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MAY 6, 2013 — Aker Philadelphia's strategy of building the last two ships in its long running Veteran Class of products carriers for its own account seems to have worked. Both have been sold to Crowley and the shipyard's two contracts with SeaRiver have secured its backlog through late 2014. In its most recent quarte ...

MAY 6, 2013 — Dr. Tilmann Greiner, Head of MAN Diesel & Turbo's PrimeServ Hamburg, hub says that an EMC (Engine Management Concept) signed with German shipowner  Rörd Braren "shows that this concept is finally about to gain a foothold in what is a difficult market." The agreement with Rörd Braren covers three ...

MAY 6, 2013— BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $48,628,316 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-4308) for the USS Laboon (DDG 58) fiscal 2013 extended drydocking selected restricted availability.  An extended drydocking selected restricted availability includes the planning and ex ...

MAY 6, 2013 — Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, has booked an order to build what will be the world's largest containerships. Worth $700 million, it has been placed by China Shipping Container Lines (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. and covers the construction of five 18,400 TEU vessels. Deliveries are ...

MAY 6, 2013 — The U.S. Coast Guard announced the results of an Engineering Analysis Board convened to identify factors associated with corrosion observed on the Coast Guard's National Security Cutter Stratton ( ...

MAY 3, 2013 — Harvey Gulf International Marine CEO Shane Guidry today announced the execution of three agreements for vessels totaling $540 million, taking the company's total capital expenditures since August 2008 to $1.7 billion. Harvey Gulf's newbuild binge now includes to STXCV offshore construction vessels ...

MAY 3, 2013 — Eleven years after the launch of its first Articulated Tug-Barge (ATB), Crowley Maritime Corporation christened its 17th ATB, the Liberty/750-3, yesterday at the VT Halter Marine Shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. The tugboat and 330,000-barrel petroleum tank barge are the final vessels to be built in a more than $1 billion, de ...

MAY 3, 2013 — IHC Merwede has today successfully launched Subsea 7's 550 t pipelaying vessel, Seven Waves, at its shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The ship will be used in the develoment of Brazilian deepwater oilfieldson behalf of Petrobras. The Seven Waves is the fifth vessel ordered by Subsea 7 from IHC Me ...

MAY 3, 2013 — Seacor Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CKH) is getting into the LPG sector. It reports that it has executed an agreement with shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., through a subsidiary of Seacor Ocean Transport Inc., for the construction of two Liquefied Petroleum Gas tankers (Very Large Gas Carriers, otherwise known as VLGCs) with expecte ...

MAY 3, 2013 — The Balboa, Panama, shipyard that formerly operated as Astilleros Braswell is back in operation after two years of inactivity. In January, Panama's Comptroller General approved a 20 year contract for operation and administration of the yard to locally-owned MEC Shipyards. This is the first time in its history that ...