Beacon Group orders ice class rig

JANUARY 17, 2014—Beacon Holdings Group has ordered a harsh environment ice class semi-submersible GM4-D rig from offshore rig builder Yantai CIMC Raffles that will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2016. 

Vard wins DSCV order

JANUARY 15, 2014—Vard Holdings Limited reports that it has secured a contract with an international customer for the design and construction of a diving support and construction vessel (DSCV). The DSCV is

NAO takes delivery of all six Blue Ship PSVs

JANUARY 15, 2014 — Nordic American Tankers (NAT) says that Nordic American Offshore (NAO) yesterday took delivery of the last of six recently built platform supply vessels (PSVs) from the Ulstein Group

Yantai CIMC Raffles books jack-up orders

JANUARY 13, 2014 — China’s Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Limited has secured an order from Central Shipping Monaco (CSM) to build two Friede & Goldman JU2000E jack-up drilling rigs. The two rigs

Wind farm win for L-3 SAM

JANUARY 13, 2014 — L-3 Marine & Power Systems is to supply and install the electrical system package on an accommodation platform being built by Germany’s Nobiskrug shipyard in Rendsburg for the

Rowan drillships to be fitted with Nautronix systems

JANUARY 13, 2014—Nautronix, Aberdeen, Scotland, has delivered the first two of four NASDrill RS925 and NASeBOP (Emergency BOP Acoustic Control) systems for two of Rowan’s new ultra-deepwater drillships, the Rowan Relentless and

Strategic Marine building series of 10 crewboats

JANUARY 3, 2014—Australia’s Strategic Marine has a strong reputation for building high-performance crewboats. Currently, they are building a series of ten 42-meter boats with steel hulls and aluminum superstructures for Burnei’s PTAS

Perisai orders third jack-up at PPL Shipyard

DECEMBER 31, 2013 — Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine reports that its PPL Shipyard subsidiary has secured a repeat order to build a third Pacific Class 400 jack-up rig worth US$211.5 million from Perisai

Oaktree-backed Harkand orders DSCV at Vard

DECEMBER 31, 2013 — Vard Holdings Limited has secured a contract worth more than NOK 1 billion from a new customer, Harkand Group, for the design and construction of a diving support

Under-construction semi sinks at shipyard

DECEMBER 30, 2013 — Bergen, Norway, headquartered  Odfjell Drilling reports that on December 28 the semisubmersible offshore drilling rig Deepsea Aberdeen, currently under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in

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