Offshore
EC sets up think tank for survival
Brussels has called a meeting to discuss the state of Europe’s shipbuilding and marine engineering industries. The key meeting of government and industry figures in Bremen on September 11th is being organized by the office of Günter Verheug...
2009-08-26 07:13:43
Petrobras inks OSV newbuilds
Brazil’s Petrobras has contracted the construction of 13 offshore supply vessels (OSV) but has left deals for another 11 unsigned. The supply ships are part of the group’s ambitious plans to contract up to 146 OSVs by 2014. According to Sergi...
2009-08-24 07:12:11
Gazprom in talks over LNG carriers
Meetings are being held with shipyard officials in South Korea and Japan over the next three weeks regarding their proposals on the LNG carriers required for Russia's massive Shtokman LNG project. Informed sources say clarification meetings will t...
2009-08-21 12:29:16
StealthGas upbeat on LPG sector
The comparative health of its core liquefied petroleum gas shipping market has been extolled by Athens-based StealthGas as it announced a cut in profits for the second quarter of this year. The Nasdaq-listed owner of 40 LPG and three product tank...
2009-08-21 07:18:06
Dof cancels two more
DOF Subsea has cancelled two more newbuildings in India. It says hulls 123 and 124 at Tebma Shipyard were cancelled Wednesday. In a statement, Dof says installments paid on the VS 470 MKIIs are secured with bank guarantees. This is the secon...
2009-08-20 07:58:57
Transpetro bid for 8 LPG carriers
Transpetro is inviting 19 shipbuilders, including nine foreign companies, to bid on a contract for eight LPG carrier newbuildings. The vessels include four 7,300-cbm gas ships originally slated to be built at southern Brazil's Itajai shipyard. ...
2009-08-20 07:41:42
Eidesvik pair pushed back
Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore has delayed the delivery of two newbuildings by a total of 18 months. The Oslo-listed owner says the two seismic vessels on order at Ulstein Verft were pushed back at the request of charterer CGGVeritas. The first o...
2009-08-19 07:19:27
PetroChina-ExxonMobil ink LNG pact
ExxonMobil will ship 60% of its liquefied natural gas from the proposed Gorgon project to China, after signing an agreement with state-run PetroChina. PetroChina will buy 2.3m tons per annum of LNG from the A$50bn ($40bn) Gorgon plant in Western ...
2009-08-19 07:06:52
Jaya to delay and cancel orders
Cash-strapped Singapore offshore vessel builder and operator Jaya Holdings says it is in the process of delaying and cancelling newbuilding orders. Jaya, which builds offshore vessels on a speculative basis, selling on them close to delivery to maxim...
2009-08-18 07:11:48
Malaysian wins OSV and tug orders
Malaysian shipbuilder Coastal Contracts Bhd has secured orders for two offshore support vessels and a tug in a deal worth $19.7m. “The predominantly weak and volatile global market conditions are not deterring Coastal Group from securing new con...
2009-08-14 16:10:00
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