shipbuilding


Sunday, May 13, 2012
singapore waterfront shipyard sembawang keppel
Blog

SPOTD – Singapore Waterfront [IMAGES]

Rigs of all shapes and sizes under various states of repair and construction can be found in Singapore, home of Keppel FELS, Sembcorp, ASL, and Damen

May 13, 2012
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Ship Repair Yards Challenged to Meet Requirements While Keeping Costs Low
Engineering News

Ship Repair Yards Challenged to Meet Requirements While Keeping Costs Low

International environmental regulations for the shipping industry are being tightened and demanding a reduction of the emissions of sulphur and nitrous oxide.

May 10, 2012
Total Views: 24

Tuesday, May 8, 2012
COSCO 5000 pctc
Finance

COSCO Expects Business in 2012 to be “Difficult and Challenging”, Reports Lower Profits

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Cosco Corp. (Singapore) Ltd. (F83.SG) said Tuesday its first-quarter net profit fell 25% from a year earlier, mainly due to lower

May 8, 2012
Total Views: 15

Sembcorp Adds Another $208 Million to the Books with Latest Jackup Rig Order
Engineering News

Sembcorp Adds Another $208 Million to the Books with Latest Jackup Rig Order

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Singapore-listed Sembcorp Marine Ltd. (S51.SG) said Tuesday its unit has secured a rig building contract worth US$208 million from

May 8, 2012
Total Views: 37

Friday, May 4, 2012
Seadrill Orders Another Harsh Environment Semi, Wins $235M Contract from Chevron
Engineering News

Seadrill Orders Another Harsh Environment Semi, Wins $235M Contract from Chevron

To benefit from the current strong demand for high specification drilling units Seadrill announced today that it has entered into a turnkey construction

May 4, 2012
Total Views: 83

Thursday, May 3, 2012
Hyundai Heavy 1Q Net Hit by Lack of High-End Ship Orders, Profit Tumbles 63%
Engineering News

Hyundai Heavy 1Q Net Hit by Lack of High-End Ship Orders, Profit Tumbles 63%

SEOUL (Dow Jones)–Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (009540.SE), the world’s largest shipbuilder by sales, said Thursday first-quarter net profit

May 3, 2012
Total Views: 29

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

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
Total Views: 99

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: 82

Friday, April 27, 2012
JHSV Sea Trials
Defense

“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: 136

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: 67

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: 133

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: 219

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: 33

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: 80

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: 292

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: 206

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: 94

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: 43

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: 473

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: 219