MAY 5, 2014 — SEACOR Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CKH) says it has entered into a joint venture with private equity firm Avista Capital Partners. Avista, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, has invested approximately
MAY 4, 2014 — The first of two 124,000 grt, 300 m, 3,300 passenger cruise ships under construction for Carnival Corporation’s AIDA Cruises has been floated out of the building dock at
APRIL 29, 2014 — Specialist shipbuilder and designer Vard Holdings Limited (which is 55.63% owned by Fincantieri) saw first quarter operating profit drop to NOK 123 million compared to NOK 275 million
APRIL 24, 2004 — Buoyed by strong first quarter results from its North Sea operations, GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE:GLF) has ordered another Arctic Class PSV from Norwegian shipbuilder Simek. To be delivered
APRIL 21, 2014 — With her administration under fire for its handling of the response to the Sewol Ropax ferry disaster, South Korean President Park Geun-hye called the conduct of the captain
APRIL 21, 2014—Privately held Florida shipbuilder Hendry Corporation recently christened its new 2,500-ton drydock, “ Capt. F. M. Hendry” at its facility in Port Tampa Bay. The event marked not only the
APRIL 16, 2014 — Ensco plc (NYSE:ESV) has ordered two high-specification jack-ups, ENSCO 140 and ENSCO 141 at UAE shipbuilder Lamprell. Both rigs, which will incorporate Ensco’s patented Canti-Leverage Advantage technology, are
APRIL 15, 2014 — Spanish shipbuilder Zamakona Yards has won an international tender to build a 70 ton bollard pull Voith Schneider tug for the Port of Haifa, Israel. The tug is
APRIL 13, 2014 — Turkish shipbuilder Uzmar reports that the 20.4 m line multipurpose Robert Allan designed line-handling tug Koc Musaned 2 returned to its Izmit shipyard April 5 after the first
APRIL 4, 2014 — Norway’s Simon Møkster Shipping has signed a contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan. It covers the construction of a sister vessel to the Rolls-Royce UT-766 design wave-piercing platform