
Vard: profits dip, but orders soar
APRIL 29, 2014 — Specialist shipbuilder and designer Vard Holdings Limited (which is 55.63% owned by Fincantieri) saw first quarter operating profit drop to NOK 123 million compared to NOK 275 million
APRIL 29, 2014 — Specialist shipbuilder and designer Vard Holdings Limited (which is 55.63% owned by Fincantieri) saw first quarter operating profit drop to NOK 123 million compared to NOK 275 million
APRIL 28, 2014 — Dubai headquartered MAC (Marine Assets Corporation) reports that it has recently signed four newbuild OSV contracts with China’s Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding. Earlier deliveries from Fujian Mawei to MAC
APRIL 24, 2004 — Buoyed by strong first quarter results from its North Sea operations, GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE:GLF) has ordered another Arctic Class PSV from Norwegian shipbuilder Simek. To be delivered
APRIL 9, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, recently launched the HOS Black Rock (Hull 207) in a ceremony at its Allanton shipyard. The HOS Black Rock is the
APRIL 1, 2014 — Morgan City, LA, headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) has reported fourth quarter and twelve months 2013 results and the addition of new business during
MARCH 27, 2014 — Tor-Øyvind Bjørkli (42) will join Nordic American Offshore as CEO, effective April 1, 2014. Mr. Bjørkli will be working out of the Oslo office on the same premises
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
FEBRUARY 11, 2014 — Vard reports that it has secured a second platform supply vessel order from Carlotta Offshore Ltd. Like the first, ordered in September 2013, the vessel will be be
FEBRUARY 11, 2014 – J.D. Irving Ltd’s Halifax, Nova Scotia, based Atlantic Towing has taken delivery of a second newbuild ice class anchor handling tug supply from Singapore’s Jaya Holdings. The 16,000
FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s long series of ten OSVs and two MPSVs for Hornbeck Offshore Services continues to roll right along. As we reported earlier, Eastern’s Allanton Shipyard, Panama