MAC orders four OSVs at Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding

APRIL 28, 2014 — Dubai headquartered MAC (Marine Assets Corporation) reports that it has recently signed four newbuild OSV contracts with China’s Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding. Earlier deliveries from Fujian Mawei to MAC

NNS Apprentice School offers bachelor’s degree program

APRIL 25, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that apprentices at Newport News Shipbuilding will now have the opportunity to earn a bachelor of science degree while completing a marine engineer

Höegh LNG takes delivery of FSRU

APRIL 22, 2014 — Höegh LNG Ltd has taken delivery of the PGN FSRU Lampung, the first of four newbuild 170,000 cu.m. FSRUs ordered from shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Ltd. PGN FSRU

Transport this tiny tug anywhere

APRIL 15, 2014 — In collaboration with Dutch shipyard Ooninex Shipbuilding BV, naval architectural firm BEN3D BV, Duizendschoon, the Netherlands, has introduced a compact workboat that can be transported in a standard

ALP tugs to have Rolls-Royce deck machinery

APRIL 14, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has been awarded a £19m contract to deliver deck machinery for the four Ulstein SX157 design ocean going tugs that Japan’s Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair will build

Eastern Shipbuilding launches HOS Black Rock

APRIL 9, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, recently launched the HOS Black Rock (Hull 207) in a ceremony at its Allanton shipyard. The HOS Black Rock is the

Keppel O&M to manage Titan Quanzhou Shipyard

APRIL 9, 2014 — Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its wholly owned subsidiary, FELS Offshore Pte Ltd, has signed a management services agreement with Titan Petrochemicals Group Limited (Titan)

SSN 785 marks a construction milestone

APRIL 3, 2014 — The Virginia-class fast attack submarine John Warner (SSN 785) has reached the “pressure hull complete” construction milestone at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding, signifying that all

USCG places $497 million order for NSC 7

APRIL 1, 2014 — The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a fixed-price incentive firm target contract valued at approximately $497 million to Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) for production of the seventh National

More shipowners opt for exhaust gas scrubbers

MARCH 31, 2014 — More shipowners are deciding that exhaust gas scrubbers are the most practical way to comply with increasingly tough regulations on fuel sulfur and vessel emissions. The trend has

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