Signal International to add to workforce
OCTOBER 4, 2013 — Signal International, LLC reports that in the past month it has been awarded several contracts to refurbish and upgrade four offshore drilling rigs. The work is slated to
Hurtigruten to install Promas Lite on cruise ship
OCTOBER 4, 2013 — Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply its Promas Lite propulsion system to Norwegian shipowner Hurtigruten to improve propeller efficiency on its cruise ship Richard With. Promas Lite
Giant car carriers to have MAN Alpha Kappel propellers
OCTOBER 4, 2013 —At the end of August, MAN Diesel & Turbo signed an agreement Dalian Marine Propeller Co., Ltd (DMMP) — part of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) Group— that
Keppel and PEMEX in GoM shipyard JV
OCTOBER 4, 2013 — Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has strengthened its foothold in the offshore and marine industry in Mexico with the signing of an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with
Newport News installs Ford propellers
OCTOBER 4, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) said yesterday that the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) had put on significant weight in the dry dock at its Newport
UASC seeks tweaks for box ship designs
OCTOBER 4, 2013 — Setting its sights on competitive slot cost, United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) , one of the world’s fastest growing container carriers, has ordered five 14,000 TEU vessels with
Marin Tekknik design chosen for Oceaneering BAE newbuild
OCTOBER 3, 2013 — BAE Systems says that the subsea support vessel ordered at its Mobile, AL, shipyard by Oceaneering International, Inc., (see earlier story) will be built to the MT6022 design
Foss to create shipyard in Everett, WA
OCTOBER 3, 2013 — Foss Maritime’s parent Saltchuk Resources said yesterday that it has signed a purchase and sales agreement with Kimberly-Clark to buy a 66-acre property on the Everett, WA, waterfront,
Knud E. Hansen designs RO/RO reefer
OCTOBER 3, 2013 — Danish naval architecture firm Knud E. Hansen A/S has developed a RO/RO reefer vessel, in close cooperation with Reefer Intel and Stena RO/RO.Reefer Intel is owned by Mr.
Finland’s Langh Ship develops its own exhaust scrubber
OCTOBER 3, 2013 — Laura Langh-Lagerlöf (left), commercial manager of Finland’s Langh Ship, says the family-owned shipping company has “really hit the nail on the head” with an exhaust gas scrubber of