Offshore
COSCO enters semi-sub shipping
On May 20th 2010, a 50,000-dwt semi-submerged ship, ordered by COSCO Shipping, came out of the dock in CSSC Guangzhou Longxue Shipbuilding. As is introduced, this is the largest semi-submerged ship in Asia while another sister ship is under constr...
2010-05-25 09:59:24
Germanish running for wind farm vessel
Germany’s Hochtief Construction is negotiating with local shipbuilders to build a pair of high value-added wind farm installation vessels, communications chief Bernd Putter said. He confirmed the first of the “new generation” vessels should...
2010-05-25 08:16:06
Chinese into LNG carriers
Two Chinese shipbuilders, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co and Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, have announced that they would enter into the LNG carrier market. The domestic demand is predicted to reach 38 LNG carriers in 2010 and over 6...
2010-05-25 07:35:32
Drydocks wins $110m order
Drydocks World has secured its third order from Singapore-based subsea contractor Hallin Marine with a $110m deal to build an oil well intervention compact semi-submersible vessel. The 8,200 dwt diesel-electric powered vessel has been designed by...
2010-05-24 07:35:25
German to compete with Asian
Recently Korean shipbuilders have harvested lots of newbuilding and offshore plant orders. By price strategy, Korea stepped out of order drought. In tradition, usually the offshore plants are the last straw to clutch at for European shipyards. As ...
2010-05-24 01:38:47
HHI not joining Petrobras bid
Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries has decided not to join the bid to build $42bn worth of offshore plants for Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras. The deadline of the tender is May 26th. An HHI official said, "Previously, we had planned to ...
2010-05-20 18:32:25
STX inks MPP pair
Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding has reportedly inked a newbuilding contract with Italy's BALSARIN group to build two multipurpose vessels. Contract value is said to be amounting to $170m in total. The ships will be delivered by 2012. Sou...
2010-05-20 09:05:19
Mosvold cancels Otto AHTS
Mosvold Supply has cancelled the first of four anchor handlers on order in Indonesia. The widely anticipated move was confirmed Wednesday in a statement from Singapore shipbuilder Otto Marine. It said it had received a “notice of cancellation...
2010-05-20 08:26:49
Dof offloads AHTS newbuilding
Norwegian offshore owner Dof has cashed in one of its anchor handler newbuildings on order at STX Europe. It has sold the 12,000-bhp Skandi Emerald to Vietsovpetro Joint Venture for $65m, a statement says. Analysts say the price is considered...
2010-05-20 08:23:28
Tsakos drops drillship plan
Greek shipowner Tsakos Energy Navigation has abandoned its anticipated foray into the offshore sector. During a conference call with investors the company said it will not pursue a previously announced plan to buy a drillship from its Athens-base...
2010-05-19 07:35:58
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