VT Halter Marine breaks ground for new ship repair facility
DECEMBER 7, 2012 — The ceremonial shovels were out in Pascagoula, Miss., this week as VT Halter Marine held a ground breaking ceremony for a new ship repair facility that will create
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NASSCO lays keel of second MLP ship
DECEMBER 5, 2012 — Lyn Glenn, daughter of astronaut John Glenn, and Mrs. Helen L. Toolan, wife of Lieutenant General John A. Toolan, Jr., Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force, were the
BAE Systems Mobile lays dump scow keel
DECEMBER 4, 2012 — BAE Systems Mobile, Alabama, shipyard has marked a milestone in the construction of the first of two dump scows for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company. Employees and
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding books first jack-up rig order
DECEMBER 3, 2012 — China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding is making good on its plans to get into the offshore market. Today it reports that its booked its first order for a jack-up rig
Thoma-Sea launches Lockport shipyard’s largest vessel yet
DECEMBER 2, 2012 — Thoma-Sea Shipbuilders, has launched the largest vessel yet from its Lockport, La. shipyard, the 294 ft 6 in x 62 ft Z-drive PSV Taylor James. Being built for
GulfMark Offshore plans to raise $150 million
NOVEMBER 30, 2012 — GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE:GLF) announced today that, subject to market conditions, it intends to offer $150 million in aggregate principal amount of its 6.375% Senior Notes due 2022
Steve Durrell out at Irving Shipbuilding
NOVEMBER 28, 2012 — Steve Durrell is no longer the president of Irving Shipbuilding, Halifax, N.S., Canada, and has left the company, according to Canadian news sources. They quote Mary Keith, a
Stolt Tankers orders five from Chinese shipyards
NOVEMBER 27, 2012 — Stolt Tankers B.V., a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen Limited, says it has reached an agreement with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. (Hudong-Zhonghua) and China Shipbuilding Trading Co. Ltd, (CSTC),
Lithuanian shipyard to build research vessel
NOVEMBER 27, 2012 — Lithuania’s Western Baltija Shipbuilding is to design and construct a new research vessel for Klaipeda University. The 38.7 m long x 12.0 m beam vessel will have a
TTS Group invests in drillship, gets orders for cranes
NOVEMBER 20, 2012 — Norway’s TTS Group ASA reports that its subsidiary TTS Offshore Handling Equipment AS has won a contract worth approximately NOK 130 million (about US$25 million) from Korea’s STX