Eletson on Blackstone-backed LPG newbuild binge

OCTOBER 23, 2013 — Piraeus headquartered Eletson Holdings Inc. has partnered with private equity giant Blackstone to create a $700 million LPG shipping company, Eletson Gas. Eletson will contribute its existing fleet

Groen orders two more chasers at Damen

OCTOBER 23, 2013 — Rederij Groen, Scheveningen, The Netherlands, has returned to Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, with an order for two more 35 m x 8.7 m seismic

Davie floats out first of Cecon trio

OCTOBER 21, 2013 — Cecon ASA reports that the first of the three construction vessels building for it at Chantier Davie Canada Inc., Lévis, Quebec, was successfully floated out, as scheduled, on

Seabourn signs LOI for construction of new cruise ship

OCTOBER 21, 2013 — Carnival Corporation’s Seabourn Cruises has signed a Letter of Intent for the construction of a new ultra-luxury cruise ship with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. Seabourn Odyssey The new ship

EBH Namibia commissions Walvis Bay Panamax dry dock

OCTOBER 20, 2013—Ship repair company Elgin Brown and Hamer (EBH) Namibia has marked a milestone with the commissioning and inauguration of its newly-acquired Panamax-sized third floating dry dock, Namdock 3. The company

Fassmer to build Germany’s first LNG fueled ferry

OCTOBER 16, 2013 — German ferry operator AG Ems has placed an order with shipbuilder Fassmer GmbH & Co. KG for what will be Germany’s first LNG-fueled ferry. Scheduled for delivery from

Transocean back at DSME for another drillship

OCTOBER 16, 2013 — Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) has been awarded a five-year contract for a newbuild dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillship by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Construction of the newbuild drillship is expected

Construction vessel to have MacGregor AHC cranes

OCTOBER 14, 2013 — Cargotec reports that its MacGregor subsidiary has received an order for two MacGregor active heave-compensated (AHC) offshore cranes from a Turkish shipbuilder. A 400-tonne MacGregor subsea crane on

Scorpio Tankers exercises newbuild options

OCTOBER 11, 2013 — Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) (the “Company”) announced today that it has exercised options to construct two Very Large Gas Carriers in South Korea. The company also took

LPD 25 completes Navy acceptance trials

OCTOBER 11, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that the amphibious transport dock Somerset (LPD 25) returned from successful U.S. Navy acceptance sea trials on Sept. 20. The company’s ninth ship

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