER 6, 2012 — Viking River Cruises has placed an order for ten new river cruise vessels of the Viking Longship class with Meyer’s Neptun Werft shipyard in Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany. The order
DECEMBER 6, 2012 — The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command yesterday accepted delivery of the Navy’s first joint high-speed vessel at Austal USA’s Mobile, Ala., shipyard. Craig Perciavalle, Sr. Vice President of
DECEMBER 6, 2012 — BAE Systems’ shipyard in Jacksonville, Fla., is to build two new platform supply vessels for Jackson Offshore Operators, LLC. The contract reflects continued growth in U.S. commercial shipbuilding
DECEMBER 6, 2012 — The two LNG fueled containerships ordered at NASSCO by TOTE have given MAN Diesel & Turbo its first order for its low-speed, dual-fuel ME-GI engine. The two 3,100