First steel cut for Prelude FLNG
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Shell yesterday celebrated the cutting of first steel at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard in South Korea for the substrucure of what will be the largest offshore floating
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Flensburg shipyard cuts steel for Canada’s largest ConRo
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Representatives from Canadian short sea shipping specialist Oceanex Inc. were in Flensburg, Germany last week for the cutting of first steel for Oceanex Connaigra at shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft.
Austal USA holds LCS 6 keel-laying ceremony
OCTOBER 18, 2012 — Austal USA today held a keel-laying ceremony at its Mobile, Alabama, shipyard for the third Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) – Jackson (LCS 6), one of five Austal-designed
VT Halter Marine delivers ATB tug to Bouchard
OCTOBER 18, 2012 — VT Halter Marine, Inc. has delivered the 112 foot ATB offshore tug Evening Star to Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. Similar to other tugs built for Bouchard in previous
Austal books new orders for wind farm service vessels
OCTOBER 18, 2012 — U.K.-based Turbine Transfers has awarded Austal a new contract worth about GBP 10.5 million (about $17 million) for the design and construction of three offshore wind farm support
Norwegian Cruise Line orders new ship at Meyer Werft
OCTOBER 17, 2012 — Norwegian Cruise Line announced today that it has reached an agreement with Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany to build a new cruise vessel, for delivery in October 2015, with
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard lays keel for SeaRiver Aframax
OCTOBER 17, 2012 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. has held a ceremonial keel laying today for the first of two Aframax tankers that are under construction for SeaRiver Maritime, Inc., Exxon Mobil
WL Ross ups stake in Navigator to more than 50 percent
OCTOBER 17, 2012 — Investment management company WL Ross & Co. today reported completion of the purchase of 4.4 million common shares of Navigator Holdings Ltd. that had been owned by Lehman
Hornbeck orders two more from Eastern Shipbuilding
OCTOBER 15, 2012—Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., (HOS), which recently signed a contract with Bollinger Shipyards to stretch six Offshore Support Vessels for deepwater operations, has extended its newbuilding plans with orders for two
Singapore owners pick Wärtsilä X72 power for six newbuilds
OCTOBER 12, 2012 — Two Singapore-based shipping companies have chosen Wärtsilä X72 electronically controlled low speed engines to power six new vessels ordered from Chinese shipyards. The Wärtsilä equipment will be installed