AUGUST 16, 2012 — Danish naval architecture firm Knud E. Hansen A/S has released more details of the five giant CONRO vessels (RO/RO containerships) ordered from China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding by Grimaldi Group
AUGUST 15, 2012 — Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard reports that it will complete the Arctic offshore supply vessel Vitus Bering four months ahead of schedule. The vessel is now set for delivery
AUGUST 15, 2012 — Austal USA has honored 15 graduates of its four-year apprenticeship program at a ceremony in which they received their certificates of completion and designation as Department of Labor
AUGUST 15, 2012 — Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:DO) has entered into a contract with Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong Shipyard in Singapore to build a moored semisubmersible rig, to be named the Ocean
AUGUST 14, 2012 — Germany’s Nordic Yards has signed a contract for the construction of a Wind Turbine Service Jack Up Vessel (WTSJUV) for DBB Jack-Up Services A/S of Aarhus, Denmark. The
AUGUST 13, 2012 —Grimaldi Group member Atlantic Container Line (ACL) has signed a contract with Chinese state-owned Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai, to build the five largest RO/RO containerships (CONROs) in the world. The
AUGUST 13, 2012 —China’s COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co. has won a $170 million order to build a jack-up drilling rig based on the LeTourneau Super 116E Class design. Delivery from the shipbuilder
AUGUST 10, 2012 — The LNG-fueled 218 m cruise ferry M/S Viking Grace is a step nearer to entering service with Viking Line. Designed to be the most environmentally friendly large cruise
AUGUST 8, 2012 — GE’s Power Conversion business (the former Converteam), a major supplier of electric propulsion technology for LNG ships, has recently received a series of new orders from South Korean
AUGUST 8, 2012 — Germanischer Lloyd (GL) is to class the six trimaran SWATH WindServer wind farm support vessels that Norwegian shipbuilder Fjellstrand has on order for Denmark’s World Marine Offshore A/S
