SeaOne signs LOI with SHI for 12 giant ATBs

JUNE 6, 2017 — Houston-headquartered SeaOne Caribbean, LLC and South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries have signed a Letter of Intent for the construction of twelve articulated tug/barge (ATB) units. According to

Stena Drilling cancels semi on order at SHI

JUNE 5, 2017 — Stena Drilling reports that its affiliate Stena Atlantic Ltd, an affiliate of Stena Drilling Ltd, has notified Korean shipbuilder, Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd (SHI), that it has

Trafigura backs $1.35 billion tanker newbuilding spree

JUNE 2, 2017 – Singapore based Trafigura Group Pte Ltd., a leading independent commodity trading company, yesterday reported that it is supporting an order for 32 newbuild crude oil and product tankers

STX France: New orders and a surprise for Fincantieri

JUNE 1, 2017 — French President Emmanuel Macron visited the STX France shipyard in St. Nazaire yesterday as MSC Cruises took delivery of its new flagship, the 171,598 GRT, 5,714 passenger Meraviglia.

Korea’s HHI reports newbuilding order surge

JUNE 1, 2017 — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group, the world’s largest shipbuilding group, said today that it won orders for 62 ships worth $3.8 billion in the January-May period

WSOV to have MAN gensets and electric propulsion system

MAY 31, 2017 — A wind service operation vessel (WSOV) under construction for France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs by Turkish shipbuilder Cemre Marin Endüstri A.Ş, will be equipped with four MAN 8L21/31 variable-speed

Fjellstrand books order for zero emission ferry

MAY 30, 2017 — Norwegian ferry operator Fjord 1 has signed a contract with shipbuilder Fjellstrand for design and construction of a fully electric, battery powered ferry of the ZeroCat type. The

Vietnam Coast Guard takes delivery of Metal Shark patrol boats

MAY 25, 2017 — Six new military patrol boats built by Louisiana shipbuilder Metal Shark have been delivered to the Vietnam Coast Guard. The welded-aluminum Metal Shark 45-foot Defiant pilothouse patrol vessels

Gondan delivers first European built dual fuel tug

MAY 25, 2017 — Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan has delivered Dux, the first dual-fuel tug built in Europe, to Norway’s Østensjø Rederi A/S Designed by Robert Allan Ltd., the state of the

Jan De Nul orders 6,000 cu.m hopper dredge

MAY 23, 2017 — Belgium’s Jan De Nul Group has signed a contract with shipbuilder Keppel Singmarine Pte.Ltd. for the construction of a 6,000 cu.m trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD), bringing its

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