Early delivery of FPSO brings BrasFELS a $2 million bonus
NOVEMBER 19, 2012 — Keppel FELS Brasil S/A’s BrasFELS shipyard in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has delivered FPSO Cidade de São Paulo 19 days ahead of schedule and with
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Seadrill buys ultra-deepwater semi Songa Eclipse
NOVEMBER 16, 2012 — A subsidiary of Seadrill has entered into an agreement with Songa Offshore to acquire the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig Songa Eclipse for a consideration of US$590 million. The rig
Conrad Industries books more business
NOVEMBER 16, 2012 — Morgan City, La., headquartered Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) continues to bring in orders and add to the backlog at its its four shipyards located in
Rolls-Royce to design and equip Jiangsu Eastern PSVs
NOVEMBER 16, 2012 — Rolls-Royce has won a £12 million (about $19 million) order to design and equip two platform supply vessels (PSVs) to be built by Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Eastern Heavy
Upper Lakes responds to criticisms of Davie sale
NOVEMBER 14, 2012 — Upper Lakes Group Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, today expressed its concerns over what it describes as “unsubstantiated allegations regarding the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary Chantier Davie Canada
Demand for high end subsea vessels is still high
NOVEMBER 14, 2012 — “Despite the soft market for some of our core products, STX OSV is still seeing a healthy level of project enquiries, especially in the offshore subsea construction vessel
NASSCO floats out first MLP ship
NOVEMBER 13 — General Dynamics NASSCO today completed the complex float out operation for the first Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) ship, USNS Montford Point, at its San Diego shipyard. Construction is progressing
Wilson Sons to build 12 Damen ASD tugs for its fleet
NOVEMBER 12, 2012 — Damen Shipyards Group and Wilson Sons (Brazil) have signed a contract for twelve Damen ASD (Azimuth Stern Drive) tugs. Ten are of Damen’s 2411 type, while two will
Seadrill gets $1.8 billion contract for newbuild semi
NOVEMBER 12, 2012 — Seadrill has received a Letter of Award from Husky Oil Operations Limited for a new five-year contract for the newbuild harsh environment semi-submersible rig West Mira for operations
Carnival releases details of Destiny-to-Sunshine makeover
NOVEMBER 9, 2012 — Carnival Cruise Lines has unveiled additional details of the $155 million makeover that will transform Carnival Destiny into Carnival Sunshine during a 49-day dry docking at Fincantieri in