Offshore
STX orders first PSVs
STX Pan Ocean is making its debut in the offshore vessel market with an order for three newbuildings. The South Korean diversified shipowner has, however, remained mum on much of the detail of its move into the sector. Singapore-listed STX ha...
2010-08-13 07:46:49
Dockwise mulls ordering newbuild
Dockwise is mulling an order for a semi-submersible heavy transport vessel as the outlook for the offshore market improves. The Dutch offshore support vessel owner did, however, post a weaker set of second-quarter results as revenues fell and cost...
2010-08-13 07:43:52
PPL M&A skirmish continues
A High Court judge in Singapore has rejected PPL Holdings' bid to reinstate an insider to the board of PPL Shipyard. The ruling came amidst a heated legal battle between Sembcorp Marine and PPL Holdings over the sale of a 15% yard stake to a cons...
2010-08-13 07:25:33
Meyer wins Carnival cruiseship
Carnival Corp has turned to Meyer Werft for its latest cruiseship newbuilding order. Micky Arison-led Carnival says the 71,300-gt vessel is for its German-speaking Aida Cruise brand. London and New York-listed Carnival will pay EUR 150,000 ($...
2010-08-13 07:21:34
Hyundai to market CO2 carriers by 2015
Hyundai Heavy Industries and Maersk Tankers have reported that they are in the process of developing next generation liquefied CO2 carriers to be ready for the market by 2015. As part of the Finncap project that captures CO2 from power plants in Finl...
2010-08-13 07:17:06
Lull of Newbuilding Activity
Lull activity in terms of newbuilding orders in july. Clarkson commented “With yards now preparing for their annual summer vacations, which for the majority will commence from the start of next week, as well as the majority of the owning communit...
2010-08-12 10:03:43
STX wins AHTS pair
Norway's Dof has put pen to paper on an order for two anchor-handling tug supply (AHTS) newbuildings at STX. Confirmation of the deal comes only a couple of weeks after Dof landed a huge NOK 5.2bn ($862m) charter for four AHTS units with Petrobras...
2010-08-12 07:39:09
Noble orders $550m drillship
Two shipbuilders have sealed contracts with Noble Corp for the construction of an ultra-deepwater drillship. New York-listed Noble says it is splashing an estimated $550m to build the 18,200-gt Noble Globetrotter II. South Korea's STX Offshor...
2010-08-11 08:17:49
China rolls out 3,000-meter platform
About 50% of Chinese oil relies on import while 70% global crude oil is stored in ocean. Experiencing ten years’ research, China has rolled out 3,000-meter submersible drilling platform. Chen Gang, who is engineer of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Ship...
2010-08-11 01:09:23
Heavy lifter time coming
The heavy lifter is popular and widely used in shipping and offshore field. In spite of market recession, heavylift vessel orders are still strong. In 2011 it is expected to reach the peak. In coming years, the heavy lifter fleet will constantly ...
2010-08-11 01:08:31
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