Contracts for pre-salt FPSO topside modules get go-ahead

JULY 20, 2012 — Petrobras subsidiaries Tupi BV and Guará BV, together with consortium members BG Group, Petrogal Brasil, and Repsol Sinopec Brasil SA, have given the go-ahead for ten contracts totaling

Seaspan Shipyards chooses IFS Applications as MRP solution

JULY 20, 2012 —IFS North America reports that Seaspan Shipyards has selected IFS Applications as its shipbuilding materials requirements planning (MRP) solution. IFS Applications was chosen because it provides a powerful project-based

Administration looks to cut port project red tape

JULY 20, 2012 — Seven infrastructure projects at five major ports are the first to be expedited under a Presidential Executive Order issued in March of this year that charges the Office

Compact exhaust gas scrubber gets DNV approval

JULY 20, 2012 — A Green Tech Marine GTM R15 compact exhaust gas scrubber recently installed onboard Royal Caribbean International’s cruise ship Liberty of the Seas has now received a MARPOL “Statement

Jensen Maritime designs Tier 3 tugboat for McAllister

JULY 20, 2012 — Jensen Maritime Consultants recently began designing a new tugboat, the Eric M. McAllister, for McAllister Towing. The 5,150 horsepower, twin Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) vessel will be built

Jaya Shipbuilding signs agreement with IHC Merwede

JULY 20, 2012 — Jaya Shipbuilding and Engineering Pte. Ltd., the shipbuilding subsidiary of Singapore’s Jaya Holdings, has signed an agreement with IHC Merwede Asia Pacific that enables IHC’s high-specification offshore vessels

Dredge sinks and tugboat capsizes in Lake Huron incident

JULY 19, 2012 —The Coast Guard is coordinating the response to a sunken dredge and capsized tugboat in lower Lake Huron. A reported 500-foot sheen has not expanded. The Coast Guard was

Fairstar Heavy confirms commitment to newbuilding contract

JULY 19, 2012 — Even though it failed to make a payment due on June 20, 2012, Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V., says there is “no indication” that a newbuilding contract it entered

Latest Vroon AHTS has Oil Recovery notation

JULY 19, 2012 — Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has taken delivery of VOS Athos from Fujian Southeast Shipyard. The vessel is the first of 59-metre “A class” anchor handling tug supply vessels

Newport News gets $43.4 contract mod for CVN 79 material

JULY 19, 2012 — Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding Division (NNS) is being awarded a $43,418,660 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2116) for the procurement of additional long lead time

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