Ensco takes delivery of fifth of eight drillship newbuilds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 — Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) has taken delivery of Ensco DS-7, the fifth of eight ships in the company’s ultra-deepwater DP3 drillship series. The vessel will embark from the

Eitzen opts for Jotun HPS for two chemical tankers

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 – Eitzen Chemical A/S (OSE:ECHEM), has decided to implement Jotun’s Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) on two of its largest chemical carriers. The first vessel, Siteam Discoverer, applied SeaQuantum X200

Meyer orders Metso automation for Quantum class trio

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 — Meyer Werft has selected Metso DNA for the Integrated Alarm, Monitoring & Control System (IAMCS) for the three  167,800 grt, 1,141 ft (348 m) 4,180 passenger Quantum class

Vard books PSV order for its Vietnam shipyard

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013  – Shipbuilder Vard Holdings Limited reports that it has secured a contract for the design and construction of a platform supply vessel for Carlotta Offshore Ltd., a newly established

Austal reports improved margins, record revenues

AUGUST 30, 2013 — Austal (ASX: ASB) CEO Andrew Bellamy said today that the company had taken major steps to deliver on its key objectives for the year as the shipbuilder reported

CVN 71 completes four-year RCOH at Newport News

AUGUST 29, 2013 — Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII), redelivered the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) to the U.S. Navy today. The redelivery

Leadership changes at Bollinger Shipyards

AUGUST 29, 2013 — Bollinger Shipyards’ Chairman and CEO Donald “Boysie” Bollinger has announced the appointments of Chris Bollinger as President and Ben Bordelon as Chief Operating Officer of Bollinger Shipyards, effective August

Damen Galati delivers second PSV 3300

AUGUST 28, 2013 — Damen Shipyards Group reports that its Galati, Romania, shipyard has handed over World Peridot, the second platform supply vessel in a series of six on order for Norwegian

Vietnam shipyard increases ship lift capacity

AUGUST 28, 2013 — Rolls-Royce announced today that the largest capacity Syncrolift ship lift to be built in Vietnam is now officially open for service. The Syncrolift has been installed as a

LCS 4 completes acceptance trials

AUGUST 28, 2013 — Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) says that the future USS Coronado (LCS 4) successfully concluded acceptance trials August 23, after completing a series of graded in-port and underway

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