Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard has secured three conversion contracts worth a total of Singapore $142 million (about US $110 million). The contracts cover conversion of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Carrier to a
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder, today announced the completion of the final performance test for a ship model of a 190,000 dwt ice-breaking iron ore carriers at Institute
ABB reports that in the second quarter it booked orders for a total of $200 million from Samsung Heavy Industries, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Keppel FELS and Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd., to supply
Oslo-listed Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. (PROS) reports that it has entered into a turnkey contract for the construction of two additional high specification harsh environment F&G JU-2000E jack-up drilling rigs at the
The Ungundja, the first of 10 DP-3, 100-meter GPA 696 IMR (Inspection, Maintenance & Repair) vessels, was recently delivered by China’s Zheijang Shipyard, part of the Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, to Paris-based Bourbon
Heavy lift specialist Dockwise confirms its first contract for the new Type 0 vessel. By the end of 2012 and immediately upon delivery of the vessel by the shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries,
Classification society Bureau Veritas has cut the reporting time for a Condition Assessment Program (CAP) report from three months to one month and has also improved the accessibility and usability of the
Brazil’s OSX Holding could receive a credit line of as much as Real 2.7 billion ($1.69 billion) to build one of the largest shipyards in the Americas, following the approval by the
The maritime industry has often been accused of being slow to catch up when it comes to modern technology. But over the course of the last few years, companies within the industry
Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) recently announced it was awarded a $600 million contract to build two 155,000 m3 LNG carriers, including an option for another same class vessel, from Dynagas Ltd.,
