This week's news:   September 02, 2010

HEBRON ENGINEERING CONTRACT AWARDED
A contract has been awarded for the front-end engineering on key components of the platform that will drill for oil at the Hebron oil field off Newfoundland's east coast.
read more at Rig Zone or CBC

HORIZON SHIPBUILDING WINS CORPS TOWBOAT ORDER
Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala., has been awarded an $8.6m contract to acquire a welded steel hulled commercial standard inland river tow boat for the Army Corps of Engineers.
read more at Marine Log

CONRAD INDUSTRIES AWARDED NEW CONTRACTS
Conrad Industries, Inc. has signed new contracts that bring its current backlog to approximately $70.3m, and includes two double skin tank barges, a crane barge, two inland towboats, and several deck and spud barges.
read more at Marine Log

RAIL CAR ORDERS FOR GUNDERSON
The company will switch 175 workers from its ocean going marine barge production at Gunderson to new railcar production.
read more at Marine Log



WORLD

ISLAND OFFSHORE ORDERS PSVS
Ulsteinvik, Norway, headquartered Island Offshore will use LNG fuel in two platform supply vessels ordered at STX Offshore Norway. The hulls will be built at the Braila shipyard in Romania, and outfitted in Brevik, Norway. The vessels are of Rolls-Royce UT776 CDG design.
read more at Marine Log or Rig Zone

KLEVIN MARITIME WINS ORDER FROM OLYMPIC SHIPPING
Olympic Shipping AS has ordered a Multi Purpose Field Supply and Construction Vessel at Kleven Maritime in Norway, with an option for a second ship.
read more at Marine Log

DSME TO BUILD CHEMICAL TANKERS
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won a $320m contract to build eight chemical carriers for Woodside Holding International Shipping.
read more at Motor Ship

AKER SOLUTIONS AWARDED MARULK TIE-IN OFFSHORE NORWAY
Statoil has awarded to Aker Solutions Marulk the tie-in to the floating production, storage and offloading vessel Norne.  
read more at Rig Zone

SURVIVAL CRAFT WINS $7.7B LIFEBOAT CONTRACT
Marine safety specialist Survival Craft Inspectorate Ltd won offshore contracts potentially worth a total of $7.7B to supply new lifeboats that meet key upgrade requirements.
read more at Marine Link

DELTAMARIN WINS DESIGN ORDER FOR CHINESE BUILT CSL BULKER
The contract with Chengxi Shipyard equates to approximately 40 man-years of work for Deltamarin.  
read more at Marine Log

WOOD GROUP AWARDED FEED CONTRACT AT JORDBAER FIELD
The field's proposed development calls for a stand-alone FPSO with two drill centers in a water depth of about 1,345 feet. Gas will be exported from the FPSO to an existing export pipeline system.   
read more at Rig Zone

MULTI VESSEL BWT CONTRACT FOR HYDE
Hyde Marine has been awarded a contract from an unnamed major South Korean shipbuilder to supply ballast water treatment systems for several 157,000 dwt SuezMax crude oil tankers.  
read more at Motor Ship



TECHNOLOGY & FEATURES 

DAMEN VINASHIN SIPYARD STARTS CONSTRUCTION
Song Cam Shipyard has been allocated by Vinashin to act as the local partner in the construction and operation of the new shipyard which is a joint venture between Vinashin and Damen.  
read more at Marine Log
 
TANKER TO BE CONVERTED TO LNG FUELED PROPULSION
Tarbit Shipping of Sweden has signed a turnkey contract that will see Wärtsilä convert a ship's two main engines and supply it with a Wärtsilä LNGPac system for the storage of LNG onboard. 
read more at Motor Ship or Marine Link also at Marine Log

EC APPROVES ABU DHABI MAR TAKEOVER OF THYSSENKRUPP SHIPYARDS
A proposed merger between Abu Dhabi Mar and ThyssenKrupp Marine System has been cleared by the Commission under the EU Merger Regulations. 
read more at Motor Ship or Marine Log also at Turkish Maritime

HAVYARD DSV ON SEA TRIALS
The 120m long Havyard 858 DSV ‘Acergy Havila’ is claimed to be the most advanced diving support vessel ever built.  
read more at Motor Ship

JOHN BLUDWORTH DELIVERS SIXTH 3150HP TOWBOAT
John Bludworth Shipyard LLC, Corpus Christi, Texas, recently delivered a new 3,150-hp inland towboat to Florida Marine Transporters Inc.
read more at Work Boat