BMT wins New Orleans RTA ferry design contract
JUNE 6, 2017 — BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, and sister company BMT Designers & Planners have won a contract for the design of the two 32 m
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SeaOne signs LOI with SHI for 12 giant ATBs
JUNE 6, 2017 — Houston-headquartered SeaOne Caribbean, LLC and South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries have signed a Letter of Intent for the construction of twelve articulated tug/barge (ATB) units. According to
Stena Drilling cancels semi on order at SHI
JUNE 5, 2017 — Stena Drilling reports that its affiliate Stena Atlantic Ltd, an affiliate of Stena Drilling Ltd, has notified Korean shipbuilder, Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd (SHI), that it has
Trafigura backs $1.35 billion tanker newbuilding spree
JUNE 2, 2017 – Singapore based Trafigura Group Pte Ltd., a leading independent commodity trading company, yesterday reported that it is supporting an order for 32 newbuild crude oil and product tankers
STX France: New orders and a surprise for Fincantieri
JUNE 1, 2017 — French President Emmanuel Macron visited the STX France shipyard in St. Nazaire yesterday as MSC Cruises took delivery of its new flagship, the 171,598 GRT, 5,714 passenger Meraviglia.
Korea’s HHI reports newbuilding order surge
JUNE 1, 2017 — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group, the world’s largest shipbuilding group, said today that it won orders for 62 ships worth $3.8 billion in the January-May period
WSOV to have MAN gensets and electric propulsion system
MAY 31, 2017 — A wind service operation vessel (WSOV) under construction for France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs by Turkish shipbuilder Cemre Marin Endüstri A.Ş, will be equipped with four MAN 8L21/31 variable-speed
Fjellstrand books order for zero emission ferry
MAY 30, 2017 — Norwegian ferry operator Fjord 1 has signed a contract with shipbuilder Fjellstrand for design and construction of a fully electric, battery powered ferry of the ZeroCat type. The
Vietnam Coast Guard takes delivery of Metal Shark patrol boats
MAY 25, 2017 — Six new military patrol boats built by Louisiana shipbuilder Metal Shark have been delivered to the Vietnam Coast Guard. The welded-aluminum Metal Shark 45-foot Defiant pilothouse patrol vessels
Gondan delivers first European built dual fuel tug
MAY 25, 2017 — Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan has delivered Dux, the first dual-fuel tug built in Europe, to Norway’s Østensjø Rederi A/S Designed by Robert Allan Ltd., the state of the