shipbuilding


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: 144

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
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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: 92

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: 48

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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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: 41

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: 101

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: 99

Friday, March 16, 2012
Estaleiro AtlanticoSul shipyard brazilian shipbuilding
Engineering News

Brazilian Shipbuilding “Renaissance” Stalls, Samsung Heavy Sells Stake in Struggling Shipyard

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries Co. (010140.SE), the world’s second-largest shipbuilder by sales, sold its

March 16, 2012
Total Views: 146

Thursday, March 15, 2012
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Engineering News

Get Them While They’re Hot…Rolls Royce Receives £45 Million Order for PSVs

Rolls-Royce Marine received an order today from Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co, Ltd. to design and equip four deepwater platform supply vessels

March 15, 2012
Total Views: 99

Monday, March 12, 2012
Helix ESG Q4000 well intervention semisubmersible
Engineering News

Helix Signs Contract for New Well Intervention Semi from Jurong Shipyard

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Sembcorp Marine Ltd. (S51.SG) on Tuesday said it has secured a US$385.5 million order to build a semisubmersible well intervention

March 12, 2012
Total Views: 94

tugboat shrouded propeller shipyard
Engineering News

China’s Shipbuilding Industry Shoots for the Stars…$189 Billion in Sales by 2015

SHANGHAI (Dow Jones)–China aims to increase annual sales by domestic shipbuilders to CNY1.2 trillion (US$189.7 billion) by 2015 as it works toward its

March 12, 2012
Total Views: 57

Medium Range MR Tanker transpetrol
Engineering News

Brazil’s Kingfish Places $732 Million Newbuild Order for 11 Tankers

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–Brazilian oil field services company OSX Brasil S/A (OSXB3.BR), part of Brazilian businessman Eike Batista’s industrial

March 12, 2012
Total Views: 135

Sunday, March 11, 2012
rambiz II
Engineering News

Hyundai Mipo and STX Receive New Shipbuilding Orders

Hyundai Mipo has reportedly won a $198 million newbuild order from an undisclosed European client for 4 platform supply vessels.  The report from the Thai

March 11, 2012
Total Views: 67

ocean rig sete brasil drillships samsung heavy industries shipyard shipbuilding
Engineering News

Sete Brasil Shareholders Approve $3.9 Billion Investment Capital Increase

RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Shareholders of Brazilian drilling-rig holding company Sete Brasil approved a capital increase as the company prepares to line up

March 11, 2012
Total Views: 64

Thursday, March 8, 2012
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Engineering News

100 Million Tons of Ships, Hyundai Heavy Surpasses All Others

The Korea Times and Yonhap news reports today that South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has cumulatively built over 100 million tons of ships

March 8, 2012
Total Views: 160

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Defense

US Senator Questions the Future of the Littoral Combat Ship Program

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) questioned Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus about the future of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program during a

March 8, 2012
Total Views: 92

Sunday, March 4, 2012
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Engineering News

4 Dead, 12 Injured in Chinese Shipyard Explosion

According to China’s state-owned news company, Xinhua, 4 workers have died following a boiler explosion on board a bulk carrier at the Zijinshan

March 4, 2012
Total Views: 162

Friday, March 2, 2012
PT Berlian Laju Tanker
Finance

For Shipbuilders, “2012 Will be a Difficult Year” – Marine Money [REPORT]

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)–The global slowdown in the shipping industry is claiming more victims and industry experts expect more defaults in the coming

March 2, 2012
Total Views: 29

yuan dollar
Engineering News

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Chairman: “There’s no reason for the yuan to appreciate”

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–The chairman of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd. (BS6.SG) said Thursday he doesn’t expect the yuan to appreciate more

March 2, 2012
Total Views: 30

Thursday, March 1, 2012
lloyd liverpool
Blog

Times are a’Changing…Brazil’s Future Looks Bright

– By Luiz Gustavo Cruz, Contributing Writer, MTS Logistics The great days of the shipping industry in Brazil were gone a long time ago. Big shipping

March 1, 2012
Total Views: 236

Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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Engineering News

Record Earnings in 2011 for China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding [REPORT]

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd. (YSHLF, 911609.TW, BS6.SG) posted a 24% rise in its fourth quarter net profit, capping a

February 29, 2012
Total Views: 34