Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has secured a US$568 million contract to build a harsh-environment ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig from North Atlantic Drilling Limited, a 74 percent owned subsidiary of Seadrill Limited. According
Norway’s Bergen Group Fosen has been awarded a contract to build a large and advanced OCV (Offshore Construction Vessel) for Volstad Maritime AS. The contract has an estimated value of NOK 750
Keppel AmFELS LLC, Brownsville, Texas, has won a contract from Mexico’s Perforadora Central SA de CV (Perforadora Central) to build a repeat jack-up rig worth US$205 million. Slated for delivery from the
The vessel’s name was selected by Elizabeth Itta, a 12-year-old from Nuiqsut, a city in North Alaska, who won an essay contest suggesting it. Aiviq, in the Inupiat language, means walrus. Natives of the Alaskan northwest region speak Inupiat.
Itta and her family were flown to Port Fourchon, La., to attend last month’s naming ceremony, where she christened the ship.
The 5,000 dwt Arctic ice class anchor handling tug supply vessel is currently undergoing sea trials off Port Fourchon, and will soon be headed to Alaska to support Shell’s drilling programs in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas.
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April 1, 2012
STX OSV Holdings Limited has secured new contracts for the construction of two Multifunctional Deep Water Anchor Handling/Offshore Service vessels for Farstad Shipping. The total value of the contracts amounts to approximately
Polarcus Limited (OAX: PLCS) reports that Polarcus Amani AS, a member of the Polarcus Group, has taken delivery of Polarcus Amani, the seventh 3D seismic vessel to date to join the Polarcus
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 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
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell says that the Virginia Marine Resources Commission has voted unanimously to approve proposed construction of a 479-foot-tall, five-megawatt wind turbine generator prototype in the lower Chesapeake Bay, three
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