JULY 30, 2012 — Yet another sign of the challenges confronting China’s maritime sector: Hong Kong exchange profit warnings from both shipbuilder China Rongsheng Heavy Industries and shipping giant COSCO. In a
JULY 25, 2012 —Technip (Paris:TEC) has entered a long-term charter agreement for a newbuild Skipsteknisk ST-261 design offshore construction vessel ordered from Bergen Group last month by Norway’s North Sea Shipping. (See
JULY 25, 2012 — Wärtsilä has booked ship design orders from shipbuilder Kleven Maritime for three of the new platform supply vessels being built to support Statoil operations on the Norwegian continental
JULY 19, 2012 — MTU-parent Tognum and Rolls-Royce have won two orders for the supply of marine engines and propeller-rudder systems. ”Winning these first orders confirms that cooperation with our new majority
JULY 17, 2012 — Rolls-Royce has signed a £10 million design and equipment contract with Simon Møkster Shipping for an advanced platform supply vessel of UT776 WP design to be built at
JULY 11, 2012 — Six 190 passenger Longship Class river cruise ship newbuildings ordered from German shipbuilder Neptun Werft by Viking River Cruises are to have Future Teak decking systems from Bolidt.
JULY 5, 2012 — Fincantieri has received a contract for the construction of 30 steel caissons that will be used in the Costa Concordia salvage operation. The contract, described as “worth tens
JULY 3, 2012 — South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries has won a $1.2 billion order from an undisclosed Greek shipowner [reportedly Lemos] to build ten 13,800 TEU containerships. Evergreen Marine
JUNE 29, 2012 — Island Offshore, in which the Chouest and Ulstein families are partners, has ordered two platform supply vessels from STX OSV. The vessels will be of Rolls-Royce’s UT 717
JUNE 27, 2012 — Austal has confirmed that Austal USA President and COO Joe Rella resigned last Friday, June 22, 2012. On Monday, June 25, the Austal USA Board named CFO Brian
