Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division delivered the Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine California (SSN781) to the U.S. Navy on Aug. 7. The delivery came more than
Signal International announced today the option to build a second articulated tug/barge (AT/B) vessel has been exercised by Kirby Ocean Transport Company, the offshore tug and barge owning and operating subsidiary of
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation (NYSE:NE) reports that it has been awarded a contract for the semisubmersible rig Noble Paul Romano and has received a contract extension on the semisubmersible rig Noble
Johan Roos, director of sustainability at Sweden’s Stena group since 2006, will join ferry industry trade association Interferry as executive director of EU and IMO affairs in September, working from an office
Wärtsilä is to supply the main engines for the first series of eight “Bangkok-max” containerships being built at the Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in Chinal. The ships will serve as feeder vessels in
Southampton, U.K., based BMT Nigel Gee Ltd. has won an order to design a 25 m, all-electric, 150 passenger ferry in China. A new green ship design is being developed to demonstrate
Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has taken delivery of the second in a series of Cuban-built harbor tugs. The first, Kariña, was delivered in April last year. Like that vessel, the latest
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today issued conditional approval for a revised Exploration Plan (EP) submitted by Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell). The plan outlines Shell’s proposal to
The American Maritime Officers union strike against American Steamship Company has ended with an agreement to extend the current contract through – at a minimum – the end of the 2011 Great
Keppel FELS Limited has secured a repeat order worth $195 million from Transocean Offshore Deepwater Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Transocean Ltd. Following its order of two jack-up rigs from Keppel FELS
