Danish yard delivers double-ended 50 m ferry

NOVEMBER 20, 2012 — Danish shipbuilder Hvide Sande Skibs- & Baadbyggeri recently delivered a 50 m double=ended ferry to Swedish domestic ferry company Ven-Trafiken. The vessel, the Uraniborg, will be operate between

Otto Candies to build new Marin Teknikk subsea vessel

NOVEMBER 19, 2012 — Norway’s Marin Teknikk AS reports that it has signed a contract for design and engineering of a new Subsea Support & Construction vessel for Otto Candies LLC, Des

Jurong Shipyard to build second GVA 3000E for Prosafe

NOVEMBER 19, 2012 — Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard (JSPL), and Prosafe have finalized a contract that will see Jurong build a second new generation harsh-environment accommodation semi-submersible of similar design to

Early delivery of FPSO brings BrasFELS a $2 million bonus

NOVEMBER 19, 2012 — Keppel FELS Brasil S/A’s BrasFELS shipyard in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has delivered FPSO Cidade de São Paulo 19 days ahead of schedule and with

Seadrill buys ultra-deepwater semi Songa Eclipse

NOVEMBER 16, 2012 — A subsidiary of Seadrill has entered into an agreement with Songa Offshore to acquire the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig Songa Eclipse for a consideration of US$590 million. The rig

Conrad Industries books more business

NOVEMBER 16, 2012 — Morgan City, La., headquartered Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) continues to bring in orders and add to the backlog at its its four shipyards located in

Rolls-Royce to design and equip Jiangsu Eastern PSVs

NOVEMBER 16, 2012 — Rolls-Royce has won a £12 million (about $19 million) order to design and equip two platform supply vessels (PSVs) to be built by Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Eastern Heavy

Upper Lakes responds to criticisms of Davie sale

NOVEMBER 14, 2012 — Upper Lakes Group Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, today expressed its concerns over what it describes as “unsubstantiated allegations regarding the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary Chantier Davie Canada

Demand for high end subsea vessels is still high

NOVEMBER 14, 2012 — “Despite the soft market for some of our core products, STX OSV is still seeing a healthy level of project enquiries, especially in the offshore subsea construction vessel

NASSCO floats out first MLP ship

NOVEMBER 13 — General Dynamics NASSCO today completed the complex float out operation for the first Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) ship, USNS Montford Point, at its San Diego shipyard. Construction is progressing

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