Gibdock moves ahead on rig strategy
Gibraltar-based ship repairer Gibdock says it has moved an important step closer to its key strategic aim of carving a niche in the growing regional market for jack-up and semi-submersible drilling rig
Defense Authorization Act funds transfer of ex-Superferries to Navy
As widely predicted, the two AustalUSA built former Hawaii Superferries, Huakai, and Alaka, are at last going to wind up under Navy control. Shipbuilding guru Tim Colton has found the following tucked
Sembcorp Marine wins $140 million conversion contract
Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard has secured a US$140 million contract from Equinox Offshore Accommodation Limited to convert a ropax vessel to a DP2 Accommodation and Repair Vessel (ARV). Sembcorp marine says
Cheniere plans second Texas LNG export terminal
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSE Amex: LNG) is planning a second U.S. LNG export facility. It says that its Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC subsidiary is developing a liquefied natural gas export terminal at
World Wide Supply orders four Damen platform supply vessels
Start-up offshore services company World Wide Supply has ordered four PSV 3300 CD platform supply vessels from Damen Shipyards. The PSV 3300 CD, built according to Damen’s E3 principles (Environmentally friendly, Efficient
NSRP funding for five more shipbuilding cost reduction projects
The Executive Control Board of the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) has awarded funding for five new research and development projects to continue the program’s mission to reduce the costs associated with
Frontline restructuring moves ahead
Frontline Ltd., the world’s largest tanker company, today issued an update on progress with the restructuring plan it announced December 6. That plan is backed by more than $505 million in guarantees
ASRY marks anniversary with investment
Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY), one of the world’s leading shiprepairers, opened its doors to more than 400 guests, including a group of international journalists earlier this month as part of
New LNG fuelled tanker first for inland waterways
The inland waterways of the Netherlands are now home to the 6,100 dwt Argonon, the world’s first new LNG-fuelled tanker, following its delivery by the Dutch Shipyard Trico B.V. Built to Lloyd’s
Panama Canal Authority takes delivery of hopper barges
The first two of five split hopper barges built by Peru’s Servicios Industriales de la Marina (SIMA) PERU S.A., to support the Panama Canal expansion were recently delivered to the Panama Canal