Rolls-Royce to design and equip Jiangsu Eastern PSVs
NOVEMBER 16, 2012 — Rolls-Royce has won a £12 million (about $19 million) order to design and equip two platform supply vessels (PSVs) to be built by Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Eastern Heavy
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Seadrill gets $1.8 billion contract for newbuild semi
NOVEMBER 12, 2012 — Seadrill has received a Letter of Award from Husky Oil Operations Limited for a new five-year contract for the newbuild harsh environment semi-submersible rig West Mira for operations
Rem Offshore orders OSCV at Kleven Verft
NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Norway’s Rem Offshore ASA has placed a newbuilding contract with shipbuilder Kleven Verft AS for a 108 m x 22 m OSCV vessel of the MT6022 design. The
NYPD adds more Gladding Hearn patrol boats
NOVEMBER 7, 2012 — The New York Police Department Harbor Unit is to have five more patrol boats built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, adding to more than a dozen patrol boats and one
Gondan launches PSV for Østensjø Rederi
NOVEMBER 7, 2012 — Spain’s Astilleros Gondan last month launched the 92.6 m x 20.6 m platform supply vessel Edda Ferd for Norwegian shipowner Østensjø Rederi AS. Scheduled for delivery from the
Government of Quebec approves sale of Davie to Zafiro
NOVEMBER 1, 2012 — The Quebec government has reportedly approved the sale of shipbuilder Davie Yards to London-based Zafiro Marine, which has a fleet of two offshore construction vessels and one diving
Harley Marine Services orders four barges from Conrad
OCTOBER 25, 2012 — Seattle headquartered Harley Marine Services has placed an order with Morgan City, La., headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries for the construction of four 297 ft, 30,000 barrel sister-class double
Lockheed Martin offers LCS-derived Multi-Mission Combatant
OCTOBER 23, 2012 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] is using this week’s Euronaval event in Paris to offer navies world wide a family of Multi-Mission Combatants based on its version of the
ABB Shanghai delivers Azipods for wind turbine installers
OCTOBER 22, 2012 — ABB recently delivered four Azipod C propulsion systems for the Blue Ocean II wind turbine installation vessel built by Samsung Heavy Industries at its Geoje shipyard in Korea.
Seaspan breaks ground for Vancouver Shipyards revamp
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — A groundbreaking ceremony today at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards, in North Vancouver marks a significant milestone in redevelopment of the shipyard into a world-class facility that will build a