ALP tugs to have Rolls-Royce deck machinery
APRIL 14, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has been awarded a £19m contract to deliver deck machinery for the four Ulstein SX157 design ocean going tugs that Japan’s Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair will build
Oil & Gas
Drydocks World to build two jack-ups for Malta
APRIL 14, 2014 — Drydocks World, Dubai, has signed an agreement with Malta Oil & Gas Ltd. to build two new jack-up drilling rigs based on the Gusto MSC CJ54-X135-A design. The
Ezra receives LOA for Gunflint Project subsea work
APRIL 11, 2014 — Singapore headquartered Ezra Holdings Limited has received a Letter of Agreement (LOA) from Noble Energy for the Gunflint Project in the Gulf of Mexico. Under the terms of
Samsung reports $1.2 billion drillship order
APRIL 9, 2014 — Yonhap News Agency reports that South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries Co. has clinched a 1.3 trillion won (US$1.2 billion) to build two drillships for what it identifies only
Aage Hempel to supply ADNOC PSV navcom systems
APRIL 9, 2014 — A series of ten platform supply vessels on order at Shipyard De Hoop in the Netherlands will be equipped with navigation and communication equipment supplied by Aage Hempel
Arctic AHTS to have Rolls-Royce engines and deck machinery
APRIL 8, 2014 — Rolls-Royce is to deliver deck machinery and engines for the arctic Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel (AHTS) recently ordered from Vard by Bourbon Offshore Norway (see earlier story).
Golden Energy Offshore orders Ulstein design PSVs
APRIL 8, 2014 — Ålesund, Norway, headquartered Golden Energy Offshore has entered into a shipbuilding contract with Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipments Co., Ltd. (ROC) in China for the construction of
Møkster orders second wave-piercing PSV
APRIL 4, 2014 — Norway’s Simon Møkster Shipping has signed a contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan. It covers the construction of a sister vessel to the Rolls-Royce UT-766 design wave-piercing platform
Chouest could face penalty in Kulluk grounding
APRIL 4, 2014 — Edison Chouest Offshore could face penalties in relation to the grounding of the mobile offshore drilling unit Kulluk on the eastern coast of Sitkalidak Island, Alaska, on Dec.
Rem arctic PSV is first in new Wärtsilä series
APRIL 3, 2014 — Wärtsilä says that the VS 485 design platform supply vessel ordered at Norway’s Kleven Shipyard by Rem Offshore ASA in January (see earlier story) is the first confirmed