AUGUST 14, 2012 — Norway’s Bergen Group says that “very weak performance” by its Fosen shipyard in the second quarter of 2012 means its Shipbuilding Division won’t reach its previously announced earnings
AUGUST 13, 2012 — OSHA has issued a revised “Tool Shed” directive providing enforcement guidance for inspections of longshoring operations and at marine terminals, also known as the marine cargo handling industry.
AUGUST 13, 2012 — Petrobras has signed contracts with Sete Brasil, Odebrecht and Etesco covering the charter and operation nine drillships. The drillships are the final units in a program under which
AUGUST 13, 2012 — Schat-Harding has set a new free fall lifeboat record with its new generation FF1200 boat. The boat was successfully dropped from a free fall height of 60 meters.
AUGUST 13, 2012 — Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) has selected GL Noble Denton to undertake dynamic positioning (DP) assurance services across its fleet. GL Noble Denton’s team of DP engineers will support
AUGUST 13, 2012 — Tokyo headquartered classification society ClassNK (Nippon Kaiji Kyokai) has started full scale ship tests to develop a feedback scheme on the design for ships’ performances in actual seas.
AUGUST 13, 2012 —Grimaldi Group member Atlantic Container Line (ACL) has signed a contract with Chinese state-owned Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai, to build the five largest RO/RO containerships (CONROs) in the world. The
AUGUST 13, 2012 —China’s COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co. has won a $170 million order to build a jack-up drilling rig based on the LeTourneau Super 116E Class design. Delivery from the shipbuilder
AUGUST 10, 2012 — BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, Inc., San Diego, Calif., has been awarded a $36,825,375 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00024-11-C-4408) to definitize the USS John
AUGUST 10, 2012 — Yanmar is to display its new V-12 engine, the 12AY, at the upcoming SMM event in Hamburg, Germany, September 4-7. Designed for easy installation and maintenance, the purpose-built