The U.K.-headquartered Harris Pye Group has successfully completed a $4.3 million contract for work on Seadrill’s West Pegasus ultra-deepwater semi-submersible. Undertaken on the rig in Curacao, the six week contract – including
The National Shipbuilding Research Program Executive Control Board has selected 15 new research and development projects to receive awards totaling approximately $1.4 million. A brief description of each newly awarded project follows:
With the help of laser scanning, Dale Stockstill & Associates (DS&A), McNeill, Miss., recently provided as-built dimensional control to a Gulf Coast shipyard for a five-story accommodation module and helipad for 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
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $9.98 million in grants to 13 small shipyards under the U.S Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Small Shipyard Grants Program “These grants will help improve our ability
Taber Extrusions LLC and Austal USA have entered into contracts for Taber to supply extruded products for Littoral Combat Ship Jackson (LCS 6), as well as the Joint High Speed Vessel Fortitude
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.,
Marcon International Inc. of Coupeville, Wash., has brokered the sale of the dive support vessel “Ocean Project” from Oceaneering International, Inc. of Houston, Texas to private South American interests. The Vanuatu-flagged “Ocean
Wärtsilä’s Board of Directors has appointed Björn Rosengren M.Sc. (Tech.), born 1959, as the new President and CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation. He will assume the position on September 1, succeeding Ole Johansson,
The Somali pirates who hijacked the Beluga Nomination on January 24 have made their first indirect contact with the shipowner, reports Germany’s Radio Bremen. Though the pirates made various demands, the Bremen-headquartered
