Rio de Janeiro: Modec, Mitsui, MOL and Marubeni Corporation are to collaborate in a long-term charter business for the provision of an FPSO conversion, for operation off the coast of Brazil.
Singapore: Chinese shipyards are offering “crazy payment terms” to try and break into the rigbuilding sector according to a senior executive from Keppel Offshore and Marine (Keppel O&M).
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia-based Silk Holdings, through its 70%-owned subsidiary Jasa Merin, has contracted Muhibbah Marine Engineering to build three anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels worth MYR216.49m ($69.44m).
Singapore: Otto Marine landed contracts worth SGD6.3m ($5m) to fabricate, assemble and deliver four pre-erected columns and pontoon blocks for a Singapore-based customer.
Singapore: China-based shipbuilder JES International clinched a deal to construct up to four offshore accommodation vessels valued at approximately $147m each.
Singapore: Seahorse Platform Partners (SPPL) has awarded Sembcorp Marine (SembMarine) a licence to build Minimum Facilities Platforms (MFPs) using its SeaHarvester and SeaHorse technologies.
Dubai: Offshore ship and rig yard group Lamprell today announced a full year net loss of $110.5m for 2012 as earnings fell 8.9% to $1bn.
Singapore: Singapore-based Ezion Holdings bagged a $48.2m contract over a three-year timeframe to provide a service rig to support an international oil company for oil and gas activities in the Arabian Gulf.
Helsinki: Wärtsilä has announced the GasReformer, a new device which enables waste gas from oil production to be refined into ship fuel.