Technip was awarded a services contract for the Ichthys floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. Technip will provide these services to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The FPSO unit will be located in the Browse Basin, Western Australia, at a water depth of 250 meters. This contract covers detailed engineering and procurement assistance [...]
Through its fully owned subsidiary TTS Offshore Handling Equipment AS, Bergen-Norway, TTS Group ASA has been awarded the first of two options. The called option is worth between 65 – 70 MNOK. Reference is made to statement to Oslo Stock Exchange, dated 12 March 2012, regarding the contract signed with Kleven Verft AS. The contract [...]
Flensburg shipbuilders have chalked up another remarkable success. Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has signed a contract with globally operating seismic company WesternGeco, a frontrunner in its sector, for the construction of two offshore ships. The delivery of the 127 metre long vessels is planned for 2014. The Flensburg newbuildings are for worldwide operation in the location [...]
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $12,478,261 cost-plus-fixed fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2302) for Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class design services. LCS class design services provide necessary engineering, program, and technical support for LCS Class ships. This includes class baseline design services, class documentation services, class engineering studies, [...]
Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, has been contracted to supply a complete Back Deck handling system for ‘Sanco Sword’, Sanco Shipping’s second 16 streamer vessel under construction at the Kleven Maritime Myklebust Shipyard. The vessel will be operated by Dolphin Geophysical of Bergen, and is the second in the ST324 series [...]
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Ensco plc has selected ABS as the class society for its advanced-capability, ultra deepwater drillship to be built at the Samsung Heavy Industries, Co. Ltd (SHI) Shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. The ENSCO DS-8 will be the sixth Samsung DP3 drillship in the fleet and will extend the benefits of Ensco’s fleet standardization strategy. With [...]
Boreal Transport Nord AS has awarded contracts for three new double ended passenger and car ferries to Fiskerstrand BLRT AS. The ferries will be delivered in autumn 2013, and commissioned from January 1st 2014 to three different crossing services on the coast of Helgeland in Nordland County in Northern-Norway. The ferry services are ordered by [...]
Wärtsilä, the marine gas solutions provider, said it has been awarded a contract to deliver an integrated propulsion system for two additional LNG offshore support vessels (OSV) to Harvey Gulf International Marine. This order takes Harvey Gulf to a fleet of four LNG OSVs on order, establishing the company as the world’s second largest operator [...]
Goodchild Marine Services Ltd. of Burgh Castle, Norfolk, England has been awarded a contract from Estuary Services Ltd. to build two ORC 171.P 17 metre Pilot Launches to work in the River Thames estuary and offshore area – to be named Estuary Elan and Estuary Elite. These modern craft are well-proven worldwide with over 50 boats [...]
Renaissance Services subsidiary Topaz Energy and Marine, a leading provider of offshore support vessels and engineering services, has been awarded a contract from GAC Group to provide completion services for two crew/cargo vessels. Topaz’s NicoCraft shipyard in Abu Dhabi has been awarded the contract based on the shipyard’s capabilities and established track record. The construction [...]
