Month: June 2007

Aberdeen-based marine and subsea support specialist TSMarine (Contracting) Ltd has taken delivery of its new offshore support vessel, Rem Etive. The multi-purpose vessel was delivered from the Kleven shipyard in Norway last…

Keppel FELS Limited has secured an order for an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible (semi) drilling rig from a wholly-owned subsidiary of ENSCO International Incorporated (ENSCO). The total project value is $427 million. The semi,…

Wärtsilä's licensed enginebuilders have in recent months booked orders for 52 of Wärtsilä's new series of 82-cm bore low-speed marine engines with an aggregate power of 1,726 MW. The engines were introduced…

Building on the strengths of already established services in the North Sea and Asia pacific, the MacGregor Group?s new Offshore division is set to provide a greater level of attention and service…

The U.S. Navy has awarded a $2.4 billion contract to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems to design and build the first replacement amphibious assault ship.The work will be conducted at Northrop?s shipyards in…

Singapore?s Keppel Corp said it may look to snap up Asian shipbuilding yards in several years time when it expects a glut in capacity to depress asset prices.Choo Chiau Beng, Chief Executive…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has received a 1.22 trillion-won ($1.3 billion) order to build container ships. The deal from a European company calls for Daewoo to build the 9,100 TEU vessels…

STX Pan Ocean has awarded the tender for the building of two product oil/chemical tankers to STX Shipbuilding. The award followed an open tender exercise carried out over six days in January…

Vancouver-based Nautilus Minerals Inc. (Nautilus) has announced that the Belgian Jan de Nul Group, one of the world's leading dredging companies, has signed the shipbuilding contract with La Naval, in Sestao, Northern…

India and South Korea this week will lay the groundwork for defence cooperation during the first visit of a South Korean defence minister to India. The two country?s defence ministers will be…