Halliburton chooses Cape Town for stim vessel repair work

MARCH 15, 2013 — Halliburton’s Angola-based stimulation vessel Stim Star Angola, is in the Port of Cape Town for scheduled repair work by DCD Marine. “The choice of DCD Marine as a

Vantage christens its latest river cruise ship

MARCH 15, 2013 — Boston, MA, headquartered Vantage Deluxe World Travel has christened the newest addition to its growing European river cruising fleet, the ms River Splendor, in Antwerp as the newest

Bergen Group Fosen wins AHTS contract

MARCH 14, 2013 — Norway’s Bergen Group Fosen shipyard has signed a contract with NFDS Offshore 1 AS for outfitting and commissioning a newbuild anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS). The vessel

Keppel says Naftogaz semi contract has fallen through

MARCH 12, 2013 — It looks like Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard won’t be building two Black Sea semisubmersibles for Naftogaz of Ukraine any time soon. Keppel Corporation announced the contract, which would

Great Lakes veteran completes winter work

MARCH 12, 2013 — Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio, reports that Inland Lakes Management’s S/S Alpena recently departed the shipyard, following completion of the vessel’s winter work projects. The shipyard performed a

Otto Marine shipyard books first newbuilds in two years

MARCH 11, 2013 — “We are now in a much better position to revitalize and grow our shipbuilding segment,” says Michael See, CFO of Singapore headquartered Otto Marine, which today reported that

MEO Batam shipyard completes upgrades to MPSV Endeavour

MARCH 11, 2013 — Singapore headquartered Miclyn Express Offshore (MEO) has completed upgrading works on its 70.25 m x 16.00 multipurpose offshore support vessel (MPSV) Endeavour. The project was undertaken by a

Ulstein Verft gets new MD

MARCH 8, 2013 — Norway’s Ulstein Group has appointed Kristian Sætre as managing director of its shipyard, Ulstein Verft. He will take up the position by June 1, 2013. Mr. Sætre has

ConocoPhillips to go ahead with Chukchi Sea drilling

MARCH 8, 2013 — While Shell has delayed its plans for drilling offshore Alaska (see earlier story), ConocoPhillips plans to go ahead with exploratory drilling in the Chukchi Sea during the 2014

Irving Shipbuilding awarded $288 million NSPS contract

MARCH 7, 2013 — Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay and Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose were on stage at Irving Shipbuilding, Halifax, Nova Scotia today to mark the signing of a  $288

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