US AND CANADA
BAE San Diego Ship Repair gets Navy contract
BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $12 million modification to previously awarded U.S. Navy contract for the USS Green Bay (LPD 20) fiscal 2011 non dry-docking phased maintenance availability (PMA). PMA’s provide for an extensive renovation and modernization of an LPD class ship
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More Great Lakes bulkers on order
Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) is exercising its option for building two new self-unloading dry cargo vessels, bringing to four the number of ships on order in its major fleet-renewal program.
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Coast Guard awards Ingalls Shipbuilding contract for fifth National Security Cutter
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a contract worth approximately $482 million for the production of the fifth National Security Cutter. Construction of the ship,is scheduled to begin this spring at the Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss.
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WORLD
Rolls-Royce to design and equip Simek PSV newbuild
Rolls-Royce has won an order from Norwegian shipbuilder Simek AS to design and equip a UT755 LC platform supply vessel. The contract includes a fully integrated Rolls-Royce power and propulsion system including main engines, propellers and tunnel thrusters.
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Drillship orders for HiMSEN engines
Hyundai Heavy Industries says it has won orders to supply HiMSEN marine engines for drillships for major offshore drilling companies including Noble Drilling Holding and Diamond Offshore Drilling
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GulfMark Offshore orders three PSV’s from Remontowa
GulfMark Offshore, Inc. reports the initiation of a vessel construction program. The first three vessels in the program will be built by Remontowa Shipbuilding SA in Gdansk, Poland, and consist of two 1,000 square meter deck area platform supply vessels of the MMC887CD design and one MMC879CD design with a deck area of over 800 square meters.
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Well intervention rigs for Finnish yard
STX Finland and Eide Marine Semi, a subsidiary of Eide Marine Services, have signed a contract for the outfitting, completion and delivery of two well intervention vessels with a total contract value over €300 million.
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Semi-submersible rig order for DSME
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea says has received an order worth $1.1 billion from Songa Offshore of Norway to build two semi-submersible drilling rigs for 2014 delivery.
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Marco Polo Marine Batan shipyard books barge order
Singapore’s Marco Polo Marine Group has secured a contract worth approximately $3.4 million. It covers the construction of eight offshore barges at the group’s Batam, Indonesia, shipyard.
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Keppel Nantong to build 5,000 t floating crane
Keppel Nantong Shipyard Co. Ltd. in China has secured a contract worth $143 million (US $116 million) to build a heavy lift sheerleg crane vessel for Asian Lift Pte Ltd. the 5,000-tonne floating crane will be the largest and most versatile heavy lift sheerleg crane vessel of its kind in the world
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