Top Stories of the Week (Dec 30 – Jan 4, 2014)

January 5, 2014

Remontowa Nets Dual Fuelled PSVs

Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. (Poland) has won an order from Siem Offshore to build four dual fuelled Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs).

VARD Lands $162m Deal with Harkand

Vard Holdings Limited (VARD) has secured a contract with a new customer, Harkand Group (Harkand), for the design and construction of one Diving Support and Construction Vessel.

ODL Reports Incident on ‘Deepsea Aberdeen’ at DSME

The semisubmersible “Deepsea Aberdeen”, currently under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea, experienced, on December 28th 2013, water ingress on pontoon while moored at the yard’s quay.

Daewoo Shipbuilding Wins Incheon Class Frigate

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) announced on Monday that the company has won $305.8 million order to construct a frigate for the Korean Navy.

Svitzer: Four Tugs for Wheatstone LNG Terminal

Svitzer Australia will provide tugboats and a pilot boat to assist export shipments from the Chevron-operated Wheatstone LNG Terminal under a marine services contract valued at approximately $650 million.