Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of a five year contract by Petrobras for the provision of a dedicated deepwater flexible pipelay vessel for operations offshore Brazil commencing H2 2014. The estimated contract value is approximately $500 million. As a result of this award, Subsea 7 will cons
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that it has secured a new contract for the construction of one Arctic Trawler for Remøy Fiskeriselskap AS. Delivery is scheduled from STX OSV Brattvaag in Norway i
On November 1, a naming ceremony was held at the Geoje Island shipyard of Samsung Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Samsung) in Korea for two LNG vessels being built for joint owners NYK LNG (Atlantic) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of NYK; Mitsui & Co. Ltd.; and Teekay Corporation The vessels have been char
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, today christened the U.S. Navy’s newest supply ship, USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13). Named in honor of the African American civil rights leader from Mississippi, the USNS Medgar Evers is the 13th ship of a class of 14 dry cargo/am
In November 2011, Macduff concluded a contract with the Leningrad shipyard “Pella” to provide a complete Design & Drawing package for an advanced design 47.5m Autoliner. Featuring a moon pool and a comprehensive processing deck the vessel will be the first of it’s class to be built in Russia, first
Following last week’s announcement that Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow, Scotland had been named as the preferred bidder for the contract to build the world’s first two sea going Roll On Roll Off vehicle and passenger diesel electric hybrid ferries, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) and
YN 247 will feature a full-beam master stateroom and owner’s study on the main deck. Eight guests will enjoy first class accommodation in four cabins, with dedicated quarters for the captain and four crew members. There will be a special garage for the tender in the lazarette, which will be located
MV Ginny Louise will be in UK waters in early December. She will be touring the UK’s East Coast in December starting in Southampton and stopping at Ramsgate, Sheerness, Brightlingsea, Harwich, Felixstowe, Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth, Wells-next-the-Sea and Grimsby. MV Eden Rose due in the UK in Januar
Hamworthy has secured a contract for the supply of regasification technology on board what are understood to be the world’s first newbuild Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRUs). Two 170,000m3 storage capacity vessels, owned by Hoegh LNG, are being built at the world’s largest shipbuilder
Graig announced that on the 9th November Graig China Limited was awarded a nine 76,000 dwt newbuilding Supervision Contract with CMG Shipping Limited in China. Those nine Panamax newbuildings are all contracted by Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries Co Ltd, but will be built at its sub-contracted shi
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announced that its subsidiary, COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., Ltd. has delivered a new build 30,000 DWT multipurpose heavy lift carrier, the KRASZEWSKI, to its buyer. The delivery documents were signed by and between COSCO Dalian and the
Through its subsidiary TTS Marine GmbH in Bremen, TTS Group ASA has signed contracts worth approximately 205m NOK. The contracts are subject to owner’s approval. The delivery concern electric-driven winch systems for 20 container carriers at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd in South
Raytheon, Integrated Defense Systems, Tewksbury, Mass., is being awarded a $20,701,792 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-5126) exercising options for engineering, production, and integration services in support of DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer program for fiscal 2012. Funds
The M/V Orange was delivered to Higman Barge Lines, of Houston, Texas, yesterday. The 78’x34’ vessel left Hope Services Shipyard’s facility en route to Channelview, Texas, where it will pick up its first tow. The 78’x34’ vessel is the fourth vessel in this class size that Hope Services has built for
