Oslo-listed Deep Sea Supply plc is moving to get access to the growing offshore supply market in Malaysia, which is protected by strong cabotage regulations. Today it announced it has entered into
China’s Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group is busy on a series of offshore vessels for delivery to Paris-headquartered Bourbon under a $1billion framework agreement signed in June, 2010. Significantly, production includes the first Chinese-designed
The U.S.is set to pay a very stiff price for Department of the Interior efforts to enhance offshore drilling safety in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The resulting delays in
Eniram Ltd. has announced an agreement with ABB to integrate Eniram pod optimization technology into the ABB Azipod poddedpropulsion system for newbuild vessels as well as retrofit projects. The dynamic pod optimization,
Todd Shipyards Corporation (NYSE: TOD), which has signed a merger agreement with a subsidiary of Vigor Industrial LLC, today said it had not exercised an option to extend the “go shop” period
Four leading shipping organizations today congratulated the governments of Korea and Malaysia for recent counter piracy rescues, but called for more naval assets to be deployed against pirates. BIMCO, the International Chamber
The Carnival Splendour, which was damaged during an engine room fire on Nov. 8, has been towed from San Diego to the Port of San Francisco for repairs. The engine room fire
A former staffer for U.S. Senator Trent Lott has been named by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) to the position of vice president, government and customer relations at its Shipbuilding sector. In
An ambitious attempt to build Jones Act products tankers using a “virtual shipyard” approach is drawing to a sad conclusion. By order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, Myron
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command has a new executive director. John Thackrah – a member of the Senior Executive Service – will oversee MSC’s business operations and serve as a senior
