PSV to have world’s first shipboard DC power grid
ABB has won an order from Norwegian shipowner Myklebusthaug Management to supply the first ever direct current (DC) power grid on board a ship. The equipment will allow a new offshore platform
Oil & Gas
Elcano orders MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion packages
Spain’s Empresa Naviera Elcano, S.A. has placed an order for two medium-speed MAN L27/38 engines as part of a propulsion package for a 7,000-dwt asphalt and oil-products tanker to be built at
OSD wins design orders for ten Platform Supply Vessels
Offshore Ship Designers has won design contracts for ten large diesel-electric Platform Supply Vessels for two major offshore operators building at three shipyards in Brazil, Japan and Spain. Swire Pacific Offshore Operations
Hornbeck Offshore reports strong fourth quarter
Covington, La., headquarted Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) announced results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011 that included soaring revenues, operating income and net income. The strong quarter, however,
Drydocks World Singapore delivers Greatship AHTS duo
Drydocks World reports that its Singapore shipyard has delivered two sister Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (AHTS), Greatship Vidya and Greatship Vimla,, to India’s Greatship Group. Greatships Vidya and Vimla are 9000
Swire Pacific Offshore places two more AHTS orders at ST Marine
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd reports that its marine arm, ST Marine, has won two shipbuilding contracts worth about Singapore $75 million from Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd. The contracts are for
Forland orders new Havila 857 design subsea vessel
Bergen, Norway, based Forland Shipping AS has signed a contract for a 110 m subsea vessel to be built at Havyard’s Leirvik shipyard in Sogn, Norway for delivery in August next year.
Harvey Gulf orders two more LNG OSVs from Trinity Offshore
Harvey Gulf International Marine, New Orleans, LA, ordered two additional 302 ft X 64 ft, dual fuel Offshore Supply Vessels from Trinity Offshore, Gulfport, MS. Harvey Gulf now has four dual fuel
Bergen Group to build OCV for Volstad Maritime
Norway’s Bergen Group Fosen has signed a contract with Volstad Maritime AS to build a large and advanced OCV (Offshore Construction Vessel) with a length of 125 meters and a beam of
Bourbon revenues top one billion euros
Paris headquartered offshore services giant Bourbon posted 2011 revenues of 1.08 billion euros — up 18.6 percent in 12 months in line with the objectives of the “Bourbon 2015 Leadership Strategy” plan.