Month: September 2009

A tour of shipbuilders keen to build the LNG carriers required for Russia's massive Shtokman project has been abandoned midway through. Factional infighting was blamed for the abrupt end to visits to…

The Brazilian shipyard Atl?ntico Sul Shipyard (EAS) held its first keel laying ceremony earlier this month when it commenced the construction of a Suezmax oil tanker, the first of the Transpetro fleet…

Brazil?s state-run Petrobras will launch a bid round on 28 oil rigs to be built in Brazil and used for massive offshore subsalt fields, the company said. Brazil plans to rely mostly…

Local sources in Indonesia report that the country plans to team up with Chinese investors in building a shipyard industry in 2010 with initial feasibility study starting this year. I Nyoman Sudiana,…

Severnaya Verf shipyard, a part of United Industrial Corporation (OPK), has launched a new platform supply vessel, known as project VS485PSV.The ship is equipped with an open deck for transport of hazardous…

New fixed price safety agreements from safety equipment manufacturer Viking Life-Saving Equipment are hoped to appeal to shipowners looking to control servicing expenses, streamline management and predict future costs.The company says that…

Rolls-Royce has announced that it has won two significant contracts from the French and Korean navies.The French Navy has ordered podded propulsion equipment and stabiising fins worth £7.5 million. The equipment is…