South Korean operator orders Damen high speed ferry

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 — South Korea’s Seaspovill has signed its second fast ferry contract with Netherlands-based shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group. To be named Sea Star 5, the Damen Fast Ferry 4212 will

Incat launches world’s largest fast crew boat

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 — A 70 m Fast Crew Boat (FCB) was named Muslim Magomayev at a ceremony at Australia’s Incat Tasmania shipyard on Monday, September 15. Designed by Incat Crowther, with

Vard orders Rolls-Royce equipment for Rem OCV/AH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has won a £19 million contract from shipbuilding group Vard to deliver deck machinery, propulsion and engines for the offshore construction and anchor handling vessel (OCV/AH) ordered

HHI using automatic spray head for bottom painting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 — The world’s largest shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. has developed an automatic spray head for painting the bottom parts of ships. It has already deployed eleven of

Møkster PSV is first vessel with Rolls-Royce Unified Bridge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 — Delivered to Norway’s Simon Møkster Shipping by Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan last month, the 91.7 m x 20 m platform supply vessel Stril Luna is the first vessel

MacGregor equipment ordered for Helix WIV duo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 — MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a contract from German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft (FSG) for the complete delivery of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) access doors and hatches

Norwegian to acquire Prestige Cruises for over $3 billion

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 — Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: NCLH) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prestige Cruises International, Inc., parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas

RCL sells Celebrity Century to China’s Ctrip

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 —  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) reports that it has entered into an agreement to sell its cruise ship Celebrity Century to Exquisite Marine Ltd., a holding

Samsung Heavy in merger with Samsung Engineering

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 — Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries has officially announced that it will merge with Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd, the first and largest engineering company in Korea. Samsung Heavy

Ultra Deep orders DSCV in China

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 — Singapore based Ultra Deep Solutions says that it has entered a contract with Chinese shipbuilder Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) covering construction of an Ultra Deep Installer –

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