Offshore
Nantong Rainbow to form offshore base
China's Nantong Rainbow Heavy Machineries has acquired some coastal land previously owned by Qidong Beizhi-based Dongjiang shipyard to establish a heavy equipment assembly base with investing CNY 360m ($54m). The offshore base project covers th...
2011-04-03 22:11:49
STX OSV books another PSV
STX OSV Holdings announced it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of a Platform Supply Vessel for an undisclosed customer. The vessel will be of STX OSV's own PSV 09 design, and is scheduled for delivery from STX OSV in Nor...
2011-04-01 08:19:03
Otto sells under-construction AHTS
Otto Marine president and ceo Lee Kok Wah expects demand for offshore support vessels to swell as a growing number of companies order deepwater drilling rigs. The commentary came as the Singapore-listed owner and shipyard group sealed a deal to s...
2011-04-01 07:17:54
Rowan in talks for drillship order
US-based rig contractor, Rowan Companies, has sounded out the market for the construction of up to two deepwater drilships as it embarks on its deep-water drilling ambitions. One of Korea's big three - Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Indus...
2011-03-31 22:16:35
SBM Offshore inks OSX FPSO
SBM Offshore has executed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with OSX 2 Leasing BV, an indirect subsidiary of OSX Brasil S.A. and part of Eike Batista's EBX Group. SBM says the LOI will permit it to start project activities, including early engineering and ...
2011-03-31 08:22:45
Daewoo scores LNG carrier
Angelicoussis Shipping Group, Greece’s largest shipowner, has confirmed a speculative order for an LNG carrier at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The contract is for a 155,900-cbm vessel with dual-fuel diesel-electric propulsion. ...
2011-03-31 06:57:28
Big 3 engaging in LNG bunkering
As it is highly expected LNG-fueled ships are increasingly demanded in near future, Korea's major shipbuilders and Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) are conducing a joint research in full swing on LNG bunkering facilities injecting fuel to the LNG-propel...
2011-03-30 22:09:17
Drillship on track
As Korea's large shipbuilders have won a series of new orders for drillships since the beginning of the year, drillship market situations seem to be recovering. For example, Hyundai Heavy Industries, which could not add any new drillship order int...
2011-03-30 12:02:28
Hyundai doing good job in offshore
South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries is said to have scored $2.393bn in the offshore sector during January and February this year, which is almost the same as the overall performance of the previous year. The yard won a large FPSO and two offsh...
2011-03-30 09:33:04
Wartsila & Aker's new WT Install Vessel
Wärtsilä and Aker Solutions have agreed to combine their fields of expertise to develop a new and environmentally sound concept for offshore wind turbine (WT) installation vessels. According to the contract, which was signed earlier thi...
2011-03-30 06:56:44
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