Month: August 2006

Bharati Shipyard in Mumbai, India, has bagged a contract from Reliance Industries for the construction of six vessels, including one diving support vessel, for its offshore terminal at Jamnagar. The contract value…

The New Brunswick department of transportation in Canada has issued a request for qualifications for the operation of vehicle passenger ferry services to the islands of Grand Manan and White Head. The…

For years, the Gulf of Mexico, which is the birthplace of offshore drilling and a very active region for underwater exploration, dictated global contract terms for drilling equipment. In 2001, about 148…

TTS Marine ASA has entered into a letter of intent (`Heads of Agreement`) with Umoe Industri regarding the takeover of Umoe Schat-Harding, which supplies lifeboats and other life-saving equipment to the shipping…

A major shipbuilding contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars could be heading to Whangarei in New Zealand. The Whangarei District Council will be discussing an offer from Culham Engineering to buy…

The Tuticorin Port Trust (TPT) in Southern India plans to construct a shipyard at an estimated cost of $215 million said its chairman N K Ragupathy.Detailing the proposed plan of setting up…

Canada?s Christensen Yachts Ltd., which builds yachts, has chosen Tennessee as the site of a new shipyard. CYL will build yachts costing as much as $50 million each at a new $20…

Renaissance Services, in the Sultanate of Oman, plans to acquire a platform supply vessel and a rescue ship to support its oil service contract business in the Caspian Sea. The PSV called…

PT ASL Shipyard Indonesia, a subsidiary of Singapore-based ASL Marine Holdings Ltd, has commissioned the 150,000 dwt graving dry dock at its shipyard in Batam, Indonesia. The new dry dock, measuring 260m…

India?s fourth largest private sector shipowner, Varun Shipping Co, plans to raise $536 million in an effort to expand business, mostly in the carriage of liquefied natural gas.Varun, a leading player in…