Eastern Shipbuilding delivers another for HOS

FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s long series of ten OSVs and two MPSVs for Hornbeck Offshore Services continues to roll right along. As we reported earlier, Eastern’s Allanton Shipyard, Panama

Petrobras approves more OSV contracts

FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Brazilian national oil company Petrobras reports that its Executive Board has approved the contracting of eight support vessels for its offshore activities. They are part of the third

Midship Marine to build ferry for Mexican operator

FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Midship Marine, Harvey, LA, is to build a 48 m Incat Crowther design catamaran passenger ferry for UltraMar of Cancun, Mexico. It will operate on UltraMar’s busy Playa

Fiskerstrand books order for two LNG fueled ferries

FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Norway’s Fiskerstrand shipyard has received an order from Boreal Transport Nord AS for two new LNG fueled ferries designed by Multi Maritime AS. The ferries have electric power

Advanced ASD tugs have unclutched tow drums

FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Designed for open ocean towing, the winch systems of two ASD tugs built for Dover, DE, headquartered Hyak Maritime LLC are independent and redundant. The 120 ft x

Otto Marine books North Sea contract for newest AHTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2013 — Singapore headquartered Otto Marine has secured a charter contract worth $40 million for the Go Pegasus, a 24,000 bhp AHTS recently completed at its Batam, Indonesia, shipyard. Go

Oregon offshore wind project advances

FEBRUARY 6, 2013 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has given the green light for Principle Power, Inc., Seattle, WA, to submit a formal plan to build a 30- megawatt

Keppel FELS books $218 million jack-up order

FEBRUARY 6, 2013 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard  has secured a $218 million contract from UMW Drilling 8 (L) Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UMW Oil & Gas Corporation Sdn. Bhd. (UMW

Shipyard bollard failure blamed in Carnival Triumph breakaway

FEBRUARY 6, 2014 — A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident report says that a bollard failure at BAE Systems Mobile, AL, shipyard is the probable cause of the April 3, 2013,

Another HOS OSV makes a splash at Eastern

FEBRUARY 5, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Allonton Shipyard, Panama City, FL, last month launched the sixth of twelve offshore service vessels it is building for Hornbeck Offshore Services. The vessel, the

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