IHI to take stake in Brazil’s EAS
JUNE 17, 2013 — Japan’s IHI Corporation is making an equity investment in Brazil’s Estaleiro Atlantico Sul S.A (EAS). IHI, together with JGC Corporation and Japan Marine United will acquire the stake
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Heads roll at KHI as board torpedoes Mitsui merger
JUNE 14, 2013 — A management integration of Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co is not going to happen. And the three Kawasaki executives who were pressing for
Viking Ocean newbuilds get clean propulsion packages
JUNE 14, 2013 — The two cruise ships on order at Fincantieri for Viking Ocean Cruises are to have MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion packages that will also feature Alfa Laval’s PureSOx
Long range cat to patrol Great Barrier Reef
JUNE 12, 2013 — Queensland, Australia, shipbuilder Marine Engineering Consultants (MEC) has started construction of a 24 m Incat Crowther designed 24 m long-range catamaran patrol vessel. The vessel will work in
Clean Marine gets EGCS order for shuttle tankers
JUNE 12, 2013 — Nils Høy-Petersen, CEO of Clean Marine AS, Oslo, Norway, says contracts from shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries to supply Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) for two new shuttle tankers
Ensco orders its eighth Samsung drillship
JUNE 10, 2013 — Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) has ordered an additional advanced-capability DP3 ultra-deepwater drillship based on the Samsung GF12000 hull design. The vessel, ENSCO DS-10, will be the eighth Samsung
Seajacks orders world’s largest wind farm installer
JUNE 10, 2013 — Great Yarmouth, U.K., headquartered Seajacks International has entered into a contract with South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries to build what it says will be “the world’s largest
Newport News delivers final Block II Virginia class sub
JUNE 6, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division delivered the submarine Minnesota (SSN 783) to the U.S. Navy today. The boat, the last of
Wärtsilä provides design for Subsea 7 HCV newbuild
JUNE 6, 2013 — The newbuild heavy construction vessel (HCV) ordered by Subsea 7 at South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries last month (see previous story) will be built to Wärtsilä Ship
Jaya PSV newbuilds get charters ahead of delivery
JUNE 6, 2013 — Singapore’s Jaya Holdings Limited has signed charter contracts for three of its four newbuild platform supply vessels (PSVs) well ahead of their shipyard delivery dates. The total value