Strategic Marine building series of 10 crewboats

JANUARY 3, 2014—Australia’s Strategic Marine has a strong reputation for building high-performance crewboats. Currently, they are building a series of ten 42-meter boats with steel hulls and aluminum superstructures for Burnei’s PTAS

Third Austal LCS is a first in two ways

JANUARY 2, 2014 — Last month, Austal USA successfully completed the launch of the future USS Jackson (LCS 6). Though LCS 6 is the third Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship to be

Perisai orders third jack-up at PPL Shipyard

DECEMBER 31, 2013 — Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine reports that its PPL Shipyard subsidiary has secured a repeat order to build a third Pacific Class 400 jack-up rig worth US$211.5 million from Perisai

Oaktree-backed Harkand orders DSCV at Vard

DECEMBER 31, 2013 — Vard Holdings Limited has secured a contract worth more than NOK 1 billion from a new customer, Harkand Group, for the design and construction of a diving support

Algoma Central receives payment in shipbuilding dispute

DECEMBER 31, 2013 —  St. Catharines, Ontario, headquartered Algoma Central Corporation says that it has received payments totaling $41.7 million from two Chinese banks on refund guarantees related to the cancelation of

Under-construction semi sinks at shipyard

DECEMBER 30, 2013 — Bergen, Norway, headquartered  Odfjell Drilling reports that on December 28 the semisubmersible offshore drilling rig Deepsea Aberdeen, currently under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in

Siem orders two more dual fuel PSVs

DECEMBER 30, 2013 — Norway’s Siem Offshore has entered into contracts with Poland’s Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A.for four dual fueled platform supply vessels of Wärtsilä’x VS 4411 DF design. The vessels have scheduled

Vietnamese shipyard delivers new inland LPG carrier

DECEMBER 29, 2013—Vietnamese shipyard Saigon Shipbuilding & Marine Industries One Member Co, Ltd. (Saigon Shipmarin) recently completed the construction of a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier for near shore and river operations. Designed

Keppel FELS breaks rig delivery record

DECEMBER 27, 2013 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard is claiming the record for the largest number of rig deliveries in a year with a total of 21 newbuild offshore rigs delivered in

Brittany Ferries set to order LNG fueled ferry

DECEMBER 26, 2013 — Roscoff, France, headquartered Brittany Ferries said earlier this month that it is “about to sign” a contract with shipbuilder STX France, Saint Nazaire, for the construction of the

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