NATO, EUNAVFOR operation frees pirated dhow
AUGUST 14, 2012 — NATO reports that early yesterday morning a boarding team from HNLMS Rotterdam disrupted a suspected pirate group before it could launch an attack on a merchant ship. The
Problems at Fosen mean red ink at Bergen Shipbuilding
AUGUST 14, 2012 — Norway’s Bergen Group says that “very weak performance” by its Fosen shipyard in the second quarter of 2012 means its Shipbuilding Division won’t reach its previously announced earnings
OSHA issues new directive on marine cargo handling
AUGUST 13, 2012 — OSHA has issued a revised “Tool Shed” directive providing enforcement guidance for inspections of longshoring operations and at marine terminals, also known as the marine cargo handling industry.
Petrobras orders nine more drillships
AUGUST 13, 2012 — Petrobras has signed contracts with Sete Brasil, Odebrecht and Etesco covering the charter and operation nine drillships. The drillships are the final units in a program under which
Mexican owners buy Hornbeck tug
AUGUST 13, 2012—Ship broker Marcon International Inc., Coupeville, WA, announced the sale of the U.S. flag, twin-screw tug Spartan Service (ex-Spartan, Domar Captain) by Hornbeck Offshore Transportation, LLC, Covington, LA, to Marinoil
Schat-Harding lifeboat sets free fall drop record
AUGUST 13, 2012 — Schat-Harding has set a new free fall lifeboat record with its new generation FF1200 boat. The boat was successfully dropped from a free fall height of 60 meters.
Hornbeck Offshore picks GL Noble Denton for DP assurance
AUGUST 13, 2012 — Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) has selected GL Noble Denton to undertake dynamic positioning (DP) assurance services across its fleet. GL Noble Denton’s team of DP engineers will support
ClassNK and shipbuilders start joint research project
AUGUST 13, 2012 — Tokyo headquartered classification society ClassNK (Nippon Kaiji Kyokai) has started full scale ship tests to develop a feedback scheme on the design for ships’ performances in actual seas.
ACL orders five giant RO/RO containerships
AUGUST 13, 2012 —Grimaldi Group member Atlantic Container Line (ACL) has signed a contract with Chinese state-owned Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai, to build the five largest RO/RO containerships (CONROs) in the world. The
COSCO Dalian Shipyard books $170 million jack-up order
AUGUST 13, 2012 —China’s COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co. has won a $170 million order to build a jack-up drilling rig based on the LeTourneau Super 116E Class design. Delivery from the shipbuilder