Rolls-Royce wins OSRV design and equipment order

JULY 5, 2013 — Rolls-Royce today announced that it has signed a contract with Brazilian shipbuilder Aliança S/A Industria Naval e Empresa de Navegacao, a subsidiary of Fischer Group, and Brazilian shipowner

Two-stroke optimized for Panamax bulkers passes TAT

JULY 4, 2013 — Another Wärtsilä two-stroke engine has successfully passed its Type Approval Test (TAT). The RT-flex58T version D ER-3 is a further optimized version of the Wärtsilä RT-flex58T version D

PetroVietnam unit orders jack-up at Keppel FELS

JULY 3, 2012 — Vietnam’s PV Drilling Overseas (PVDO), a unit of PetroVietnam has placed an order at Singapore’s Keppel FELS for a KFELS B Class jack-up rig for approximately US$210 million.

Bergen to sell a chunk of its shipbuilding business

JULY 2, 2013 — Norway’s Bergen Group looks to be set to sell off a chunk of its shipyard business. It says it “is now in the final phase of clarifying a

Leevac acquires Tidewater’s Quality Shipyards

JULY 1, 2013 —  Leevac Shipyards, LLC through its newly created subsidiary Leevac Shipyards Houma, LLC, has completed the acquisition of substantially all assets of Quality Shipyards, Inc., located at 3201 Earhart

MHI Nagasaki Shipyard lays keel for AIDA cruise ship

JULY 1, 2013 — Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) reports that its Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works has laid the keel of the first of two new generation cruise ships for

Oro Negro orders two more jack-ups at PPL Shipyard

JULY 1, 2013 — Sembcorp Marine’s PPL Shipyard, Singapore, has secured additional orders for two turnkey contracts, worth a combined US$417 million, from Mexico’s Integradora de Servicios Petroleros Oro Negro, S.A.P.I. de

Fincantieri delivers third cruise yacht to du Ponant

JULY 1, 2013 — French yacht cruise specialist Compagnie du Ponant has taken delivery of Le Soléal. the third of three super-luxury French-flag cruise ships, from Fincantieri’s Ancona, Italy, shipyard today. The

Seadrill-Sapura JV wins $2.7 billion Petrobras contract

JUNE 28, 2013 — Seadrill Limited  and Malaysia’s SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad today announced that their jointly owned entity, Sapura Navegação Marítima S.A., Brazil has been awarded a contract from Petrobras to charter

MAN Diesel and Turbo package for Rieber seismic ship

JUNE 28, 2013 — MAN Diesel & Turbo is to supply of 8L32/44CR B.2 engines as part of a complete propulsion package to power the Ice Class 1A* seismic vessel recently ordered

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