VIDEO: Offshore vessel capsizes during launch
JANUARY 9, 2017 — A video that first surfaced on the web last week shows the dramatic failure of an offshore service vessel launch at a shipyard somewhere in the world. From
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Wartsila-CSSC JV opens new engine factory
JANUARY 9, 2017 — CSSC Wärtsilä Engine Co Ltd (CWEC), a joint venture company between Wärtsilä and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has formally opened a new 20,000 sq.m production plant at
Short jail term for former ST Marine president
JANUARY 6, 2017 — Singapore District Judge Kessler Soh Boon Leng yesterday imposed a jail sentence of 14 days on a former president of shipbuilder Singapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine), Chang Cheow
Fraser reaches settlement with OSHA
JANUARY 5, 2017 — Fraser Shipyards Inc., Superior, WI, has reportedly reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in a case relating to employee
Emerson solution picked for Sleipnir ballast control system
JANUARY 5, 2017 — Heerema Marine Contractors has chosen Emerson Automation Solutions to provide a valve remote control (VRC) system for the world’s largest semi-submersible offshore crane vessel, SSCV Sleipnir, currently under
Boston Ship Repair wins $17.24 million Comfort contract
JANUARY 5, 2017 — Boston Ship Repair LLC, Boston, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $17,244,435 firm-fixed-price contract for a7 5-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of the hospital
Court names Fincantieri preferred bidder for STX France
JANUARY 3, 2017 — The South Korean bankruptcy court dealing with the restructuring of STX Offshore and Shipbuilding South Korean court has now named Fincantieri as the preferred bidder for the STX
VIDEO: It’s Korea’s turn for tears as shipyard crane is sold
DECEMBER 30, 2016 — In a symbol of the tough times facing Korean shipbuilders, a 700 ton gantry crane at Sungdong Heavy Industries’ Masan shipyard has been sold at scrap value to
Keppel FELS reaches settlement on Parden jack-up
DECEMBER 30, 2016 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS has reached an agreement on the sale of a KFELS B Class design jack-up originally ordered back in August 2015 by Uruguay-based Parden Holding for
Bayou La Batre builder delivers another Z-drive towboat
DECEMBER 29, 2016 — Master Marine, Inc., Bayou La Batre, AL, has delivered another 2,000 hp Z-drive towboat to Marquette Transportation Co.’s River Division, based in Paducah, KY. Designed by Entech Designs,