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Eastern Shipbuilding launches second Bravante PSV

AUGUST 9, 2013 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.’s Nelson Street facility in Panama City, FL, this week launched Bravante VI, the second of five platform supply vessels being built for Brazil’s Bravante

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Jon Holvik is new Kongsberg Maritime, Inc. President

JULY 23, 2013 — Jon Holvik has taken over as President of the Houston headquartered Kongsberg Maritime Inc.; the U.S. subsidiary of the Norwegian headquartered supplier of dynamic positioning (DP) and automation/control

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Rolls-Royce wins OSRV design and equipment order

JULY 5, 2013 — Rolls-Royce today announced that it has signed a contract with Brazilian shipbuilder Aliança S/A Industria Naval e Empresa de Navegacao, a subsidiary of Fischer Group, and Brazilian shipowner

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ABB wins $20 million FPSO order from Cosco Nantong

JUNE 28, 2013 – ABB has won a $20 million contract to provide power and automation technologies to a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) built by Chinese shipbuilder COSCO Nantong

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Wärtsilä solution picked for Harvey Gulf MPSVs

JUNE 18, 2013 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, has awarded Wärtsilä a contract to supply an integrated solution for the first of the three Multipurpose Support Vessels (MPSV) it

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Wärtsilä gets European Investment Bank R&D loan

JUNE 14, 2013 — The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted Wärtsilä a EUR 150 million loan to finance its research, development and innovation (RDI) activities in several European countries. Key areas

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Brazil shipyard suppliers get R&D cash infusion

JUNE 6, 2013 — The Brazilian shipbuilding supplier industry is to get BRL 41 million (about $19.25 million) to invest in new technology and equipment. FINEP (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos), an

Subsea vessels fuel Vard order intake

MAY 14, 2013 — “We anticipate that the subsea construction vessel segment will continue to drive our growth this year, and we are confident about the group’s prospects for new orders for

New GE podded drive uses pump jet technology

MAY 6, 2013 — GE’s Power Conversion business (NYSE: GE) has increased its offshore systems portfolio with Inovelis, a podded thruster aimed at the platform supply vessel market that uses pump jet