MARCH 15, 2017 — More than 50 participants, including delegates from major owners, designers, shipyards and ABS technical representatives, provided input at the recent ABS Special Committee Meeting on the class society’s
MARCH 8, 2017 — Figures from VesselsValue indicate that the oversupply of vessels in the offshore services industry is set to get a lot worse. VesselsValue says that 2017 will be a
MARCH 7, 2017 — Australia’s Pilbara Marine Pty Ltd. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd has placed an order with Damen Shipyards for six 32 m ART 85-32W
MARCH 7, 2017 — Wärtsilä and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) have signed a new joint venture company agreement. The new joint venture, to be known as CSSC Wärtsilä Electrical & Automation
MARCH 6, 2017 — France’s Le Monde newspaper reports that a compromise solution is in the works that will see the acquisition of shipbuilder STX France by a group in which Fincantieri
MARCH 2, 2017 — Research Fishing Company Ltd., Lerwick, Shetland, has signed a contract with Vard Group AS for construction of an 80 m x 16.2 m pelagic trawler The contract value
MARCH 1, 2017 — Fincantieri’s 69.67%-owned Vard subsidiary has reported fourth quarter and year end results for 2016. Among the highlights: a full year new order intake of NOK 10.6 billion (about
FEBRUARY 24, 2017 — VT Halter Marine, Inc. has appointed Robert A. Socha as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Estimating. In this role, Mr. Socha is responsible for the company’s
FEBRUARY 24, 2017 — Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI) reports that its Board of Directors has approved a recommendation from management to place its properties in Aransas Pass and Ingleside, Texas,
FEBRUARY 22, 2017 — Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine posted Group revenue of SGD 3.54 billion for the year ended December 31, 2016 (FY 2016) compared with SGD 4.97 billion previously. The Group reported