Sure Wind takes delivery of second Damen newbuild

FEBRUARY 27, 2014 — Britain’s Sure Wind Marine Ltd. has taken delivery of its second Damen Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier – the Sure Swift – in a little over a month

Sembcorp Marine books jack-up, drillship orders

FEBRUARY 27, 2014 — Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine is starting the year with significant orders. Yesterday it announced that its PPL Shipyard had signed a turnkey jack-up rig contract worth US$214.3 million with

Maersk takes delivery of first of four drillships

FEBRUARY 24, 2014 — Maersk Drilling today took delivery of its first ultra deepwater drillship, Maersk Viking, from the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si, South Korea, and the ship Maersk

Strategic Marine moves ahead with utility vessel deliveries

FEBRUARY 23, 2014 — Strategic Marine’s Vung Tau, Viet Nam, shipyard has delivered four of ten Incat Crowther design infield utility vessels to Brunei’s PTAS Marine and the rest are rapidly nearing

Voith designs High Flow Installation Vessel

FEBRUARY 21, 2014 — A new type of construction vessel could make projects such as the installation of tidal energy turbines feasible in more places. British marine renewable energy specialist Mojo Maritime

Teekay Offshore swoops on ALPS, orders X-bows

FEBRUARY 21, 2014 — Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., the part of the Teekay empire that owns things like FPSOs and FSOs, is getting into the business of towing them around and installing

HOS earnings disappoint analysts

FEBRUARY 20, 2014 — Shares in Covington, LA, headquartered Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE:HOS) were trading lower today after it reported a fourth quarter earnings increase that fell below analysts’ expectations. Net

Crewboats for Nigeria have bulletproof pilot houses

FEBRUARY 19, 2014 — South African shipbuilder Veecraft Marine has developed ballistic protection technology for military and security craft that is now proving to be an attractive option for vessels serving the

Wärtsilä packages picked for Siem PSV quartet

FEBRUARY 17, 2014 — Like two vessels ordered earlier at Poland’s Remontowa Shipbuilding, the  four further 89 m x 19 m platform supply vessels ordered at the shipyard by Siem Offshore (see

Bold Tern to install Block Island wind turbines

FEBRUARY 14, 2014 — Deepwater Wind is to use Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Maltese-flag jack-up wind farm installation vessel Bold Tern to install five 6 MW wind turbines at the Block Island Wind

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