Royal Caribbean to order fourth Quantum class cruise ship

MAY 7, 2015 — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with shipbuilder Meyer Werft in Germany to order a fourth Quantum-class cruise

VT Halter Marine delivers second Pasha Hawaii ConRo

MAY 7, 2015 — Shipbuilder VT Halter Marine , Inc., Pascagoula, MS, has delivered the MV Marjorie C, a combination Container and Roll-on/Roll-off Car Truck Carrier (ConRo), to longstanding customer Pasha Hawaii.

IRClass buoy tender delivered ahead of schedule

MAY 7, 2015 — Classification society IRClass (Indian Register of Shipping) reports that it has just completed the new construction survey of a high value, technologically sophisticated buoy tender and multi-purpose vessel

Jan De Nul orders two rock installation vessels

MAY 6, 2015 — Aalst, Belgium, headquartered dredging and marine construction giant Jan De Nul Group has ordered two 6,000 ton subsea rock installation vessels have been ordered at AVIC Weihai shipyard

Rolls-Royce delivers 1,000th drillship thruster

MAY 6, 2015 — Rolls-Royce reports that it has just delivered its 1000th UUC underwater mountable thruster. It is the third unit in a series of six being installed on a Seadrill

Thoma-Sea launches another EnviroMax OSV

MAY 6, 2015 — Technology Associates, Inc. (TAI), New Orleans, LA, reports that shipbuilder Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, LLC recently launched a 6,300 dwt OSV from its Lockport, LA. shipyard built to TAI’s

“Big E” moves into NNS dry dock for defueling

MAY 4, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) is continuing the deactivation of the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN 65) (see earlier story). The process took another significant

Chilean wellboat operator orders MAN 6L21/31 gensets

MAY 4, 2015 — MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order for three MAN 6L21/31 gensets to power a wellboat newbuilding for Chilean fish-farming operator Patagonia Wellboat. The new wellboat will

Navantia launches last of 12 landing craft for Australia

MAY 1, 2015 — Spanish naval shipbuilder Navantia has launched the twelfth and final LLC fast landing craft in a series being built for the Royal Australian Navy. Their design is based

Hyundai Heavy mega crane uses MacGregor VFD winches

APRIL 30, 2015 — Cargotec’s MacGregor subsidiary has delivered and commissioned 45 variable frequency drive (VFD) winches and a full control system for the recently completed heavy-lift crane barge Hyundai HLV-10000, one

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