China’s COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Group Co., Ltd. has commissioned Siemens Marine Solutions to equip a new wind turbine installation vessel with diesel electric propulsion systems, power supply equipment and an integrated automation
Austal USA has held a groundbreaking ceremony at its shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, to celebrate the start of work on three new facilities including Phase 2 of the Modular Manufacturing Facility (MMF);
Québec shipbuilder Davie Yards announced today that it has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Fincantieri and DRS Technologies Canada (“DRS”), a Finmeccanica company, to negotiate the potential acquisition of the shipyard
Signal International has been awarded a $47 million contract by Kirby Ocean Transport Company, the offshore tug and barge owning and operating subsidiary of Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX) of Houston, Texas. It covers
In what it calls “a gratifying end” to a long running patent infringement dispute in Australia, Sweden’s Stena Rederi AB says that it and Australian shipbuilder Austal have “reached an amicable settlement,
Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT.L) is acquiring Ship Equip International A.S. for a total consideration of $159.5 million. Based in Alesund, Norway, Ship Equip is a provider of VSAT maritime communications services to
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) has begun operating as a new, independent and publicly traded company as trading of its shares commenced this morning. Huntington Ingalls Industries, America’s largest military shipbuilder, was
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
Singapore-listed Otto Marine Limited says that its shipbuilding arm and wholly-owned subsidiary, Otto Offshore Limited has entered into a sales agreement to sell two 8,000 bhp AHTS to a third party at
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
