Brent Barker joins Bollinger Shipyards
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., Lockport, La., has hired Brent Barker(left) as sales representative for its ten shipyards and support services. “Mr. Barker has been in the industry for over
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Davie awards Wärtsilä contract for STQ ferry packages
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — Wärtsilä says it will supply an integrated solution for two dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) RoPax passenger ferries being built by Canadian shipbuilder Chantier Davie Canada for Société
NASSCO to build two LNG-ready tankers for Seabulk
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (GD), has entered into a contract with Seabulk Tankers, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc.
Pacific Radiance orders Ulstein PSV pair
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — Singapore based Pacific Radiance Group has ordered two platform supply vessels of the Ulstein PX121 X Bow design for construction at a Chinese yard. The vessels are estimated
Scotland’s Craig Group orders six newbuilds in Spain
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 — Scotland’s family owned Craig Group, today is investing £70 million (about $1,096 million) to build six new vessels at the Balenciaga Shipyard in Northern Spain. Four D class
Chinese yard lays keel of PSV for Nigeria’s Pheranzy
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 — Chris Ezuede, Chairman and CEO of Nigeria’s Pheranzy Offshore reports that Chinese shipbuilder Hongda Marine Co. has laid the keel of the first of two FOCAL 522 Class
BMT partners with Turkish yard on Bahrain patrol boats
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 — U.K. based BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has again partnered with Turkey’s Ares Shipyard. This time BMT and Ares will design and build six
Otto Marine to name second 24,000 bhp AHTS
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 — Singapore’s Otto Marine is to hold a naming ceremony tomorrow to celebrate completion of Go Phoenix, the second of four 24,000bhp AHTS being built at its Batam, Indonesia,
Ensco takes delivery of fifth of eight drillship newbuilds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 — Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) has taken delivery of Ensco DS-7, the fifth of eight ships in the company’s ultra-deepwater DP3 drillship series. The vessel will embark from the
Eitzen opts for Jotun HPS for two chemical tankers
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 – Eitzen Chemical A/S (OSE:ECHEM), has decided to implement Jotun’s Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) on two of its largest chemical carriers. The first vessel, Siteam Discoverer, applied SeaQuantum X200