Offshore
China inks 6 LNG carriers
National Iranian Tanker Co (NITC) has ordered six LNG carriers in China in a deal worth $1.2bn. News of the newbuilding order emerged on Sunday in reports from Iran’s state-controlled Fars News Agency. “Based on estimates, each tanker has bee...
2010-05-31 14:13:24
Nantong steps up to offshore
On May 28th, Asia’s first 3000-meter depth pipe-laying lifting ship, built by China’s Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, came out of the dock. President Chen Qiang said the board of directors had realized the risks in shipbuilding market. So, t...
2010-05-31 10:10:04
FLNG coming true
Floating LNG concept is now becoming a reality but the hurdles — not least low LNG prices — are many. Last year, both energy major Shell and Brazil’s Petrobras signed up for front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for giant LNG...
2010-05-31 07:36:15
Rongsheng eyes LNG debut
A doubling of LNG imports to China is good news for a potential newcomer. Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries wants to make a break into LNG-carrier construction as the country’s yards wake up to the business potential offere...
2010-05-31 07:32:21
Daewoo unveils LNG-FPSO
Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has unveiled its own generic LNG floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit at the FLNG 2010 meeting in Barcelona. Daewoo executive vice-president marketing engineering Brendan Jeong s...
2010-05-28 15:13:49
Keppel delivers five on schedule
Keppel Singmarine, the specialised shipbuilding arm of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), has recently delivered five newbuildings as scheduled. These five vessels, including a Multi-Purpose Supply and Support Vessel (MPSSV), an Ancho...
2010-05-28 07:36:09
Samsung names LNG-SRV
Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries held a naming ceremony on Thursday for the LNG-SRV ordered by Norway's Hoegh. SHI president Roh In-sik and Hoegh chairman Morten W Høegh attended the christening ceremony. The vessel was named 'GDF SUEZ CAPE AN...
2010-05-28 06:32:27
Petrobras gets bids for rig newbuilds
Petrobras has received bids from nine shipyard and fabrication groups vying to build and sell deep-water rigs directly to the oil giant in the first stage of a 28-unit Brazilian rig-building program. The tender is divided into three packages, and...
2010-05-27 08:20:33
Rem pens PSV quartet
Age Remoy’s Rem Offshore has ordered four large platform supply vessel (PSV) newbuildings as signs emerge that the price of offshore ships is beginning to rise. It has penned two VS 485s at Kleven Verft and a brace of STX 06 CD design ships at ...
2010-05-26 07:01:34
Hyundai inks LPG carrier duo
Korean shipbuilding major Hyundai Heavy Industries inked two handysize LPG carriers ordered by Indonesia's state energy group Pertamina for a combined value of $86m. Norwegian shipbrokers Lorentzen & Stemoco and Fearnleys reported HHI would build...
2010-05-26 06:55:54
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