Rolls-Royce to design and equip COSCO Guangdong PSVs

Rolls-Royce reports that it has won a £24 million order to design and equip four offshore service vessels which will be built by COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd in China. The Rolls-Royce

Sinopacific Shipbuilding delivers own-design AHTS to Bourbon

Sinopacific Shipuilding’s Zhejiang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., has held a naming ceremony for its first self-designed SPA 80 AHTS. The 80 m diesel electric DP2 vessel, named Bahtera Mulia and delivered to French

DOF Subsea orders OSCV to replace newbuild sold to Australia

DOF Subsea Rederi has ordered a new offshore construction vessel from STX OSV. The order was placed in conjunction with DOF Subsea’s sale of its under-construction newbuild at STX OSV, Skandi Bergen

DOF Subsea orders OSCV at STX OSV to replace newbuild sold to Australia

Norway’s DOF Subsea Rederi has ordered a new offshore construction vessel from STX OSV. The order was placed in conjunction with DOF Subsea’s sale of its under-construction newbuild at STX OSV, Skandi

COSCO Guangdong to build up to 10 PSVs for U.S. shipowner

China’s COSCO (Guangdon) Shipyard Co., Ltd. is to build up to ten Rolls-Royce design UT 771 CDL Platform Supply Vessels for an as yet unnamed “American shipowner.” A stock exchange announcement says

Vantage Drilling to add DSME newbuild drillship to fleet

Houston-headquartered Vantage Drilling Company (NYSE Amex: VTG) reports that it has signed a definitive agreement with Valencia Drilling Company to acquire the rights and obligations under the construction contract for the ultra-deepwater

Hercules Offshore to acquire jack-up from Diamond Offshore

Hercules Offshore, Inc. (Nasdaq: HERO) reports the execution of a definitive agreement to acquire the offshore drilling rig Ocean Columbia from a subsidiary of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO – News).

Dockwise books contracts worth $57 million

Heavy lift specialist Dockwise Ltd. reports that it has received six new contract awards, totaling $57 million, for execution in the first half of 2012 and in 2015. The wins include a

Island Offshore orders advanced subsea support vessel

Island Offshore, in which the Chouest and Ulstein families are partners, has ordered an advanced subsea support vessel from STX OSV. To be built to the Rolls-Royce UT 737 CD design, it

ABS to class barge-based Arctic containment system

ABS is to class a first-of-its-kind Arctic Containment System (ACS), slated for deployment in June 2012 to serve all exploration activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas offshore Alaska. The non self-propelled

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