MES develops floating wind farms [Offshore]
Japan's Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) is developing floating structures for offshore wind farms in a bid to meet growing demand for offshore wind farm development in Japan in the long term. Mitsui intends to develop TLP (tension leg plat...
2010-01-19 06:33:25
Brazil shipyard eyes owning vessels [Offshore]
Brazil’s EBX Group says its new shipbuilding subsidiary also plans to own and operate a fleet of rigs, platforms and floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units to be chartered out to oil producers, foreign media reports. The plan come...
2010-01-18 14:33:41
Bohai builds China’s largest ferries [Shipbuilding]
China’s Bohai Ferry intends to build four luxury ferries worth CNY 1.6bn ($234m) in total. Currently Bohai is waiting for the approval of China Classification Society (CCS) on design solutions. If everything is ok, the construction work will sta...
2010-01-18 14:15:00
Korean suppliers advance abroad [Equipment]
Member companies of Busan Marine Equipment Association (BMEA) are trying hard to get out of the recession by exploiting overseas markets. Between January 11th and 15th, BMEA dispatched a group of delegates to Haiphong, Vietnam, in a bid to cultiv...
2010-01-18 13:38:43
STX signs KRW130bn wind turbine MOU [General]
STX Windpower said Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dutch wind farm developer Main Wind for a supply and maintenance package of wind turbines totaling 50MW. The contract value stands at KRW 130bn ($115m). Under the MOU,...
2010-01-18 10:35:30
Poland still selling shipyards [Finance]
Poland could launch another auction for the remaining assets of Gdynia and Szczecin shipyards later this year, foreign media reports. Treasury ministry spokesman Maciej Wewior said a sale has not been ruled out after two previous disappointing ef...
2010-01-18 07:28:16
100 newbuilds for Transpetro [Offshore]
Transpetro’s chief executive has revealed plans to order 20 tank-barge convoys for the ethanol trade, adding 100 tugs and barges to its fleet. Sergio Machado says the Brazilian tanker owner aims to issue a tender for the vessels next month, acc...
2010-01-18 07:25:58
Bender sold to Signal [Finance]
Signal International has won the auction of the Mobile-based shipyard owned by troubled US shipbuilder Bender Shipbuilding. A lawyer for Bender, Stewart Peck, confirmed that the winning bid was $31.2m, which was $10.2m above the “stalking horse...
2010-01-18 07:22:51
Ezra adds new ice-class pipelayer [General]
Asian shipowner Ezra Holdings will build a new ice-class pipelaying ship to meet growing demand for cold climate offshore oil and gas services, foreign media reports. The order will be the fourth offshore construction vessel scheduled to enter the...
2010-01-18 07:12:36
Transocean to tender for drillships [Offshore]
Transocean, owner of the world’s largest fleet of offshore drilling rigs and drillships, could award contracts to build two new drillships, worth $1.5bn in total, this quarter to meet growing demand for deepwater and Arctic operations, foreign medi...
2010-01-18 07:09:07
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