Oregon offshore wind project advances
FEBRUARY 6, 2013 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has given the green light for Principle Power, Inc., Seattle, WA, to submit a formal plan to build a 30- megawatt
Keppel FELS books $218 million jack-up order
FEBRUARY 6, 2013 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard has secured a $218 million contract from UMW Drilling 8 (L) Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UMW Oil & Gas Corporation Sdn. Bhd. (UMW
International Shipholding heads home to New Orleans
FEBRUARY 6, 2014 — Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Louisiana Economic Development (LED) have persuaded International Shipholding Corporation (NYSE:ISC). to relocate its corporate headquarters from Mobile, Ala., to New Orleans, where the
Shipyard bollard failure blamed in Carnival Triumph breakaway
FEBRUARY 6, 2014 — A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident report says that a bollard failure at BAE Systems Mobile, AL, shipyard is the probable cause of the April 3, 2013,
Ingalls Shipbuilding buys 12.26 acre Moss Point property
FEBRUARY 6, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has purchased property in Moss Point, MS, where the former 84 Lumber was located. The acquisition of the property closed on
Panama Canal expansion could face 3-5 year delay
FEBRUARY 6, 2014 — All those post-Panamax ships that shipowners have been ordering may not be able to pass through an expanded Panama Canal as early as projected. There has been a
Another HOS OSV makes a splash at Eastern
FEBRUARY 5, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Allonton Shipyard, Panama City, FL, last month launched the sixth of twelve offshore service vessels it is building for Hornbeck Offshore Services. The vessel, the
Impairment charges hit Tidewater net earnings
FEBRUARY 5, 2014 — The most recent Annual Report from offshore services giant Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) was full of all sorts of imagery of runners, with the one sporting the company’s logo
Trailing suction hopper dredge to be IHC’s largest yet
FEBRUARY 5, 2014 — Sliedrecht, the Netherlands, headquartered IHC Merwede is to start construction of the largest trailing suction hopper dredge that it has ever produced. It has been ordered by China’s
NTSB to hold forum on cruise ship safety
FEBRUARY 5, 2014 — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public forum on cruise ship safety and oversight on March 25-26 in Washington, DC. “Cruising is a rapidly growing segment