PPL Shipyard books jack-up order from Japanese customer
MAY 30, 2013 — Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine reports that subsidiary PPL Shipyard has secured a contract to build a jack-up drilling rig from BOT Lease Co., Ltd., a leasing company of The
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Technip christens Deep Energy
MAY 6, 2013 — Technip (Paris:TEC) officially named its latest new state-of-the art pipelay vessel on Friday at Florø, Norway in a ceremony held at the Westcon Shipyard. The ship recently successfully
Harvey Gulf in new $540 million fleet expansion
MAY 3, 2013 — Harvey Gulf International Marine CEO Shane Guidry today announced the execution of three agreements for vessels totaling $540 million, taking the company’s total capital expenditures since August 2008
IHC Merwede launches Subsea 7 pipelayer
MAY 3, 2013 — IHC Merwede has today successfully launched Subsea 7’s 550 t pipelaying vessel, Seven Waves, at its shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The ship will be
Seacor enters the LPG arena
MAY 3, 2013 — Seacor Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CKH) is getting into the LPG sector. It reports that it has executed an agreement with shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., through a
Kongsberg to supply back deck system for Kleven newbuild
MAY 3, 2013 — Kongsberg Evotec AS, a Kongsberg Maritime company, will provide the complete back deck solution for handling of up to 20 streamers simultaneously aboard the GC Rieber owned newbuild
Hoegh LNG ship to serve as China’s first FSRU
MAY 2, 2013 — Oslo-headquartered Hoegh LNG’s 145,130 cu.m GDF Suez Cape Anne is to serve as the the first floating storage and regasification unit in China. Delivered from shipbuilder Samsung Heavy
EMAS AMC wins $75 million Statoil subsea contract
MAY 2, 2013 — Singapore headquartered Ezra Holdings Limited reports that its subsea division, EMAS AMC, has been awarded a subsea engineering, procurement and offshore construction contract from Norway’s Statoil for the
Bourbon reports increased first quarter revenues
MAY 2, 2013 — Paris-headquartered offshore services provider Bourbon reports that at Euros 315.1 first quarter revenues were up 13.4 percent compared with first quarter 2012 (EUR 278 million) and stable compared
Havyard orders MacGregor cranes for Nigeria IMR vessel
MAY 2, 2013 — Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard has ordered two cranes from Cargotec’s MacGregor subsidiary for installation on the 113 m subsea IMR vessel it is building for Nigeria’s Marine Platforms Limited