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Fincantieri delivers third cruise yacht to du Ponant

JULY 1, 2013 — French yacht cruise specialist Compagnie du Ponant has taken delivery of Le Soléal. the third of three super-luxury French-flag cruise ships, from Fincantieri’s Ancona, Italy, shipyard today. The

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Seadrill-Sapura JV wins $2.7 billion Petrobras contract

JUNE 28, 2013 — Seadrill Limited  and Malaysia’s SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad today announced that their jointly owned entity, Sapura Navegação Marítima S.A., Brazil has been awarded a contract from Petrobras to charter

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EC seeks ship CO2 monitoring and reporting requirement

JUNE 28, 2013 —  Get used to the abbreviation “MRV.” It means “monitoring, reporting and verification” and the European Commission today proposed a regulation which would establish an EU-wide system for the

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Singapore owner picks Wärtsilä for 24 newbuilds

JUNE 28, 2013 — Wärtsilä is supplying propulsion packages for 24 new vessels being built for the Singapore based China Navigation Co. Pte. Ltd (CNCo) at the Chengxi and Zhejiang Ouhua shipyards

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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