A&P Group has won a contract with an important new client, P&O Maritime Services, carrying out conversion work on the company’s impressive European Supporter cable-laying vessel. The Group’s Hebburn yard has carried out numerous repairs and refurbishments for P&O Ferries but this is their first comm
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
Catalist-listed ES Group (Holdings) Limited announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, ES Offshore Engineering Pte. Ltd., has been awarded a new contract to construct two jack-up blocks for a major Singapore shipyard. This project comes on the back of numerous similar construction contracts a
Through its subsidiary TTS Energy AS, TTS Group ASA has signed a Letter of Intent with Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd in Singapore, for delivery of a high performance drilling equipment package for a new CJ70 Jack-up to be built for North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. The contract has a value of approximately NOK
OSD-IMT, the UK arm of Offshore Ship Designers, has been chosen by Samsung and Boskalis-SMIT Engineering to develop the basic design, detailed design and production drawings for a 99 m cable laying vessel. Neil Patterson, managing director of OSD-IMT, says, “This project illustrates perfectly the st
South Korean shipbuilding and shipping conglomerate the STX Group said Monday it has signed an initial deal to build a $1 billion shipyard… (YahooNews) [mappress] Source: YahooNews, June 20, 2011;
The purse seiner / Danish seiner Artus, of a Havyard 515 design, was named during a ceremony in Fosnavåg, Norway this afternoon. Artus, the fifth fishing vessel in a line of vessels by the same name, willafter the coming week of completion go straight to Bjørnøya, fishing for haddock and coalfish. W
Russia and France signed the procurement contract for two Mistral class assault landing ships at 15th Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, reports RIA Novosti. On the Russian side, the document was signed by Director General of Rosoboronexport Anatoly Isaikin in the presence of Russian pre
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is on track to deliver ENSCO 8504, the fifth of seven ENSCO 8500 Series® ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rigs being built exclusively for Ensco plc . Keppel FELS expects to deliver the rig on time, within budget and with no lost time incidents. ENSCO 8504 h
On 17 June 2011 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Sovcomflot – the largest operator of ice-class LNG tankers – signed a contract with Gazprom Global LNG Limited (GGLNG), a subsidiary of Gazprom, for the long-term time charter of two ultra-modern ice-class LNG-carriers. The long-ter
The Quebec government is stepping in to help one of the shipyards competing with Halifax for federal shipbuilding contracts worth billions… (cbc) [mappress] Source: cbc, June 17, 2011;
SUCCESS is in the wind after a South Tyneside yard clinched its first major green contract from Down Under… (shieldsgazette) [mappress] Source: shieldsgazette, June 17, 2011;
Aker Solutions won a contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Equipment to supply a complete drilling equipment package for a new deepwater drill ship. The contract is worth about NOK 540 million. The drill ship will be owned and operated by Tungsten Explorer Company, a subsidiary of Vantage Drill
Bourbon Oceanteam 104 multi purpose support vessel will Friday June 17th change name into “Southern Ocean.” SALT/ TS Marine have the vessel on a bareboat contract from the owner company OB 4 AS and has appointed Bourbon Offshore Norway as ship manager. The decision of name change was taken upon star
