APRIL 10, 2013 — The International Longshoremen’s Association reports that its members at ports on the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coats have “overwhelming approved” a new six-year master contract negotiated with United
APRIL 8, 2013 — Four multi-purpose platform support vessels (MPSVs) ordered by Armada Offshore MPSV Limited, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s largest OSV operator, Bumi Armada Berhad, will be built to Wärtsilä Ship
APRIL 5, 2013 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, has signed a contract with O’Hara Corporation of Rockland, ME, covering construction and delivery of a 194 ft (59.13 m) freezer
APRIL 4, 2013 — Recently delivered to Myklebusthaug Offshore, Fonnes, Norway, by shipbuilder Kleven, the platform supply vessel Dina Star is the first vessel to feature ABB’s Onboard DC (direct current) Grid.
MARCH 19, 2013 — Siemens Industry, Inc. has been awarded the contract to supply its Blue Drive diesel electric solution for the two platform supply vessels that Leevac Shipyards Jennings LLC, Jennings,
MARCH 13, 2013 — ABB has won a $26 million repeat order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for two next generation Ramform Titan seismic vessels ordered from Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi
MARCH 6, 2013 — Norway’s Ulstein Verft has delivered Blue Power, the third of six medium-sized platform supply vessels (PSV) of PX121 design to Blue Ship Invest, a wholly-owned company in the
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 — A report published today by Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) indicates that the Canadian Government may have massively underestimated the costs of its National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS).
FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — Wärtsilä is opening a new services workshop in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, today. It says that the new facilities will strengthen its presence in Brazil and enable
FEBRUARY 26, 2013 — Roy Reite, CEO and Executive Director of STX OSV, says the group is “well-suited to serve the thriving subsea construction vessel market, for which we are still seeing
