Month: July 2007

Norwegian offshore engineering and construction contractor Acergy SA has signed an agreement with Havila Shipping for a new build diving support vessel (DSV) for Northern Europe operations which will join the Acergy…

Fincantieri?s Muggiano shipyard (La Spezia) has launched the "Sagar Nidhi" ("Pearl of the Oceans"), an oceanographic vessel ordered for the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Madras. The 5,000-ton ship, whose aft…

French shipping company Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has ordered a new roro ferry for its LD Lines subsidiary, which currently operates the services between the UK ports of Portsmouth and Newhaven and…

Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. (Odense Staalskibsv?rft A/S) has entered into agreement with the Hegemann Group of Companies, Germany, regarding the sale of Volkswerft Stralsund GmbH. Conclusion of the sale is subject to…

Hebei Ocean Shipping (Hosco), the third largest shipping company by tonnage in China, has ordered three 57,000 dwt bulk carriers from Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard, boosting its spending on vessel purchases to $1.4bn…

Pride International, Inc based in Houston, USA, will construct an advanced-capability, dual activity drillship for use in ultra-deepwater drilling locations. The new rig will be capable of drilling in water depths of…

Kuala Lumpur based MISC Bhd has signed an agreement with South Korea's SLS Shipbuilding (SLS) to buy eight 45,000 dwt chemical tankers. The double-hulled IMO II vessels ordered at a total cost…

Norwegian shipbuilder Aker Yards said in a recent statement that it was revising its 2007 earnings forecasts down as a result of challenges, mainly to do with ferry projects at its three…

The recent launch of Australian Incat yard?s 112-metre wave piercing catamaran set new milestones for high speed light craft (HSLC) shipping. The vessel, named the Natchan Rera, is the world?s largest diesel-powered…

BP Shipping recently took delivery of the British Emerald, the world?s largest liquefied natural gas carrier (LNGC), the first in a series of dual-fuel diesel-electric gas ships. Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries…