Month: September 2006

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA has decided to exercise the option with Aker Yards, Langsten, to build an additional new third generation Ramform vessel, "Ramform 8". This new and improved Ramform class seismic vessel…

Stocznia Gdynia in Poland may next year receive the stakes of companies whose minority shareholder is still the Polish state. The shipyard has started negotiations with its potential investors including Israeli shipowner…

Offshore drilling rig contractor Ensco International has contracted Singapore shipyard Keppel FELS to construct a $385 million ultra-deep water semisubmersible rig. Delivery is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2009.Ensco said is…

Kuwait Oil Tanker (KOTC) plans to order four VLCCs at a total cost of some $500 million. The new order was approved by the national oil conglomerate Kuwait Petroleum Corp. and will…

In what could be the world?s fourth-largest shipyard is nearing completion in Redondo Peninsula, Subic Bay, Philippines, and it promises to generate $3.6 billion in annual sales. The $1 billion Hanjin Shipbuilding…

Vinashin Lines Ltd Co, a subsidiary of Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin), signed two major shipbuilding contracts. Under the first contract, the Ha Long Shipyard will build one 54,000 dwt bulk…

The US Navy has awarded a $200 million contract to Pascagoula-based shipbuilder VT Halter Marine for construction of a vessel that will carry high-tech radar equipment to monitor ballistic missile activity. The…

EnSolve Biosystems in the USA has successfully completed testing its new oily water separator (OWS) system for U.S. Coast Guard type approval. The new-generation PetroLiminator PL630M was tested to meet the new…