Scottish shipbuilder books fish farm vessel orders
AUGUST 21, 2014 — A contract worth in excess of £3.3 million (about $5.5 million) has been secured by Macduff Shipyards, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, from Scottish Sea Farms. The contract is for four
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Havyard starts fitting out offshore wind service vessel
AUGUST 21, 2014 — Havyard’s Leirvik, Norway, shipyard is now fitting out the first of two Havyard 832 SOVs (Service Operation Vessels) for ESVAGT of Esbjerg, Denmark, which will operate them as
Austal completes sale of 102 m trimaran
AUGUST 20, 2014 — Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) has completed the sale of the 102 m trimaran stock vessel Austal Hull 270 to Channel Islands ferry operator Condor Ferries for A$61.5 million. Condor
MacGregor subsea cranes ordered for two MPSVs
AUGUST 20, 2014 — Cargotec reports that its MacGregor unit has secured a new contract from Chinese shipbuilder Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding for two 100-tonne active heave-compensated subsea MacGregor cranes. The cranes will
Iron Man technology comes to shipbuilding
AUGUST 19, 2014 — Technology reminiscent of Marvel’s Iron Man could become a part of the everyday shipbuilding scene. An exoskeleton developed by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] will soon be under evaluation
Rolls-Royce inks agreement with Polish ship repairer
AUGUST 19, 2014 — Rolls-Royce Marine and Poland’s Nauta shipyard in Gdynia have signed a cooperation agreement. Rolls-Royce Marine will gain exclusive rights to provide services on all Rolls-Royce equipment coming into
Quantum of the Seas floated out at Meyer Werft
AUGUST 18, 2014—Longer than three U.S. football fields, the 167,000 gross ton, 4,188-passenger Quantum of the Seas was recently floated out at the Papenburg, Germany shipyard of Meyer Werft. Scheduled to make
VT Halter Marine launches ConRo ship for Pasha Hawaii
AUGUST 16, 2014—VT Halter Marine, Inc., Pascagoula, MS, recently launched its largest vessel to date—the 692 ft Container, Roll-On/Roll-Off Pure Car Truck Carrier M/V Marjorie C for Pasha Hawaii, Honolulu, HI. The
Conrad Industries reports rise in income, backlog
AUGUST 15, 2014—Conrad Industries, Inc., Morgan City, LA, which provides new vessel construction and repair at its five shipyards in Louisiana and Texas, reported a rise in net income and earnings per
CIMC Raffles delivers jack-up to Coastal Contracts
AUGUST 15 ,2014 — China’s CIMC Raffles has delivered the ninth jack-up to be built at its Yantai shipyard to Malaysia’s Coastal Contracts Bhd. The rig, Coastal Driller 4001, is built to