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.”

Polarcus takes delivery of fourth 3D sesimic ship

Polarcus Limited (OAX: PLCS) reports that Polarcus Samur Ltd, a member of the Polarcus Group, took delivery on March 2, 2011 of POLARCUS SAMUR, the fourth 3D seismic vessel to date to

BOEMRE issues first deepwater drilling permit since moratorium

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today announced what BOEMRE Director Michael R. Bromwichj called a “significant milestone.” It approved the first deepwater drilling permit since the Deepwater

Seahawk Drilling to sell assets to Hercules Offshore in Chapter 11 sale

Back in November 2010, Seahawk Drilling, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAWK) said it was seeking “strategic alternative.” It said then that its liquidity and revenue generation had been hit by “the dramatic slow-down in

Rederi AB TransAtlantic takes delivery of ice strengthened AHTS

Sweden’s Rederi AB Transatlantic  has received delivery of the ice strengthened AHTS Njord Viking from the Astilleros Zamakona S.A shipyard in Spain. The Njord Viking is the second newbuild in a series

Bergen Group wins construction vessel contract

Norway’s Volstad Maritime has ordered a Skipsteknisk ST-259 CD design offshore construction vessel at Bergen Group Fosen. The order is worth around NOK 725 million and includes an option for a second

Seazip Offshore orders wind farm support cats

BMT Nigel Gee Ltd. has signed a design and development contract for the construction of an initial batch of four wind farm support catamarans. They are to be built by VeKa Shipbuilding

STX OSV books PSV order

STX OSV Holdings Limited reports that it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of a platform supply vessel of PSV 09 design for an undisclosed international customer. The

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