Keppel AmFELS wins $100 million land rig order

DECEMBER 29, 2014 — There’s no rule that says everything that’s built in a shipyard has to float. Proving that point, Keppel AmFELS LLC,  the Brownsville, TX, based wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel

MOL to manage, operate Reliance VLEC newbuilds

DECEMBER 25, 2014 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) says it has entered a strategic association with India’s Reliance Industries for the transportation of Liquefied Ethane from United States to India. The

Steamship Authority picks EBDG design for new ferry

DECEMBER 24, 2014 —  Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) has released a few more details about the new freight and passenger ferry it designed for the Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard & Nantucket

Aker Philly marks two milestones in tanker program

DECEMBER 23, 2014 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard celebrated two significant ship milestones this week. Today, the shipyard held a ceremonial keel laying for the second of four Jones Act product tankers that

GD NASSCO wins another Navy MLP contract

DECEMBER 23, 2014—General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego, CA, will build its fourth Mobile Landing Platform and second configured as an Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB) for mine countermeasure (MCM) helicopters and special operations

Decommissioned carrier Ranger to be dismantled

DECEMBER 23, 2014 — The Navy has awarded a contract for the towing and dismantling of the decommissioned aircraft carrier Ranger (CV 61) to International Shipbreaking Ltd.  Under the contract, the company

ThyssenKrupp sells Emder Werft shipyard

DECEMBER 23, 2014 — ThyssenKrupp has entered an agreement to sell the Emder Werft und Dockbetriebe shipyard in Emden, Germany, to Hamburg based private equity firm Seafort Advisors GmbH. ThyssenKrupp says it

Bollinger Shipyards has new leadership

DECEMBER 23, 2014 — Lockport, LA, based Bollinger Shipyards today announced that Ben Bordelon will assume the duties of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the company. Ben Bordelon, along with

Astilleros Gondan launches sail training vessel

DECEMBER 22, 2014 — Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan last week launched the sail training ship that its Figueras Shipyard (Castropol) is building for the British Marine Society & Sea Cadets. The launch

Wärtsilä solutions picked for new LNG fueled RoPax

DECEMBER 22, 2014—The LNG fueled ferry ordered at China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International last month by Sweden’s Rederi AB Gotland (see earlier story) will have a Wärtsilä integrated solution includes a complete LNG

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