China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has sealed a deal to build two additional drillships for Reignwood Group’s subsidiary Opus Offshore, thus exercising an option from a previous order made by Opus offshore in January 2012. Shanghai Shipyard, one of the top shipbuilding and repairing bases u
CP Latina informed SD Standard Drilling Plc., that they will exercise previously granted option for purchase of B338 jack-up rig, currently under construction at Keppel FELS at the agreed gross price of USD 215 million. Financial and legal closing of the transaction is set to take place on 15th of M
In 2012 Shipyard “Ukraine” of Odessa Commercial Sea Port obtained 17 million UAH (USD approx. 2 million) revenue from ship repair activity, which is more than 14 times higher than in 2011 (1.2 million UAH). This was reported by the Director of the Shipyard Viktor Baskin to the Center for Transport S
The ceremonial raising of the flag on the last of four LNG-fueled ferries built for one of the biggest Norwegian owners –Torghatten Nord AS took place in Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A on 8th of January 2013. During three years of cooperation with the owner Remontowa shipyard constructed eight modern fe
Subsea 7’s flagship ‘Seven Borealis’, a customised SOC 5000 design designed by ULSTEIN has been nominated for the prestigious Ship of the Year Award organised by the Offshore Support Journal. The Seven Borealis measures 182.2 x 46.2 metres and has a moulded depth of 16.1 metres. This state-of-the-ar
Reef Subsea today announced they have signed a five year plus options charter for a new built dynamically positioned subsea construction vessel from Olympic Shipping AS in Norway. The vessel, to be named ”Olympic Reef”, built by Kleven Maritime in Norway, is to be delivered in August 2013. The vesse
Offshore Driller 1 Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of SD Standard Drilling Plc., today announced that the company has completed the financial and legal closing of the Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) for the sale of its jack-up drilling rig hull no B337 to CP Latina, a company incorporated in Mexic
On the morning of January 15th 2013, the naming ceremony of an 82.000 DWT bulk carrier (Hull No. S061) was held on the third quay at Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard. Representatives from Owners, CMI, LR as well as site team and top management of the Yard attended the ceremony. The vessel was named “Nissak
Vigor Industrial has reached an agreement with Daoda Marine Heavy Industry Company (DDHI) to purchase a new floating drydock for $40 million. At 960 feet long, with an inside width of 186 feet and a lifting capacity of 80,000 long tons, it will be the largest floating drydock in the United States. “
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order from the South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to supply Alfa Laval Aalborg heaters to a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) which will be
Alicat Workboats will construct four bespoke aluminium catamarans for the UK energy supplier in the latter part of this year – with the first serving E.ON’s Robin Rigg Wind Farm off the Solway Firth, near Cumbria. Steve Thacker, general manager of Alicat Workboats, said: “We are absolutely delighted
Sembcorp Marine announced that Jurong Shipyard has successfully restored and floated the jack-up rig that tilted on 3 December 2012 to its original upright position following planned recovery and restoration operations on 14 January 2013. Following the successful restoration of the jack-up rig to it
Austal announced the launch of the first-in-series Cape Class Patrol Boat during a ceremony with staff and suppliers at the company’s Henderson shipyard in Western Australia on January 7. The vessel is the first of eight new boats being built by Austal for the Australian Customs and Border Protectio
DryShips Inc., or the Company, an international provider of marine transportation services for drybulk and petroleum cargoes, and through its majority owned subsidiary, Ocean Rig UDW Inc., or Ocean Rig, of offshore deepwater drilling services, today announced the sale, via novation, of two of its ta
