Songa Offshore has taken delivery of Songa Equinox from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Korea. Songa Equinox will shortly depart South Korea en route to Norway for commencement of an eight-year drilling contract with Statoil…
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, signed a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. in South Korea to supply a range of Hatlapa deck machinery for 10 172,600cu m liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. MacGregor will deliver electrically-driven deck machinery…
Thrustmaster of Texas appointed Joshua Song as general manager of Thrustmaster Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. Thrustmaster Asia Pacific is based out of Singapore - the world’s leading hub for international and regional shipping with over 5000 maritime companies…
Eversendai Offshore made a significant investment in AVEVA’s Integrated Engineering & Design solutions through its deployment of AVEVA Marine. AVEVA Marine is a set of integrated applications created…
Saipem, through its subsidiary ERSAI Caspian Contractor, has been awarded a major new engineering and construction contract in the Caspian region worth US$1 billion. The contract scope includes yard engineering, fabrication and precommissioning activities…
Odfjell Drilling has taken delivery of Deepsea Aberdeen semisubmersible drilling rig from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea. Deepsea Aberdeen, pictured, is a sixth generation ultra deepwater and harsh environment semisubmersible of enhanced GVA 7500 design…
Houston-based Friede and Goldman, Ltd. (F&G), a naval architecture and marine engineer firm, approves the use of the Siemens jacking control system for use on their jackup rig designs. F&G says their customers will have an option to choose…
Allseas' mega-vessel, the Pieter Schelte, is close to leaving Korea for Europe after leaving Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering's quayside on Geoje Island for open water for sea trials. Tests on the 382m-long, 124m-wide vessel,…
VARD has acquired STX Canada Marine Inc., a leading marine engineering and design company with more than 30 years history in North America, for approx. NOK 65 million (US$10.6 million). Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with branch…
Singapore-based marine and offshore engineering firm Sembcorp Marine has agreed entered to buy a 12% stake in Norwegian firm GraviFloat for US$4 million, with a right to increase its stake up to 20%. GraviFloat was formed to design, deliver and operate re-deployable…
The expansion follows a second successful year for the naval architecture and marine engineering specialist. The company, which focuses on marine, subsea and structural design and analysis, is on track to record turnover of £800,000 for the financial year ended March 2014…
Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its first ultra harsh environment jackup, Maersk Intrepid, from the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore on time. Maersk Intrepid will start its mobilization to the Norwegian North Sea in about two weeks…
FKAB China has won a design order from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry's (ZPMC) shipping arm for conversion of a 15-year-old afrmax tanker to a semisubmersible heavy lift vessel. After conversion, the heavy lift vessel will be able to transport container cranes…
Albwardy Marine Engineering opened the Damen Shipyards Sharjah FZE (DSS) in the Sharjah Hamryah Free Zone on 13 Jan 2014. In a joint venture between the Damen Shipyards Group and Albwardy Marine Engineering, the core activities at DSS will…
A semisubmersible drilling rig under construction at a yard in Korea is resting on the seabed after water entered the pontoon hull and the unit sank. The rig, Deepsea Aberdeen, is being built for Odfjell Drilling at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) yard in Korea…
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