Scorpio Tankers exercises newbuild options at HMD
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 — Scorpio Tankers Inc. ( NYSE : STNG ) has exercised options with shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. of South Korea for the construction of four MR Product
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Obama visits NNS to warn of sequester dangers
FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — With shipyards and shipyard workers likely to take some heavy hits as a result of looming sequestration cuts to defense spending, President Barack Obama yesterday used Huntington Ingalls
STX OSV directors to shareholders: Reject Fincantieri offer
FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — The directors of STX OSV – including CEO and Executive Director Roy Reite – have advised shareholders not to accept the Singapore $1.22 per share mandatory cash offer for
STX OSV set for recovery in demand in large AHTS market
FEBRUARY 26, 2013 — Roy Reite, CEO and Executive Director of STX OSV, says the group is “well-suited to serve the thriving subsea construction vessel market, for which we are still seeing
Messina newbuilds to have Wärtsilä exhaust gas cleaning
FEBRUARY 26, 2013 — Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding has awarded Wärtsilä a contract to supply exhaust gas cleaning systems for four new container RO/RO (ConRo) vessels being built for Italy’s Ignazio
Vancouver Shipyards Co. gets preliminary NSPS contracts
FEBRUARY 25, 2013 — Seaspan Shipyards’ Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. has been awarded a series of preliminary contracts valued at a total of Canadian $15.7 million. They cover the joint support ships,
EC unveils new strategy for shipbuilding
FEBRUARY 20, 2013 — Remember LeaderSHIP 2015? Unveiled in 2003, it was the EU shipbuilding industry’s grand plan for survival in a tough world where new orders were drying up and newbuilding
DOF Subsea comments on Harvey Gulf charter
FEBRUARY 14, 2013 — As we reported earlier, DOF Subsea has entered into a long-term charter agreement with Harvey Gulf International Marine for the newbuild DPII Multipurpose Construction Vessel, the Harvey Deep
Teekay’s LNG burning two strokes promise big benefits
FEBRUARY 13, 2013 – More details are emerging on the two 173,400 cu.m. LNG carriers with LNG-fueled two stroke engines ordered by Teekay LNG Partners from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in
Harvey Gulf gets $100 million charter for newbuild
FEBRUARY 11, 2013 — New Orleans headquartered Harvey Gulf International Marine LLC reports that it has signed a $100 million four year charter with DOF Subsea for its 310 ft multipurpose construction