OCTOBER 14, 2013 — Cargotec reports that its MacGregor subsidiary has received an order for two MacGregor active heave-compensated (AHC) offshore cranes from a Turkish shipbuilder. A 400-tonne MacGregor subsea crane on
OCTOBER 11, 2013 — Babcock Canada Inc., part of Babcock International Group, has signed a five-year teaming agreement with Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie). Davie CEO Alan Bowen says “we have spent
OCTOBER 11, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that the amphibious transport dock Somerset (LPD 25) returned from successful U.S. Navy acceptance sea trials on Sept. 20. The company’s ninth ship
OCTOBER 11, 2013 — The U.S. Brig Niagara, Pennsylvania’s flagship, has arrived at Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, OH, for routine drydocking and repairs. The vessel was hauled out using the yard’s Marine
OCTOBER 10, 2013 — Bureau Veritas is to class three Ultra-Large Containerships (ULCSs) to be built for China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and chartered to French operator CMA CGM. The ships are
OCTOBER 10, 2013 — Keppel AmFELS LLC, Brownsville, TX, has won a contract from Central Panuco S.A. De C.V., a subsidiary of Mexico’s Perforadora Central S.V. De C.V. (Perforadora Central) to build
OCTOBER 9, 2013 — Vigor Industrial has renamed two of its subsidiaries. US Fab, Vigor’s fabrication and shipbuilding subsidiary, is now Vigor Fab. Alaska Ship and Drydock, which operates the Ketchikan shipyard
OCTOBER 9, 2013 — Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine has secured the upgrading of 115,875 grt cruise ship Diamond Princess from Princess Cruises. Joint refit team from Princess
OCTOBER 8, 2013 — Looks like the big sign reading “Trinity Offshore” on the roof of Gulf Coast Shipyard Group, Inc.’s Gulfport, MS, shipyard will have to be changed. The group says
OCTOBER 8, 2013 — The 261 ft x 52 ft oceanographic research vessel Sikuliaq now has an A-Frame. C.S. Controls, Inc. of Houma, LA recently delivered a stern mounted hydraulic designed to