MAY 8, 2014 —The Finnish Government is considering the acquisition of the STX Finland shipyard in Turku in partnership with German shipyard Meyer Werft, Finland’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Jan Vapaavuori, said
MAY 8, 2014 — A longliner ordered by a fishing company based in the French overseas territory of Réunion in the Indian Ocean will be built to the same basic ST-155L design
MAY 8, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has reported recent contracts worth over £60.5 million (around $102 million) for the supply of equipment and services for a total of eight vessels. Under contracts with
MAY 7, 2014 — Norwegian Electric Systems (NES), Bergen, Norway, is to supply the hybrid battery diesel electric propulsion system for the Arctic PSV recently ordered at Havyard by Iceland’s Fafnir Offshore
MAY 7, 2014 — U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $5.1 million U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) contract for Mare Island Dry Docks, LLC. The contract is for the dry docking
MAY 6, 2014 — Demonstrating that Chinese shipbuilders are now very much a force to be reckoned with in the market for large containerships, Singapore-listed Chinese shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has delivered Hanjin
MAY 6, 2014 — Havyard Ship Invest AS has entered into an agreement with Forland Shipping AS to sell its 25% stake in the subsea construction vessel Lewek Inspector to Forland Subsea
MAY 5, 2014 — TMA Group subsidiary CASCO Offshore has awarded Vlaardingen, Netherlands, based Ulstein Sea of Solutions (USOS), the design contract for the CASCO Enabler, a high spec DP3, 800 person
MAY 4, 2014 — The first of two 124,000 grt, 300 m, 3,300 passenger cruise ships under construction for Carnival Corporation’s AIDA Cruises has been floated out of the building dock at
MAY 1, 20014 — Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, WI, has entered into contracts with Moran Towing Corporation, New Canaan, CT, to build three oil/chemical barges (two with a cargo capacity of