TTS Group books orders for offshore and deck cranes

APRIL 15, 2015 — TTS Group ASA has, through its Business Unit Offshore, entered into three new agreements for delivery of offshore and deck cranes with a total order value of about

Leevac delivers second PSV to Aries Maritime

APRIL 14, 2015 — Leevac Shipyards, LLC recently delivered Ram Country, the second of two 270 ft platform supply vessels, to Aries Marine Corporation. The vessel can carry nearly 260,000 gallons of

Rapp Marine building 150-ton AHC crane for Otto Candies

APRIL 3, 2015—Deck machinery and towing equipment specialist Rapp Marine will engineer and manufacture its largest crane to date—a 150-ton Active Heave Compensated (AHC) crane—for privately held Otto Candies LLC, Des Allemands,

Chinese shipyards build more sophisticated offshore vessels

APRIL 3, 2015—The recent downturn in shipbuilding has hurt Chinese shipyards, watching the country tumble from being the world’s top shipbuilder to number three behind Korea and Japan. Over the last two

Jones Act tied to crude oil exports

MARCH 25, 2015—In maritime attorneys Winston & Strawn LLP’s MaritimeFedWatch blog, Charlie Papavizas writes that the U.S. Congress is considering whether to reverse the 1975 ban on crude oil exports prompted by

Noryards books IMR vessel order from BOA

MARCH 12, 2015 — Bergen, Norway, headquartered Noryards has booked an order from Norway’s BOA Offshore for a 108 m x 24 m eco-friendly Inspection Maintenance and Repair (IMR) Vessel. The total

Cat power for diesel-electric Edison Chouest MPSVs

MARCH 6, 2015—Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) has selected Cat’s EPA Tier 4 Final-compliant C280-16 generator sets for two new ice class, diesel-electric-powered Multi-Purpose Supply Vessels (MPSVs) under construction at ECO’s La Ship

HOS sells four OSVs to MSC

FEBRUARY 25, 2015 — In its fourth quarter report released earlier this month, Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE:HOS) reported that it had recently agreed to sell four of its 250EDF class OSVs

HHI develops LNG carrier fuel gas management system

FEBRUARY 24, 2015 — Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, has developed its own gas management system for reliquefying boil off gas (BOG) from a membrane LNG containment

Farstad gets LOI for subsea newbuild

FEBRUARY 24, 2015 — Norway’s Farstad Shipping ASA has signed a Letter of Intent with Technip for utilization of the Vard 3 07 design subsea vessel Far tbn Sleipner which is under

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