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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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Aft section of MOL Comfort sinks

JUNE 27, 2013 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. reports the aft part of the containership MOL Comfort sank in the open sea near 14’26″N 66’26″E (water depth about 4,000 m) at 16:48

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Student project generates new Arctic vessel design

JUNE 26, 2013 — Five maritime engineering bachelor students at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands) finished their minor in Arctic Engineering last February. Now, in cooperation with Damen Shipyards

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Kherson Shipyard launches third ECO-S tanker

JUNE 25, 2013 — Ukraine’s Kherson Shipyard has launched SVL Unity, the third in a series of three tankers being built under a $50 million plus contract with  of SVL Companies Group

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Atwood orders fourth drillship at DSME

JUNE 25, 2013 — Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE:ATW) reports that a subsidiary has entered into a turnkey construction contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. to construct a fourth ultra-deepwater

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Damen delivers newbuild seismic support chasers

JUNE 24, 2013 — The delivery of the ‘Aquarius-G’ and her sister ship ‘Astra-G’ to offshore services company Rederij Groen, Scheveningen, the Netherlands has taken delivery of the Seismic Research Support Vessels

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Marco Polo Indonesian unit acquires newbuild AHTS

JUNE 21, 2013 — Singapore based Marco Polo Marine Ltd says that its 49.6%-owned Indonesian subsidiary, PT Pelayaran Nasional Buana Bina Raya TBK, has acquired and taken delivery of a newly built

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LNG fueled ferry now world’s fastest ship

JUNE 19, 2013 — Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania says that its hull 069 is now the world’s fastest ship as well as the world’s first high speed dual-fuel vehicle and passenger ferry.