Helix orders well intervention semi at Jurong

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 — Houston headquartered Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX) has signed a $346 million contract with Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard in Singapore for the construction of a

Harvey Gulf swoops on Abdon Callais Offshore

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 — Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC, New Orleans, and Abdon Callais Offshore, LLC (ACO), Golden Meadow, LA, have executed a definitive agreement that will Harvey Gulf is to purchase

Rolls-Royce to design gas turbine system for RN Type 26

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 — Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract to design the gas turbine system for the U.K. Royal Navy’s future Type 26 Global Combat Ship, which will, subject to contract,

Bergen Group shipyards reborn as NorYards

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 —  The shipbuilding division of Norway’s Bergen Group is about to start a new life, as NorYards AS. It will be 51% percent owned by Calexco, a company with

Competition authorities approve DNV GL merger

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 — The competition authorities in South Korea, the U.S., the EU and China have cleared the merger between Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and Germanischer Lloyd (GL), both of which

Another cargo of cannabis goes up in smoke

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — Just one day after Italian authorities finished putting out a fire aboard a ship carrying a cargo of cannabis (see earlier story), the French Navy found itself responding

Davie awards Wärtsilä contract for STQ ferry packages

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — Wärtsilä says it will supply an integrated solution for two dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) RoPax passenger ferries being built by Canadian shipbuilder Chantier Davie Canada for Société

NASSCO to build two LNG-ready tankers for Seabulk

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (GD), has entered into a contract with Seabulk Tankers, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc.

Pacific Radiance orders Ulstein PSV pair

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — Singapore based Pacific Radiance Group has ordered two platform supply vessels of the Ulstein PX121 X Bow design for construction at a Chinese yard. The vessels are estimated

Low sulfur fuel on the agenda at IMO London lunch event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — MARPOL Annex VI requirements for low sulfur fuel were the theme of remarks made yesterday by U.K. shipping minister Stephen Hammond MP (whose formal title is actually Parliamentary

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