Spurs Marine has new ownership
JANUARY 24, 2013 — Pablo Sosa, Vice President and General Manager, and Chris Jones, Sales Application Engineer, are the new owners of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, based Spurs Marine Manufacturing. Spurs is the
GE to upgrade RFA ships’ IPMS
JANUARY 24, 2013 — GE’s Power Conversion (NYSE: GE) business has started fitting the latest generation of Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) to the U.K. Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships Wave Knight
Atlantic Offshore plans to order newbuild ERRV
JANUARY 24, 2013 — Norway’s Atlantic Offshore is poised to order a new ERRV (emergency rescue and response) vessel, backed by a new contract from Shell. With this latest newbuild, Atlantic Offshore
Vroon orders subsea support vessel in China
JANUARY 24, 2013 —Vroon B.V. has ordered of a newbuilding subsea-support vessel (SSV) at Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. The order includes an option for a second vessel. The vessel follows the
MHI and MOL develop “BWTS in a box”
JANUARY 23, 2012 — Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) have received approval in concept from ClassNK for a ballast water treatment system (BWTS) enclosed in
Atwood books contract for under-construction jack-up
JANUARY 23, 2012 — Houston-headquartered Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE: ATW) reports that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a drilling services contract for the newbuild jack-up Atwood Orca by Mubadala Petroleum.
EC approves Finnish aid for clean ships
JANUARY 23, 2013 — The European Commission has found amendments to an existing Finnish scheme supporting investment in cleaner ships to be in line with EU state aid rules. In particular, the
Seaspan orders four 10,000 TEU newbuilds
JANUARY 23, 2013 — Seaspan Corporation (NYSE:SSW) is continuing its fleet expansion. On January 16 it announced it had placed an order for five 14,000 TEU containerships with Hyundai Heavy Industries. Today
Damen delivers Stan Tug to Norwegian shipbuilder
JANUARY 23, 2013 — Less than two months after opening its office in Stavanger, Norway, Damen Shipyards has delivered a Stan Tug 1004 to shipbuilder Simek AS in Flekkefjord. “The tug’s delivery
Bourbon takes delivery of first of new FSIV series
JANUARY 23, 2013 — Paris headquartered Bourbon has taken delivery of Bourbon Sirocco and Bourbon Shamal, the first two in a series of four versatile FSIVs (Fast Support Intervention Vessels). Delivered in