Offshore
Samsung wins drillship order
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) said Thursday it has received an order for two drillships from a Brazilian shipowner for $1.44bn. With this, the South Korean shipbuilder over-achieved its 2008 order-target of $15bn. Also SHI has bagged the largest...
2008-11-20 14:12:39
Sanko Steamship expanding offshore vessel biz
Japan’s Sanko Steamship sets to expand its offshore vessel business. Its fleet, mainly comprising of anchor handling tug/supply (AHTS) vessels and platform support vessels (PSV), has been increased into 52 units including newbuildings on order,...
2008-10-28 09:24:39
STX HI, emerging offshore builder
STX Heavy Industries, along with Samsung C&T, has won an order for one floating storage unit (FSU) for about 500 billion won ($414.25 million), setting spurs to its offshore plant business. The offshore unit ordered at STX HI this time is an ultra...
2008-10-14 14:26:17
ODIM wins two advanced deepwater cranes
Norway’s ODIM ASA received an order for two state-of-the-art advanced deepwater cranes worth NOK 9,5 million (USD 19.1 million) from China’s Zhejiang Shipbuilding. This shipbuilding company is known to be under China’s Sinopacific shipbuild...
2008-10-14 12:10:59
Universal to enter PSV construction
Japan’s Universal Shipbuilding Corporation made inroads into platform support vessel (PSV) construction market for the fist time in the country. Recently, the shipbuilder unofficially received an order for four 4,800-dwt PSVs from compatriot San...
2008-10-13 15:37:26
STX expands offshore business
STX Corporation is extending its offshore newbuilding business. According to market reports, STX Heavy Industries is said to be now conducting a negotiation for newbuilding of an offshore floating facility. Orderer is yet to be revealed but del...
2008-10-06 10:14:29
SHI to win the world’s first order for an LNG-FPSO for KRW...
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) had developed before an icebreaking tanker, a combination of an ice breaker and a tanker, and dominated the global market of it. This time, the South Korean shipbuilder, for the first time in the world, has received ...
2008-09-19 09:28:09
SHI to receive an unofficial order for LNG-FPSO
SBM Offshore N.V. plans to place an order for one LNG-FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading unit) not from Japan’s IHI Marine United (IHIMU) but from South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). SBM new president Tony Mace said SB...
2008-09-04 09:33:36
NYK Line to establish ‘Offshore Business Group’
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) on August 28 said it would set up ‘Offshore Business Group,’ a new organization which deals with offshore sector, within its Bulker•Energy Transportation HQ as of October 1. In oil and gas sector, NYK Line ...
2008-09-01 09:33:55
MODEC to win a contract with Petrobras to build an FPSO
Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Co. (MODEC) on August 26 announced that it has signed a contract with Petrobras, Brazil’s national oil and gas company, for the construction, charter and operation of a floating production, storage and offload...
2008-08-29 09:49:34
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