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Houston-headquartered Vantage Drilling Company today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to provide services related to design, construction and commissioning on behalf of Aker Drilling ASA  of two ultra deepwater drillships being built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. shipyard in Okpo, Korea. The high specifi ...

Singapore's Keppel Shipyard Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has secured new contracts totaling S$170 million (about US $134 million) for two fast-track projects.The new jobs comprise completing a pipe laying vessel for Saipem S.p.A (Saipem) and converting a floating, storage and offloading (FSO) vessel fo ...

Miami-headquartered International Shipping Partners (ISP) has reached an agreement with Castrol Marine for the supply of Castrol BioStat, a range of stern tube lubricant grades formulated to deliver enhanced performance and reduced environmental impact when compared to conventional mineral oil equivalents.ISP offers shipowners a broad range of comprehensive passe ...

Incat Crowther has secured a contract to design a 42 m wave piercing catamaran ferry for Indonesian operator Quicksilver Bali. Quicksilver runs day tours and dinner cruises out of Bali, using the Incat Crowther-designed wavepiercer Quicksilver 6.Under construction at PT Caputra Mitra Sejati Shipyard, the new vessel will be built to Lloyd’s ...

Eu Navfor says a suspected pirate skiff yesterday approached the Maersk Alabama but turned back after a security team onboard fired warning shots.Fox News quotes Wing Cmdr. Paddy O'Kennedy as saying today that the Maersk Alabama was approached by a skiff about 200 miles (320 kilometers) north of Madagascar. No shots were fired by the suspected pir ...

USA Maritime, a coalition of carriers and maritime unions, has applauded a decision that will see the application of cargo preference requirements by the U.S. Department of Energy to imported cargoes purchased with funds made available through its loans guarantee programs. The U.S. Maritime Administration announced earlier this month that it had reached an agreement ...

New tankers and bulk carriers built in 2050 could have service speeds of only 5 knots. Partners from nine European countries are working on an EU-funded project  called ULYSSES to develop environmentally friendly, ultra-slow ships. The objective of ULYSSES project is to demonstrate, through a combination of ultra slow speeds and complementary technologies, that ...

Daimler and Rolls-Royce say that they plan to launch a public tender offer for 100 per cent of the share capital of Friedrichshaven, Germany, headquartered Tognum AG through a 50:50 joint venture company. The Board of Management of Tognum AG - whose products includes the MTU engine line - says that it welcomes the offer."We would create one of the world's technology leader ...

Barge transportation giant American Commercial Lines Inc. has been awarded membership in the Louisiana Environmental Leadership Program (ELP). Membership in the voluntary program, led by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, is awarded to businesses, federal entities, municipalities, and academic and community organizations based upon commitmen ...

Two RO/RO vessels ordered by Denmark's DFDS at the Volswerft Stralsund shipyard of German shipbuilder P+S Werften are to have complete MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion packages. Scheduled for delivery in 2012, the ships' design is tailored towards operation on DFDS' commercial network, but will also meet parameters laid down by the Danish-German ARK military project for defense ...