Offshore
Siem to order a pair of OSRVs
Siem Offshore is to order two oil spill recovery vessels (OSRV) on the back of a seemingly lucrative long-term contract with Petrobras. The ships, to be operated by unit SIEM Consub, will be built in Brazil, paving the way for the owner to transfe...
2009-09-24 07:18:33
OSG inks 2nd tug barge
OSG Ship Management has ordered a second 350,000-barrel articulated tug barge (ATB) at US shipyard VT Halter Marine. Work is scheduled to start in November 2009 and is expected to be completed by mid 2010. No financial details were disclosed. V...
2009-09-23 12:38:33
Cosco yards join hands with Sinopec
Cosco Shipyard Group and Sinopec has recently signed a strategic co-operation agreement in Beijing. Under the agreement, both companies will further promote research and development activities on offshore plant technology and new products in the s...
2009-09-23 11:41:34
Jurong wins $160m FPSO conversion
Jurong shipyard Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore's Sembcorp Marine, said it has been awarded a US$160million contract by Modec Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte Ltd to convert a very large crude carrier (VLCC), the Ohdoh, to ...
2009-09-23 11:18:54
ThyssenKrupp cancels Greek submarine
ThyssenKrupp AG, the German shipbuilder and steelmaker, canceled contracts with Greece yesterday for the construction and maintenance of submarines after the country failed to pay for the vessels. Payments due to the company’s Howaldtswerke-De...
2009-09-23 09:22:41
EBX invests $1bn in shipbuilding venture
Brazil's EBX mining, energy and engineering conglomerate will invest $1 billion in a shipbuilding venture designed to meet needs of the nation's burgeoning offshore oil drilling industry, a company executive said. The EBX group of companies, whic...
2009-09-23 09:17:51
Golar converts 3rd FSRU
Another LNG carrier has gone into a shipyard for conversion to a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). Golar LNG chief financial officer Graham Robjohns confirms the 137,000-cbm Golar Freeze (built 1977) has entered Keppel Shipyard in S...
2009-09-23 07:25:56
Gazprom to order 2+2 gas ships
A framework agreement between Sovcomflot and Vyborg Shipyard may bear fruit with rumors Gazprom is set to order LNG carriers at the yard. The Russian energy giant may also pencil in two optional contracts at the compatriot shipbuilder, according t...
2009-09-22 07:20:31
Russia gears up LNG carrier order
Russian shipyards have submitted plans to expand their facilities in order to build LNG carriers for state-controlled energy major Gazprom’s Arctic gas export projects. Gazprom said it will need at least 23 LNG carriers built by 2020 to meet its...
2009-09-22 07:02:47
Offshore bonanza drives recovery
Asian shipyards have woken up after a deep slumber but the recovery will be led by an offshore bonanza and not merchant vessels says a new report from HSBC Global Research. Although vessel orders have gathered steam in recent months, HSBC says tha...
2009-09-21 14:53:30
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