Shipbuilding

Stay updated on global shipbuilding news, including new ship orders, shipyard construction projects, and technological advancements in the shipbuilding industry.


Wednesday, November 28, 2012
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Engineering News

Siem Offshore Orders their First LNG-Powered PSV, Designed and Powered by Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä announced today they have been contracted to supply an integrated engineering solution to an LNG-powered Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) newbuild

November 28, 2012
Total Views: 178

Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Ship Design

GL Forum: The Use of 3D Technology in Shipping and Shipbuilding

Hamburg/Germany– Ships and offshore units are specialist structures with high requirements for efficiency and availability throughout their entire life

November 27, 2012
Total Views: 108

Shipbuilding

Scandlines Cancels Newbuild Pair at P+S Werften

German ferry operator Scandlines said Tuesday that the company has decided to cancel contracts for two newbuild ferries with insolvent German shipyard, P+S

November 27, 2012
Total Views: 110

Engineering News

Global Shipbuilding Outlook – 45% of Shipyards Have No Orders Post 2012

By Sanjeev Rana, Deutsche Bank  Global Shipbuilding Downturn Continues Global shipbuilding industry has been going through a downturn for the last four

November 27, 2012
Total Views: 145

Monday, November 26, 2012
Shipbuilding

BAE Shipyards to Close One Unlucky Shipyard – Report

LONDON–U.K. defense company BAE Systems PLC (BA.LN) will likely close one of its shipyards, with a decision expected before Christmas, the Sunday

November 26, 2012
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Shipbuilding

Rongsheng Chairman and Largest Shareholder Resigns

SHANGHAI–A Chinese shipbuilding magnate stepped down as chairman of two companies, weeks after an investment firm he controls paid US$14.2 million to

November 26, 2012
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Engineering News

Petrobras Plans to Grow Fleet by 146 Ships, Will Need Lots of Help

Over 150 representatives of the global maritime industry attended the Royal Institution of Naval Architect’s annual Presidents Invitation Lecture in

November 26, 2012
Total Views: 52

Saturday, November 24, 2012
Finance

Keppel’s Stock Faces Tug of War, UOB KayHian Maintains Buy Call

0618 GMT 22 November [Dow Jones] STOCK CALL: Keppel’s (BN4.SG) stock faces “a tug of war between good contract wins and margin concerns,” UOB

November 24, 2012
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Engineering News

Damen Yard to Overhaul Ex-Pirate Radio Ship

AMSTERDAM-based Oranjewerf Ship Repair appears to be a fast mover. Last Friday, the Damen Shipyards branch acquired the order to overhaul the former radio

November 22, 2012
Total Views: 124

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Engineering News

Hyundai Mipo and Lloyd’s Register Deliver Super Efficient MR Tanker

Earlier in November, Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) delivered a highly innovative vessel named the King Gregory, a Lloyd’s Register-classed,

November 22, 2012
Total Views: 80

Wednesday, November 21, 2012
News

Fred Olsen Energy Declines Option for Additional Semi from Hyundai Heavy

Norwegian oil and gas exploration and production service provider Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (FOE.SE) said Wednesday it has decided not to exercise the option for

November 21, 2012
Total Views: 52

Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Shipbuilding

Marin Teknikk to Design New Subsea Vessel for Otto Candies

Louisiana-based Otto Candies said this week that it will be working with Norway’s Marin Teknikk on a new subsea support and construction vessel (SSCV) to

November 20, 2012
Total Views: 165

Monday, November 19, 2012
Shipbuilding

Brazil Subsidizes Uncertain Shipyard Success

By Anna Miars, Unlike the samba beats that punctuate the late night air in Rio de Janeiro, it’s the clamor of construction equipment and hum of machinery

November 19, 2012
Total Views: 122

Offshore

Rongsheng Heavy CEO: “There is a need to shift our focus to the offshore and marine business”

(Bloomberg) — China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Ltd. said a new offshore-energy equipment unit may generate 50 percent of its orders over

November 19, 2012
Total Views: 83

Sunday, November 18, 2012
News

Prosafe Adds Another $295 Million to Their Tab at Jurong

Prosafe finalized a US$295.2 million contract today with Jurong Shipyard to build the second unit of a new generation harsh-environment accommodation

November 18, 2012
Total Views: 81

Friday, November 16, 2012
Shipbuilding

Transpetro Gives EAS a Second Chance, Calls for the Construction of Four Tankers

RIO DE JANEIRO—-The transportation arm of Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, said Friday that it

November 16, 2012
Total Views: 59

Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Navy

Shipyard Photo of The Day – NASSCO Floats First Mobile Landing Platform

SAN DIEGO–General DynamicsNASSCO on Tuesday completed the complex float out operation for the U.S. Navy’s first Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) ship,

November 13, 2012
Total Views: 103

Engineering News

MODEC’s FPSO Footprint in Brazil Gets Larger with New Order from Petrobras

MODEC, a Tokyo-based offshore engineering contractor announced today that Petrobras signed a Letter of Intent with them for the supply, charter, and operations

November 13, 2012
Total Views: 180

Monday, November 12, 2012
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Engineering News

CMA CGM’s Marco Polo is Now the World’s Largest Containership

The Emma Maersk and her E-class of sister containerships have had their day in the sun, but there’s now an even bigger kid on the block named Marco Polo

November 12, 2012
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Defense

Missed Targets and Presidential Election Results Spell Bad News for Huntington Ingalls

(Bloomberg) — Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. fell after the U.S. Navy’s sole builder of aircraft carriers reported third-quarter profit that

November 8, 2012
Total Views: 67