Singapore Exchange Mainboard-listed Marco Polo Marine Ltd, a growing integrated marine logistic group announce that the Group has secured a new ship-building contract to construct five units of barges for a third-party Indonesian customer for approximately S$10 million. Under the contract, the Group
Damen Shipyards have delivered the ASD tugs ‘Karloo’ and ‘Kalarka’ to Half Tide Marine Pty Ltd of Australia. The tugs were built to the highly successful ASD Tug 3111 design, which in common with most Damen vessels, has been the subject of constant research and improvement. Including ‘Karloo’ and ‘K
Maersk Drilling, a business unit within the A.P. Moller- Maersk group, has declared its option to build two ultra deepwater drillships at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. The drillships are scheduled for delivery in the second and third quarters of 2014, respectively. The total project cost
Defence procurement agency DGA has placed an order with DCNS for the third Barracuda-type nuclear-powered attack submarine for the French Navy. This order comes under the framework programme contract awarded to DCNS in December 2006 calling for the delivery of six next-generation SSNs between 2017 a
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract for the delivery of a deepwater drilling riser system to the DSME shipyard in South Korea. The riser package will be delivered to offshore drilling company Atwood Oceanics’ drill ship. The contract value is approximately USD 50 million and includes an optio
In a vast hanger in a north German Fassmer shipyard, environmental pressure group Greenpeace’s latest weapon is nearing completion… (mysinchew) [mappress] Source: mysinchew, July 3, 2011;
Keppel FELS Limited’s (“Keppel FELS”) repeat customer, Asia Offshore Drilling Limited (“AOD”) has exercised its first of two options to build a KFELS B Class jackup rig worth US$184 million. The effectiveness of this first option is subject to AOD or its wholly owned subsidiary entering into a const
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Stratton (WMSL 752), the company’s third U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter (NSC), successfully completed builder’s sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. The company’s latest NSC, built at Ingalls Shipbuilding, spent three full days at sea effectively testing all of
At RenewableUK Offshore Wind 2011 yesterday in Liverpool Nikki Kuyt of Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd. signed for the acceptance of their latest vessel, the MCS Maestro, with Ben Colman from South Boats SP. The vessel, their second new build from the Isle of Wight ship yard, is an 18m South Cat
Wärtsilä has been awarded a five-year technical management contract, based on Dynamic Maintenance Planning, covering six LNG carriers. The contract has been placed by the operator of the vessels, Ceres LNG Services Ltd, a Greek ship management company and a major marine service provider in LNG shipp
Bergen Group has, through its subsidiary Bergen Group Skarveland AS, received a contract with the Norwegian yard Hellesøy Verft AS for complete pipe installation valued NOK 22 million. The contract is related to a newbuild offshore vessel for a Norwegian shipping company. The delivery will be comple
Teekay Corporation enters into an agreement with BG Norge Limited (BG) to provide a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the Knarr oil and gas field located in the North Sea. The contract will be serviced by a newly-built FPSO unit to be constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries
Submarine strategy of the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems group confirmed The €2.0 billion order for six U 214 submarine material packages placed with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems by the Republic of Turkey has entered into force with receipt of the advance payment. As a longstanding partner and supplier
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, won an order worth more than $40 million to provide complete energy-efficient power and propulsion systems for two new icebreaking vessels to be built by the Arctech Helsinki Shipyard in Finland. The order was booked during the first quarter of
