Offshore
Sinopacific builds China's first self-designed OSV
As the 1st vessel that China's Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group will deliver to Bourbon according to the framework agreement of offshore vessels worth of USD 1 billion signed in June, 2010, SPA 80 is under intensive production by Sinopacific Shipbuildi...
2011-01-27 07:10:15
Bangladesh biz for LNG-FSRU
The Bangladesh government is examining the bids for construction of the country's first floating terminal for imported LNG.
 State-owned Petrobangla last week received proposals from 10 global firms to build the liquefied natural gas (LNG) t...
2011-01-26 08:43:13
Russia OKs pro-shipbuilding bill
The bill intended for support of Russian shipping and shipbuilding industry was approved by the Government Committee for legislative activities, Victor Olersky, Deputy Minister of Transport said in St. Petersburg, PortNews reports. Now the docume...
2011-01-26 08:39:33
Keppel rig cancelled
Keppel has agreed to terminate an upgrade contract for Noble Corp’s drillship 13,580-dwt Noble Muravlenko (built 1982). The upgrade work to the Noble Muravlenko had been scheduled to take place in 2013. Keppel FELS Brasil was contracted to ...
2011-01-26 08:35:26
COSCO takes Asian largest Semi-submerged ship
On January 20th, China’s COSCO took the delivery of MV Xiang Yunkou in CSSC Guangzhou Longxue shipbuilding, which was Asian largest semi-submerged ship with nick name of marine forklift. The ship was one of the world’s largest ships in terms o...
2011-01-25 11:26:46
Samsung eyes Offshore & Green
Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries will intensively engage in the offshore plant market this year. That is, the yard is aiming to secure a matchless competitiveness that cannot be achieved by late-comers, such as Chinese rivals, by sweeping the hig...
2011-01-25 07:04:30
Hudong: We are excited!
As China’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding won the country’s first export LNG carrier order, it seemed China broke the monopoly of Korean shipbuilders, in terms of hi-tech shipbuilding. As is reported earlier, Exxon Mobil Corporation and Mitsui O...
2011-01-24 10:18:10
Kleven pens Olympic OSV
Olympic Shipping has entered into a contract for delivery of one Offshore Support Vessel at Myklebust Verft, a yard in the Kleven Maritime group in Norway. Delivery is agreed as September 2011. The early delivery is made possible due to the fact ...
2011-01-24 08:34:22
P+S Werften inks CSV
Germany's P+S Werften announced that it has secured an order for an offshore construction vessel. KfW IPEX-Bank will provide a EUR 120m ($162m) loan to cover the purchase price. The shipyard revealed a shipping company registered in the Far E...
2011-01-24 07:18:32
Offshore shipbuilding orders keep slumping
In 2010, 167 offshore ships were signed totally. The newbuilding orders kept slumping since 2008. Nearly 90% of them were PSV, AHTS and OSV. In addition, the wind turbine installation ships became the dark horse, with nine new orders signed in 20...
2011-01-21 10:18:45
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