Offshore
GE sells PSV pair
India’s Great Eastern (GE) Shipping has contracted to sell two of its offshore vessels to “undisclosed” buyers. The owner, however, gave no reasons in its announcement to the Bombay Stock Exchange for the disposals. The Mumbai-based company...
2010-01-04 06:56:28
GL new rules for OSVs
Ship classification society Germanischer Lloyd has published a new set of rules for ships intended for offshore support and supply, offshore towing, well stimulation, and other specialized offshore services. Compared to their predecessors, these ship...
2009-12-30 11:49:43
SCI tender for research vessel
Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) plans to acquire oceangoing research vessel (ORV). The shipowner has invited a global expression of interest (EOI) from shipyards for designing and construction of the proposed vessel this week. The ORV newbuil...
2009-12-29 07:12:54
Guangdong new offshore shipyard
Guangdong New China Shipyard is set to invest up to CNY 1.3bn ($191m) to build an offshore plant engineering base in Nansha, south of Guangzhou in southern China, in a bid to take advantage of the boom in the sector. A shipyard insider said that ...
2009-12-28 07:14:31
Beluga plans new orders in Germany
Beluga Hochtief Offshore, a specialist in the construction of offshore wind farms, has narrowed the group of potential shipbuilders for an €800m ($1.1bn) order to German yards. The company said it was in “intensive talks and negotiations” wi...
2009-12-24 07:39:43
Daewoo to win LNG carrier
South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) could clinch an order for an LNG carrier early in the new year but 2009 now looks certain to close with no newbuildings ordered. Informed sources reveal that DSME has an option outstand...
2009-12-24 07:20:44
LNG-FPSO FEED competition starts
Brazil's Petrobras and its partners have signed agreements with companies to undertake the front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for its planned LNG on-board natural-gas liquefaction unit. Teamed with BG Group, Repsol and Portugal's Galp En...
2009-12-24 07:02:32
Mitsubishi new Moss-type design
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has developed a new design for a Moss-type LNG carrier, foreign media reports. Nick-named Sayaendo LNGC - meaning "peas in a pod" - the 165,000-cbm vessel has a continuous tank cover instead of the independent s...
2009-12-23 13:41:29
Keppel pens third drillship upgrade
Keppel Offshore & Marine has clinched a third drillship upgrade contract from US shipowner Noble, boosting the orders from the owner in the last 30 days to $456m. Under the latest $152m contract award, the Singapore-based company’s Brazilian shi...
2009-12-23 07:22:58
Technip wins LNG-FPSO Feed
French oil and gas industry contractor Technip has secured a contract from Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras for a front-end engineering design (Feed) study for a proposed floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit. The contract has been...
2009-12-23 07:09:13
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