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ABB wins $20 million FPSO order from Cosco Nantong

JUNE 28, 2013 – ABB has won a $20 million contract to provide power and automation technologies to a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) built by Chinese shipbuilder COSCO Nantong

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Bourbon orders MacGregor AHC crane for MPSV

JUNE 27, 2013 — Paris headquartered offshore services giant  Bourbon has ordered a further 150-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane from Cargotec’s MacGregor unit. Delivery is scheduled for August 2014. As with nine

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Disney tops cruise customer satisfaction list

JUNE 27, 2013 — Disney Cruise Line ranks highest in customer satisfaction in a J.D. Power 2013 Cruise Line Satisfaction Report released today. The report indicates that while overall customer satisfaction with

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Aft section of MOL Comfort sinks

JUNE 27, 2013 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. reports the aft part of the containership MOL Comfort sank in the open sea near 14’26″N 66’26″E (water depth about 4,000 m) at 16:48

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DNV responds to offshore wind farm trends

JUNE 26, 2013 — Classification society DNV is responding to developments that see offshore wind farms move further offshore and into deeper waters. It has DNV  launched a significant revision to its

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Austal lays keel for LCS 8

JUNE 26, 2013 — Austal yesterday held a keel-laying ceremony for the fourth Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Montgomery (LCS 8), at its Mobile, Alabama, shipyard. The ship is the second LCS

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Student project generates new Arctic vessel design

JUNE 26, 2013 — Five maritime engineering bachelor students at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands) finished their minor in Arctic Engineering last February. Now, in cooperation with Damen Shipyards