NYK wins eco award for air lubricated hull

DECEMBER 13, 2013 — An air lubricated hull system developed by Japan’s NYK Group and Oshima Shipbuilding has added another top environmental award to an already lengthy list. Yesterday, Japan’s Ministry of

Atwood takes delivery of first of four drillships

DECEMBER 12, 2013 — Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE: ATW) has taken delivery of the drillship Atwood Advantage from the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. The

China’s JES cuts steel for first PSV pair

DECEMBER 12, 2013 — Underscoring the fact that Chinese shipyards that originally targeted the largest ships are now looking much lower down the tonnage scale, Singapore-listed JES International Holdings Limited has commenced

Signet Maritime opts for Castleman ASD tug design

OCTOBER 25, 2013 — Clear Lake Shores, TX, based Castleman Maritime LLC has been commissioned by Texas tug operator, Signet Maritime LLC, to engineer and design its seventh ASD (Azimuthing Stern Drive)

CBO: Shipbuilding plan will cost more than Navy says

OCTOBER 22, 2013 — No surprise here: The Congressional Budget Office estimate of the cost of new-ship construction in the Navy’s 2014 shipbuilding plan is higher than the Navy’s. The CBO’s number

Japanese consortium takes stake in Brazilian shipbuilder

OCTOBER 22, 2013 — Five Japanese companies are to take a 30 percent stake in Brazilian shipbuilder ECOVIX — Engevix Construções Oceânicas S.A. They are shipbuilders Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Imabari

COSCO adds new orders, but drillship dispute drags on

OCTOBER 18, 2013 — Chinese shipbuilding giant COSCO issued a flurry of announcements this week reporting additions to its orderbook, but also had some the not-so-great news concerning a $500 million DP3

Transocean back at DSME for another drillship

OCTOBER 16, 2013 — Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) has been awarded a five-year contract for a newbuild dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillship by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Construction of the newbuild drillship is expected

Wärtsilä 50DF engines for two Chinese built LNG tankers

OCTOBER 15, 2015 — Two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier vessels under construction in two Chinese shipyards are to have Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines. Wärtsilä says the two orders are similar in

Davie and Babcock ink teaming agreement

OCTOBER 11, 2013 — Babcock Canada Inc., part of Babcock International Group, has signed a five-year teaming agreement with Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie). Davie CEO Alan Bowen says “we have spent

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