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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Rolls-Royce to Power Two More Freedom-Class Littoral Combat Ships
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Rolls-Royce to Power Two More Freedom-Class Littoral Combat Ships

Rolls-Royce says it has secured a contract to supply power and propulsion systems for the two latest vessels in the U.S. Navy’s Freedom-class of Littoral

April 12, 2012
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DNV Executive Interview – Fuel Cells, Subsea Technology, Arctic Shipping, and More
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DNV Executive Interview – Fuel Cells, Subsea Technology, Arctic Shipping, and More

At last month’s Connecticut Maritime Association conference in Stamford, Connecticut, I met up with DNV Americas’ COO, Elisabeth Torstad, as well

April 12, 2012
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CAT Adds Ex-Presidential Candidate Jon Huntsman To Board
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CAT Adds Ex-Presidential Candidate Jon Huntsman To Board

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) elected former presidential candidate Jon M. Huntsman Jr. as its newest director, adding a former chief executive with political and

April 12, 2012
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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Carnival Invests in Efficiency, and ABB Azipod Technology

ABB has won a long-term service contract from Carnival Corporation to maintain and upgrade ABB’s Azipod equipment over the next 15 years for 20 ships in

April 11, 2012
Total Views: 512

Monday, April 9, 2012
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SPOTD: HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Mega Blocks Unite at BAE Systems

This Ship Photo of the Day from BAE Systems’s Govan Shipyard in Glasgow shows one of two massive hull sections of the HMS Queen Elizabeth being driven

April 9, 2012
Total Views: 268

Sunday, April 8, 2012
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Will the US Become the World’s Largest Exporter of LNG?

By John R. Siegel (Barrons) By 2017 the U.S. could be the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas in the world, surpassing leading LNG exporters Qatar and

April 8, 2012
Total Views: 107

Friday, April 6, 2012
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ENSCO Orders Drillship with Retractable Thrusters!?

At first it looked like just another drillship order. Samsung Heavy wins a $645 million order to build a DP3 drillship for ENSCO, however buried in the middle

April 6, 2012
Total Views: 195

Gulf Drilling Orders New Pacific Class 400 Jackup from Sembcorp
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Gulf Drilling Orders New Pacific Class 400 Jackup from Sembcorp

SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- Sembcorp Marine Ltd. (S51.SG) Thursday said it secured a US$218.5 million contract to construct a jack-up rig for Gulf Drilling

April 6, 2012
Total Views: 88

Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Vancouver Shipyards Awarded $5.2B Worth of Additional NSPS Vessels
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Vancouver Shipyards Awarded $5.2B Worth of Additional NSPS Vessels

North Vancouver-based Seaspan Shipyards says the Canadian Coast Guard has decided to spend an additional $5.2 billion on the construction of even more ships

April 4, 2012
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Cochin Shipyard Delivers Anchor Handler to Shipping Corp of India

The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) accepted delivery of an Anchor Handling, Towing & Supply (AHTS) vessel MV SCI Kundan on 3 April 2012.  

April 4, 2012
Total Views: 68

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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Seadrill Orders a $650M Arctic-Ready Semisubmersible from Jurong Shipyard

Hamilton, Bermuda – Oil and gas companies have increased their level of activity in harsh environment and arctic areas considerably during the last

April 3, 2012
Total Views: 199

Monday, April 2, 2012
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Wartsila Hamworthy wins third FSRU Regasification Contract with Hoegh LNG

Hamworthy Oil & Gas Systems has secured a contract to supply its innovative LNG regasification technology for the third Hoegh LNG Floating Storage and

April 2, 2012
Total Views: 347

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Keppel AmFELS Wins $205 Million Order for New LeTourneau Super 116 Jackup Rig

Keppel AmFELS, a Brownsville, Texas-based subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, has won a contract from Mexico’s Perforadora Central SA de CV

April 2, 2012
Total Views: 130

Friday, March 30, 2012
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Signal Maritime Receives Newest RAmparts 3200 Offshore Tug

Signet Weatherly is the latest RAmparts 3200 Class ASD from the design board of Robert Allan Ltd. Recently delivered to her proud owner, Signet Maritime

March 30, 2012
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Farstad Shipping Orders a Pair of Rolls-Royce OSVs from STX Shipbuilding

STX OSV announced today that it had secured new contracts for the construction of two Multifunctional Deep Water Anchor Handling / Offshore Service vessels for

March 30, 2012
Total Views: 167

3-D Look at the Newest Bad Weather, Seismic Shootin’ Survey Ship [VIDEO]
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3-D Look at the Newest Bad Weather, Seismic Shootin’ Survey Ship [VIDEO]

We reported on the Polarcus Amani’s delivery yesterday, however a video was just released by shipbuilder ULSTEIN that shows this remarkable new ship

March 30, 2012
Total Views: 41

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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No Ordinary FPSO…Sevan Marine Awarded Arctic Feasibility Study by Statoil

Statoil has awarded Sevan Marine a study of the potential application of a Sevan FPSO for Statoil’s Skrugard / Havis development in the Norwegian Barents

March 28, 2012
Total Views: 87

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Shell Takes Delivery of the New Ice-Classed M/V Aiviq, ECO’s Largest and Most Advanced Vessel to Date
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Shell Takes Delivery of the New Ice-Classed M/V Aiviq, ECO’s Largest and Most Advanced Vessel to Date

Shell Exploration and Production says it has taken delivery of the M/V Aiviq (pronounced ‘eye-vik’), a 360-foot ice class anchor handler built by

March 27, 2012
Total Views: 317

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Transporting Live Fish – Rolls-Royce Wins Another Unique Ship Design Order

Remember in Star Trek 4 when they had to transport humpback whales through in time in an spaceship/aquarium by slingshotting around the sun? Well, nearly a

March 27, 2012
Total Views: 166

Monday, March 26, 2012
Cosco Shipyard to Construct Specialized Wind Turbine Installation Jack-Up for Denmark’s A2SEA
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Cosco Shipyard to Construct Specialized Wind Turbine Installation Jack-Up for Denmark’s A2SEA

Singapore’s Cosco Corporation Ltd. (F83.SG) said Monday that it has signed a contract valued at more than $150 million to build a specialized jack-up

March 26, 2012
Total Views: 58