USCG exercises $250.5 million FRC option with Bollinger

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 — The U.S. Coast Guard has exercised a contract option worth $250.7 million with Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, La., for production of six Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) and

ABB secures $25 million order from Nordic Yards

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 — ABB has won an order worth around $25 million to supply its Azipod marine propulsion system and complete electric power plants for two new rescue and salvage icebreakers

Ingalls Shipbuilding starts fabrication on DDG 114

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 — The Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has started fabrication of the U.S. Navy’s next Aegis guided missile destroyer, Ralph Johnson (DDG 114). Ship’s sponsor Georgeann

BigRoll orders Module Carriers

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 — BigRoll Shipping has been established by Netherlands based heavy lift specialists BigLift Shipping and RollDock Shipping to design, build and operate a fleet of state-of-the-art DP2 Module Carriers.

COSCO Shipyard Group books orders worth $566 million

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 — China’s COSCO Shipyard Group Ltd has added more than $566 million to its order book. COSCO (Qidong) Offshore Co Axis Offshore, a joint venture between Danish shipowner, J.

Davie awards Wärtsilä contract for STQ ferry packages

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — Wärtsilä says it will supply an integrated solution for two dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) RoPax passenger ferries being built by Canadian shipbuilder Chantier Davie Canada for Société

NASSCO to build two LNG-ready tankers for Seabulk

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (GD), has entered into a contract with Seabulk Tankers, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc.

Pacific Radiance orders Ulstein PSV pair

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — Singapore based Pacific Radiance Group has ordered two platform supply vessels of the Ulstein PX121 X Bow design for construction at a Chinese yard. The vessels are estimated

Chinese yard lays keel of PSV for Nigeria’s Pheranzy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 — Chris Ezuede, Chairman and CEO of Nigeria’s Pheranzy Offshore reports that Chinese shipbuilder Hongda Marine Co. has laid the keel of the first of two FOCAL 522 Class

Incat starts construction of 70 m, 30 knot crew boat

SEPTEMBER 10, 203 — Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania has started construction of a first of type 70 m catamaran fast crew boat (FCB) for Caspian Marine Services Ltd (CMS) in Baku, Azerbaijan. “At

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