MNP Group’s Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard and Volga-Balt Tanker (a Volga-Fleet Tanker subsidiary, part of UCLH) have signed a new contract for… (PortNews) [mappress] Source: PortNews, October 5, 2011;
COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co, a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd has delivered a bulk carrier of 92500DWT, “POS TANSANIT” to its European buyer. The delivery documents were signed by and between COSCO Zhoushan and the buyer on 28 September 2011. The bulk carrier me
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia announces that its 80% owned subsidiary company The National Chemical Carriers Ltd. Co. (NCC) received on Wednesday, 15th June 2011 in Korea a new chemical tanker named NCC AMAL with DWT of 45,000 tons from SHINAsb (previously SLS) of South Korea, as par
The Maritime Administration has approved a $346,129,000 Title XI guarantee to Vessel Management Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crowley Holdings, Inc., for the construction of three 330,000 barrel double hull tug/barge units. VT Halter Marine, Inc. in Gulfport, Mississippi is construct
Labuan Shipyard & Engineering Sdn Bhd has won a RM99.5 million deal to build a platform supply vessel for Tanjung Offshore Bhd. LSE’s shipyard is one of the largest and most well-equipped in South-East Asia. It is capable of handling ships up to 16,000 deadweight tons with the capability of further
Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) and its guests celebrated the naming of its fourth U.S. flag tanker, the MAERSK PEARY, last Friday at the Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Center in Norfolk. The freshly painted, 591-foot ship sat pier-side in downtown Norfolk and was adorned with red, white and blue bunt
Jurong Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has secured an approximately S$130 million project to convert the Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) tanker, the MV “TAR II” (ex STAR II), to a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for MODEC. This conversion project invo
Gulf Offshore Norge, a subsidiary of Gulfmark Offshore, Inc. has ordered a new PSV of Skipsteknisk design, from SIMEK in Flekkefjord Norway. The vessel designated ST-216 Arctic, is based on the very successful ST-216L CD design, and will have new modified bow shape and a new improved tank configurat
On September 29th Ocean Rig took delivery of its fourth drill ship, Ocean Rig Mykonos. The drill ship is currently mobilizing for operations in Brazil for Petrobras. The naming ceremony of Ocean Rig Mykonos took place at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Korea on July 8th. Ocean Rig owns and
GulfMark Offshore, Inc. today announced the addition of three vessels to the vessel construction program it announced in August. The construction program is designed to provide the company with vessels of the right size and with the right capabilities to match the emerging long-term requirements of
ULSTEIN delivers the seismic research vessel Oceanic Sirius to Eidesvik and CGGVeritas on 3 October. Oceanic Sirius is designed and built in accordance with strict environmental standards and equipped with state-of-the-art technology for advanced seismic research operations. She is owned by a joint
Australian ship builder Strategic Marine and UK-based vessel design company BMT Nigel Gee Ltd have announced today that they have signed a ‘Teaming Agreement’ which will provide the ship builder with access to BMT Nigel Gee’s many designs, in particular vessels for the offshore wind industry and the
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has secured a contract for its high-specification KFELS B Class rig from Safin Gulf FZCO (Safin) worth US$199 million. Scheduled to be delivered to Safin in 3Q 2012, the rig will be a refurbishment and upgrade of a KFELS B Class jack-up rig that Keppel FELS purchase
Dresser-Rand Group Inc., a global supplier of rotating equipment and aftermarket parts and services, has been awarded compression equipment and services valued at more than $700 million by TUPI B.V. (Petrobras 65% and operator, BG Group 25%, Petrogal Brasil S.A – Galp Energia 10%) and GUARA B.V. (Pe
