JANUARY 8, 2015 — Bibby Offshore’s Houston-based division, Bibby Subsea, has signed a three year contract with Bordelon Marine to charter a new vessel. The Jones Act compliant, U.S.-flag Brandon Bordelon is
JANUARY 8, 2015 — Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. yesterday delivered its 200th Kamsarmax bulk carrier, the 82,000 dwt Ultra Lion. Developed by Tsuneishi and now an industry standard, Kamsarmax bulkers have
JANUARY 8, 2015 — Wärtsilä reports that the first Wärtsilä X62 two-stroke engine has successfully passed its design validation and type approval tests and has performed exceptionally well during the necessary sea
JANUARY 7, 2015 — Chantier Davie Canada Inc, Lévis, Quebec, reports a busy three weeks. Over the holiday period, the second in the series of 130-m Subsea Construction Vessels that the company
JANUARY 7, 2015 — The first of two Ulstein designed PX121 platform supply vessels for Singapore’s Britoil Offshore Services Pte Ltd was successfully launched this week —using ship launching airbags. “Launches are
JANUARY 6, 2015 — Symphony Shipping B.V., the Netherlands subsidiary of Singapore’s Symphony Ventures Pte Ltd., has added two more ECOBOX multipurpose vessels to the six it has on order at Westerbroek,
JANUARY 6, 2014 — Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine says its specialized shipbuilding subsidiary Keppel Singmarine has secured two contracts worth a total of about S$65 million (about $49 million). The first,
JANUARY 5, 2015 — Fincantieri Group member Vard says that, through its specialized subsidiary Seaonics, it has secured a large equipment contract for a polar research vessel under construction at Fincantieri in
JANUARY 4, 2015 — BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Mayport, LLC, Jacksonville, FL, is being awarded a $14,572,040 modification to a previously awarded contract (N40024-10-C-4406) for the selected restricted availability of the Arleigh
JANUARY 2, 2015 — A 6,500 cu.m. non self-propelled cutter dredge under construction in China will be one of the world’s largest with 5,200 kW of cutter power. Designed by the Design