Keels laid for AGOR research vessels
SEPTEMBER 2—A keel laying and dedication ceremony was recently held at Dakota Creek Industries, Anacortes, WA, for AGOR-27 and 28, the first two of a new class of advanced Oceanographic Research Vessels.
McDermott orders pipelay vessel at Spanish shipyard
AUGUST 31, 2012 — McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) is returning to Spanish shipbuilder Metalships and Docks SAU for another high capacity reeled pipelay vessel with top-tier payload capacity. Tentatively named Lay
Cape Town shipyard busy with Scarabeo 3 upgrades
AUGUST 31, 2012 — South Africa’s DCD Marine was recently awarded the contract to upgrade and repair the Saipem-owned semi-submersible rig, Scarabeo 3. The project is being undertaken at the upgraded A-Berth
AIDA newbuilds to use laser emissions monitoring
AUGUST 31, 2012 — The two 3,250 passenger cruise ships that Carnival’s AIDA Cruises has on order at the Nagasaki Shipyard of Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are planned to set new
Crowley takes delivery of Aker Philly product tanker
AUGUST 30, 2012 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS), a leading U.S. commercial shipyard has delivered to Crowley a Veteran Class MT-46 product tanker. This is the thirteenth product tanker that
TY Offshore shipyards “doing fine” after Isaac
AUGUST 30, 2012 — TY Offshore says its New Orleans, Louisiana and Gulfport, Mississippi. shipyards and all employees are “doing fine” following the landfall of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Isaac. The New Orleans yard
Acceptance trials “clean sweep” by JHSV 1
AUGUST 30, 2012 — “I consider it a major accomplishment to be authorized by the Navy to hang a broom from the mast, a Navy tradition representing a ‘clean sweep’ of trial
Sarens to transport new Panama Canal lock gates
AUGUST 30, 2012 — Belgian heavy lift and special transport group Sarens is to transport and install the 16 giant new lock gates being installed as part of the Panama Canal expansion
OT&BE releases more details of ATB dredge
AUGUST 30, 2012 — Ocean Tug & Barge Engineering Corp (OT&BE) has released some more details of the ATB dredge to be built by Signal International, at its Orange, Texas, shipyard for
Brest repair yard books first LNG job since Damen acquisition
AUGUST 30, 2012 — The 135,000 cu.m LNG Sokoto is set to arrive at Damen Shiprepair Brest, France, for maintenance work, including drydocking. It is the first LNG carrier to be booked