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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Lamprell Wins $227 Million Jackup Newbuild Contract
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Lamprell Wins $227 Million Jackup Newbuild Contract

Lamprell announced today the receipt of a USD $227 million contract award from an international drilling contractor for the construction of a jackup drilling

May 1, 2012
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Seadrill Orders Sixth Ultra-Deepwater Drillship from Samsung Heavy, Contract Awarded
News

Seadrill Orders Sixth Ultra-Deepwater Drillship from Samsung Heavy, Contract Awarded

Hamilton, Bermuda – Seadrill continues to see strong demand for modern ultra-deepwater drilling rigs driven by high oil prices and large deep-water

April 30, 2012
Total Views: 35

Friday, April 27, 2012
JHSV Sea Trials
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“Hauling the Mail”… Austal Left Grinning After Sea Trials of JHSV 1 [IMAGES]

USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), the innovative high-speed catamaran transport ship under construction by shipbuilder Austal in Mobile, Alabama, successfully completed

April 27, 2012
Total Views: 85

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
LeTourneau Technologies Super 116E jackup drilling rig lamprell
Engineering News

NDC Executes $333M Option for Additional Super 116E Jackups from Lamprell

Rig builder Lamprell announced today the receipt of a $333 million order for two, Super 116E (Enhanced) Class jackups from Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling

April 25, 2012
Total Views: 20

COSLPromoter yantai raffles
Engineering News

Yantai CIMC Raffles Delivers New Semisubmersible Rig to COSL, More to Follow

Destined for the Norwegian North Sea, a new semisubmersible is delivered from Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard. COSLPromoter, the third semi-submersible drilling

April 25, 2012
Total Views: 38

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Gulmar Atlantis MT6022 XL
Engineering News

Island Offshore and Rem Offshore Sign Contracts for New Subsea Construction Vessels

Newbuild orders for subsea construction and supply vessels have been placed today by Norwegian shipowners Rem Offshore and Island Offshore. Having built a

April 24, 2012
Total Views: 114

Thursday, April 19, 2012
DSS 38 Semisubmersible
Engineering News

Keppel Doubles 1Q Profit, Big Contracts from Brazil Loom on the Horizon

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Keppel Corp. (BN4.SG) said Thursday first-quarter net profit more than doubled from a year earlier, mainly because of accounting

April 19, 2012
Total Views: 4

Monday, April 16, 2012
jackup rig aker solutions yantai raffles
Engineering News

Aker Solutions to Fit Out a New Friede & Goldman 2000E Jackup

Aker Solutions has won a contract from Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd to supply a complete drilling equipment package for a new jack-up drilling rig, being

April 16, 2012
Total Views: 18

Monday, April 9, 2012
Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier shipyard BAE Systems megablock construction shipbuilding
Engineering News

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: 174

Friday, April 6, 2012
ensco DS-8
Engineering News

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: 125

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

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: 38

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

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
Total Views: 10

sbm offshore xikomba fpso
News

Keppel Shipyard to Upgrade Xikomba and Armada Claire FPSOs

Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) has secured Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) upgrading projects from its long-term partners SBM Offshore

April 4, 2012
Total Views: 326

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
seadrill west phoenix CS50 MKII
Engineering News

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: 126

Monday, April 2, 2012
jackup super 116 LeTourneau
Engineering News

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: 68

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
floating crane keppel fels floatel superior
News

Floatel International and Keppel Corp Make Plans to Build a 4th Accommodation Rig

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Keppel Corp. Ltd. (BN4.SG) on Wednesday said it signed a letter of intent with returning customer Floatel International Ltd. to

March 27, 2012
Total Views: 31

Thursday, March 22, 2012
Made in China: COSCO Shipyard to Construct Four PSV’s for American Shipowner
Engineering News

Made in China: COSCO Shipyard to Construct Four PSV’s for American Shipowner

Singapore-listed COSCO Corporation says that four shipbuilding contracts signed by its COSCO Shipyard Co. located in Guangdong, China with a so far undisclosed

March 22, 2012
Total Views: 12

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
vale rio de janeiro vloc
News

Rongsheng Heavy Anticipates Delivery of 11 Super-Ore Ships by Year’s End for VALE

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)–China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Ltd. (1101.HK)–China’s biggest non state-owned shipbuilder by order

March 20, 2012
Total Views: 4

Monday, March 19, 2012
stx offshore construction vessel oscv
Engineering News

STX OSV Adds to their Backlog, DOF ASA Sends Newbuild Order for Subsea Construction Vessel

In their second contract announcement so far today, Norway-based STX OSV adds to their offshore vessel newbuild orderbook with a NOK 650 million contract for

March 19, 2012
Total Views: 34

UT 737 Island Frontier
Engineering News

Island Offshore Sends Contract to STX OSV for Newbuild Subsea Support Vessel

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–STX OSV Holdings Ltd. (MS7.SG) Monday said it had got a new contract for the construction of an advanced subsea support vessel for

March 19, 2012
Total Views: 46
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