OCTOBER 7, 2013 — Genting Hong Kong Limited has entered into a contract with German shipbuilder Meyer Werft covering construction of a Euro 707.2 million cruise ship. Cruise ship under construction at
OCTOBER 7, 2013 — Norway’s Buksér og Berging has taken delivery of Borgøy, the world’s first LNG-fueled escort tug, from Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyard. The tug is the first of two designed for
OCTOBER 4, 2013 — Signal International, LLC reports that in the past month it has been awarded several contracts to refurbish and upgrade four offshore drilling rigs. The work is slated to
OCTOBER 4, 2013 — Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has strengthened its foothold in the offshore and marine industry in Mexico with the signing of an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with
OCTOBER 3, 2013 — BAE Systems says that the subsea support vessel ordered at its Mobile, AL, shipyard by Oceaneering International, Inc., (see earlier story) will be built to the MT6022 design
OCTOBER 3, 2013 — Foss Maritime’s parent Saltchuk Resources said yesterday that it has signed a purchase and sales agreement with Kimberly-Clark to buy a 66-acre property on the Everett, WA, waterfront,
OCTOBER 3, 2013 — China’s Shanghai Offshore Petroleum Bureau, which is part of Sinopec, has taken delivery of delivery of the seismic research vessel FA XIAN 6 from Shangai Shipyard Co. The
OCTOBER 2, 2013 — Jensen Maritime Consultants, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company, announced today that the company has been awarded a new construction management contract for four
OCTOBER 2, 2013 — Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE:OII) says it has commissioned the construction of a subsea support vessel from BAE Systems. The vessel will be U.S. flagged and documented with a
OCTOBER 1, 2013 — JMS Naval Architects, Mystic, CT, has won a competitively awarded contract from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to provide concept through contract-level design, shipyard bid support, and