Singapore owner picks Wärtsilä for 24 newbuilds

JUNE 28, 2013 — Wärtsilä is supplying propulsion packages for 24 new vessels being built for the Singapore based China Navigation Co. Pte. Ltd (CNCo) at the Chengxi and Zhejiang Ouhua shipyards

ABB wins $20 million FPSO order from Cosco Nantong

JUNE 28, 2013 – ABB has won a $20 million contract to provide power and automation technologies to a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) built by Chinese shipbuilder COSCO Nantong

Bourbon orders MacGregor AHC crane for MPSV

JUNE 27, 2013 — Paris headquartered offshore services giant  Bourbon has ordered a further 150-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane from Cargotec’s MacGregor unit. Delivery is scheduled for August 2014. As with nine

Ferry’s new owner to convert it to oceangoing barge

JUNE 26, 2013 — A mothballed Delaware River & Bay Authority ferry has finally been sold after being on the market since 2007. Its new owner plans to turn it into an

Austal lays keel for LCS 8

JUNE 26, 2013 — Austal yesterday held a keel-laying ceremony for the fourth Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Montgomery (LCS 8), at its Mobile, Alabama, shipyard. The ship is the second LCS

Wallenius Lines orders post Panamax car carrier duo

JUNE 26, 2013 — Cars may be getting smaller, but car carriers are not. Wallenius Lines and Tianjin Xingang Shipyard in China have finalized and signed a contract to build two post

Horizon Lines says more about LNG repower plans

JUNE 26, 2013 — Jones Act containership operator Horizon Lines, Inc. (OTCQB: HRZL) has issued a statement on its plans to replace the steam turbine plants in two 33 year old containerships,

Kherson Shipyard launches third ECO-S tanker

JUNE 25, 2013 — Ukraine’s Kherson Shipyard has launched SVL Unity, the third in a series of three tankers being built under a $50 million plus contract with  of SVL Companies Group

NNS wins award for cardboard and duct tape boat

JUNE 25, 2013 — Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) has added to its trophies by building a vessel made of cardboard instead of steel. NNS, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII), competed

Atwood orders fourth drillship at DSME

JUNE 25, 2013 — Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE:ATW) reports that a subsidiary has entered into a turnkey construction contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. to construct a fourth ultra-deepwater

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