Réunion owner opts for Skipsteknisk longliner design
MAY 8, 2014 — A longliner ordered by a fishing company based in the French overseas territory of Réunion in the Indian Ocean will be built to the same basic ST-155L design
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Rolls-Royce reports orders worth over $100 million
MAY 8, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has reported recent contracts worth over £60.5 million (around $102 million) for the supply of equipment and services for a total of eight vessels. Under contracts with
NES to supply hybrid battery DE system for Arctic PSV
MAY 7, 2014 — Norwegian Electric Systems (NES), Bergen, Norway, is to supply the hybrid battery diesel electric propulsion system for the Arctic PSV recently ordered at Havyard by Iceland’s Fafnir Offshore
Mare Island Dry Docks wins $5.1 million Polar Star contract
MAY 7, 2014 — U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $5.1 million U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) contract for Mare Island Dry Docks, LLC. The contract is for the dry docking
Yangzijian delivers first 10,000 TEU box ship from new yard
MAY 6, 2014 — Demonstrating that Chinese shipbuilders are now very much a force to be reckoned with in the market for large containerships, Singapore-listed Chinese shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has delivered Hanjin
Havyard sells its 25% stake in subsea vessel
MAY 6, 2014 — Havyard Ship Invest AS has entered into an agreement with Forland Shipping AS to sell its 25% stake in the subsea construction vessel Lewek Inspector to Forland Subsea
Ulstein enters accommodation vessel market
MAY 5, 2014 — TMA Group subsidiary CASCO Offshore has awarded Vlaardingen, Netherlands, based Ulstein Sea of Solutions (USOS), the design contract for the CASCO Enabler, a high spec DP3, 800 person
MHI Nagasaki floats out first of AIDA Cruise duo
MAY 4, 2014 — The first of two 124,000 grt, 300 m, 3,300 passenger cruise ships under construction for Carnival Corporation’s AIDA Cruises has been floated out of the building dock at
Moran orders ATBs at Bay Shipbuilding
MAY 1, 20014 — Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, WI, has entered into contracts with Moran Towing Corporation, New Canaan, CT, to build three oil/chemical barges (two with a cargo capacity of
Saltchuk drops plan to move Foss shipyard to Everett
MAY 1, 20014 — Plans by Saltchuck Resources to move its Foss Maritime shipyard operations to a site in Everett, WA, have been dropped. The purchase and sale agreement for Kimberly-Clark to