SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 —Singapore’s Otto Marine Limited has sold Oranda 1, a 75-meter work maintenance vessel, to an unrelated party for US $38.0 million. The vessel was simultaneously bareboat chartered back by
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 — Drydocks World, Dubai, has completed the conversion and upgrade of the National Drilling Company (NDC) jack-up drilling platform, Beynouna. The rig arrived at the Dubai shipyard in late
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 — A port labor dispute between the United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association Labor Negotiations is now the subject of negotiations under the auspices of the
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 — Clay Maitland, Founding Chairman of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), has announced the recipients of NAMEPA’s 2012 Marine Environment Protection Awards. Maersk is the
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 — Could the U.S. Coast Guard’s next generation Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) have the characteristic Ulstein X-Bow? West Coast shipbuilding group Vigor Industrial is working to make that happen.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 — Germanischer Lloyd has given the Goltens Worldwide Group of companies approval of its repair process for the in-situ annealing of medium speed four-stroke diesel engine crankshafts. This certification
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 — Diesel engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) has reorganized it Commercial Marine Business around five customer-focused market segments: commercial transport; offshore oil and gas; passenger transport; government/defense; and
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 — Vigor Industrial subsidiary US Fab’s Seattle shipyard will again partner with Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland, Wash., to build a second 144-car Washington State ferry. Nichols Brothers
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded an $83.3 million cost-plus-award-fee contract from the U.S. Navy for continued life-cycle engineering, modernization and
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 — Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI), Houma, La., reports that its subsidiary, Gulf Island Marine Fabricators, L.L.C., has signed a contract for the fabrication of a 335 Class,
