Kleven completes record AHTS contract for Siem OffshoreƄ

Kleven Maritime has delivered the AHTS Siem Amethyst to Siem Offshore. The delivery completes the largest offshore service vessel  contract in Norwegian shipbuilding history. This vessel is the tenth and last in

Maersk orders two drillships at Samsung Heavy Industries

Maersk Drilling has signed a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea for the construction of two ultra deepwater drillships. The drillships are scheduled for delivery in the third and fourth

Otto Marine sells newbuild PSV to Mermaid Maritime Australia

Within days of selling two newbuild anchor handlers, Singapore-listed Otto Marine Limited has entered into a contract that will see the sale to Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd (MMA) of a newbuild 75

Prospector Offshore exercises options for two more jack-ups

Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. has exercised two of its three options with China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co. Ltd. for the construction of two additional high specification harsh environment JU-2000E jack-up drilling

STX OSV books order for PSV 09

STX OSV Holdings Limited says that it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of a Platform Supply Vessel for an undisclosed customer. The vessel will be of STX

Sartor Offshore orders PSV at Havyard

Bergen, Norway, based Sartor Offshore has placed a NOK 300 million order for a Havyard 832 L platform supply vessel for delivery from the Havyard Leirvik shipyard in Sogn, Norway, in January

Siem Offshore gets into submarine cable installation business

Norway’s SiemOffshore Inc. says it is getting into the business for submarine cable installation, repair and maintenance projects. It has reached an agreement with the shareholders of Leer, Germany, based Five Ocean

Brazilian owner set to build five PSV’s at Eastern Shipbuilding

The U.S. Maritime Administration appears to have approved a request from Boldini, S.A. of Brazil for Title XI ship financing guarantees on $227,177,000 over 25 years to cover construction of five platform

Keppel AMFELS to build jack-up for Mexican repeat customer

Keppel AmFELS LLC, has won a repeat order worth about $195 million from Mexico’s Perforadora Central SA de CV  to build a  jack-up rig. The Brownsville, Texas, shipyard is a wholly-owned subsidiary

Salazar has a Pinocchio moment

Yesterday morning Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on the Department of the Interior’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget proposal what the Washington Examiner characterized as “a whopper.”

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