Shipyard News

FEBRUARY 5, 2013 — Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., is being awarded an $8,457,403 firm-fixed-price contract for a 55-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5).   Work will include inspecting the propeller shaft and ster ...

FEBRUARY 5, 2013 — Singapore-listed Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has completed two acquisitions. It has acquired the remaining 40 percent of the capital of Shanghai Henggao Ships Design Co., Ltd. and an additional 20 percent of Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.   Henggao, which is engaged in the detail ...

JANUARY 31, 2013—Signal Ship Repair, Mobile, AL, a division of Signal International, Inc., achieved a significant safety milestone—1,000 days without a lost time injury—on January 30. “Safety is the number one priority at Signal Ship Repair,” commented Bob Beckmann, senior vice president & general manager of Sign ...

JANUARY 31, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) marked a construction milestone January 26 when the 555-metric ton island was lowered onto the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. The island will serve as the comman ...

JANUARY 30, 2012 — Crowley Maritime Corporation christened its newest tanker, Florida, today at the Aker Philadelphia Shipyard and will soon put the 330,000-barrel ship to use in the U.S. Gulf for a major energy customer. This U.S.-flag vessel is the second of two American built, operated and crewed tan ...

JANUARY 2, 2013 — Norway's Westcon Group AS has acquired the STX Norway Florø AS shipyard and STX Norway Design Florø AS from STX Europe AS on of December 31st 2012. "We are very proud to wish our clients and all who work with and for Westcon, including our new team members in Florø, a happy new year with this excit ...

DECEMBER 18, 2012 — The U.S. Navy looks like it will once again be looking for an operator for the former Guam Ship Repair Facility. Local media reports say that NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Command) failed to reach an agreement with the current leaseholder, Guam Industrial Services, which operates the facility as the G ...

DECEMBER 13, 2012 — Austal USA has promoted Senior Vice President of Operations Craig Perciavalle to President. "I am pleased to see Craig Perciavalle take the helm," said Austal USA Chairman Rear Admiral Dugan Shipway, "He is a true American shipbuilder who will deliver on our existing naval contracts." M ...