Albedo crew “still alive”
JULY 15, 2013 — The Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that seven Bangladeshi seafarers held hostage on the MV Albedo are still alive. The Ministry gave the news in a statement
West Africa pirates target more ships
JULY 15, 2013 — Violent piracy and armed robbery off the coast of West Africa is of increasing concern with a wide range of ships being target. Meantime, Somali piracy appears to
Seadrill orders four more newbuild drillships
JULY 15, 2013 — John Fredriksen’s Seadrill Limited has entered into turnkey contracts to build four new ultra-deepwater drillships at Korean shipyards. Two will be built at DSME and two at Samsung.
Keppel FELS adds another jack-up for Mexico to order book
JULY 15, 2013 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard has booked another jack-up rig order from a Mexican customer. It has won a $206 million contract from Grupo R for a KFELS B
Napolitano to step down as DHS Secretary
JULY 12, 2013 — Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has confirmed media reports that she is stepping down as head of the agency whose components include the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S.
MAN gets LOI for four ME-LGI engines
JULY 12, 2013 — MAN Diesel & Turbo has signed a Letter of Intent with Vancouver-based Waterfront Shipping for the use of four MAN ME-LGI engines on its ships. The engines will
Havyard wins first wind farm service vessel contract
JULY 12, 2013 — Fosnavåg, Norway, based Havyard has signed a contract for design and construction of two Havyard 832 SOVs (Service Operation Vessels) for ESVAGT of Esbjerg, Denmark, which will operate
MEO reels in orders, expands its fleet
JULY 12, 2013 — Singapore based Miclyn Express Offshore Limited (MEO) reports that the MEO Rover, a 2,000 dwt platform supply vessel under construction at its Batam, Indonesia, shipyard has been awarded
Loss of fore section a blow to MOL Comfort investigation
JULY 12, 2013 — ClassNK says that the fore section of the MOL Comfort, which sank yesterday, had been expected to provide valuable information on the cause of the casualty. A ClassNK
NSPS: Ottawa brings in a bean counter
JULY 11, 2013 — There’s been growing public skepticism about the cost effectiveness of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy(NSPS) ever since a Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) report in February indicated that the