Offshore
Polish yards eyeing LNG carriers
Jan Ruurd de Jonge, the Dutchman heading up, in Poland, the Qatari takeover of the Gdynia and Szczecin shipyards, says the new plan is to build a range of vessels including massive Q-max LNG carriers. Some of the ships could be used to haul LNG fr...
2009-07-06 06:59:25
Daewoo names last Q-flex quartet
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea on July 3rd held a naming ceremony for four 210,000-㎥ class large LNG carriers. The quartet were named AL KHATTIYA, AL KARAANA, AL NUAMAN and AL BAHIYA. The LNG carriers, the last of the...
2009-07-03 13:02:19
STX expects orders from Petrobras
South Korea’s STX Corp chairman Kang Duk-soo expects the company to win billions of dollars in offshore orders from Brazil's Petrobras. He said Thursday that STX Offshore & Shipbuilding should share the orders with other South Korean rivals, Reu...
2009-07-03 07:42:20
SeaDragon orders one more rig at Jurong
SeaDragon Offshore has exercised an option for a second semi-submersible rig at Jurong Shipyard. The $237.3m contract is for the completion of a six column bare deck hull built at a Russian shipyard into an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilli...
2009-07-03 07:13:19
GC Rieber cancels PSV order
Offshore shipowner GC Rieber Shipping has axed a newbuilding contract following delivery delays. Oslo-listed GC Rieber says Polar Marine I, a 51/49 joint venture between GC Rieber and Otto Marine, has cancelled a PSV on order at Indonesia’s Bata...
2009-07-02 08:00:36
$140m for Siem for newbuilding program
Siem Offshore has bagged funds for the remainder of its newbuilding orderbook after securing NOK 900m ($141m) from a huge private placement. Chairman Kristian Siem and president Michael Delouche picked up a third of the shares on offer to institut...
2009-07-02 07:45:06
Yantai Raffles launches world's first ESV
China’s Yantai Raffles Shipyard Limited has successfully executed the launch of its first Elevating Support Vessel (ESV) for Remedial Offshore. The launching ceremony celebrated a major milestone in construction of one of the world’s first ESV...
2009-07-01 11:42:57
Rowan resumes rig newbuilding work
Rowan Companies of the US is to resume construction of a jack-up rig that was suspended in February due to the financial crisis and market downturn. Rowan said work would recommence on the third 240C class rig, the Joe Douglas, at its Vicksburg, M...
2009-07-01 07:52:37
Shell-Sovcomflot tie-up for LNG projects
Oil major Shell and Russia’s leading shipping group Sovcomflot are joining forces in a partnership that aims to be in the vanguard of developing the huge potential for LNG shipping in Arctic waters. They have also signed a deal that will see the oi...
2009-07-01 07:33:23
Keppel wins rig upgrade deals worth $21m
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine is working on oil rig repair and upgrading contracts worth S$30m ($20.8m) at its Dutch and Brazilian yards. Keppel’s Netherlands yard, Keppel Verolme, is repairing and upgrading China Oilfield Services sem...
2009-07-01 07:16:20
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