Tidewater orders PSV’s at Bay Shipbuilding
Fincantieri Marine Group’s Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., is to build two 92.4 m x 19 m Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) for Tidewater Marine LLC, a subsidiary of Tidewater Inc., New
17m windfarm cat from Sea Speed Design
Australia-based Sea Speed Design has completed and released its new 17 meter windfarm catamaran design. Developed in accordance with Ireland’s Norfolk Marine, the design, named the Tern Class Catamaran, is based on
Seadrill places jack-up order at Jurong Shipyard
Seadrill has entered into an agreement for the construction of a new jack-up drilling rig with Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong shipyard in Singapore. The rig is scheduled to be completed at the end
Hamburg Süd places $710.5 million box ship order at HHI
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder, today won a KRW 800 billion (about $710.5 million) deal to build six 9,600 TEU containerships for shipping line Hamburg Süd. The agreement includes
Louis Dreyfus seeks to cancel ST Marine Ropax contract
ST Marine, the shipbuilding unit of Singapore’s ST Engineering, reports that it has received a notice of termination dated March 17, 2011 from French shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) in respect of
New Ro-Con ships to be built for U.S. East Coast service
National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) recently signed a $411.47 million contract with Hyundai MIPO, South Korea to build four 220 m Roll-On/Roll-Off-Container (Ro-Con) ships. The contract contains an option to
Lockheed Martin team gets $387 million LCS contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led industry team $376 million to construct the seventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The fixed-price-incentive-fee contract provides funding for the second of 10
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation gets deepwater drilling permit
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (NASDAQ: ATPG) today reported that it has received a permit to resume drilling the Mississippi Canyon (“MC”) Block 941 #4 well in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
Insolvency administrator takes the helm at Beluga
The future of Germany’s Beluga Shipping Group is now largely in the hands of insolvency attorney Edgar Grönda of the law firm Schultze & Braun. Beluga Chartering GmbH filed for insolvency in
Biocide-free Intersleek foul release pays off for NCL
As part of its commitment to the environment, Norwegian Cruise Line applied International Paint’s biocide free, Intersleek foul release coatings to the 78,309 grt cruise ship Norwegian Sun when it was built