Shipyard News

A keel laying ceremony at the Arctech Shipyard,Helsinki, Finland on January 19 marked the start of construction of an ultramodern multi-functional icebreaking supply vessel.The ship is specially designed to service the oil drilling platform located on the north-eastern part of the Sakhalin Island shelf, near Russia's Pacific coast. It is being built under ...

W&O, Jacksonville, FL, has been recently named the exclusive distributor for Pres-Vac of its pressure/vacuum valve and inert gas systems in the U.S., as well as the only factory-authorized service center in North America.  “We chose W&O as our exclusive U.S. distributor and only factory- ...

Jennings, La., based LEEVAC Industries, LLC and sister company LEEVAC Shipbuilding and Repair Calcasieu have changed their names and have consolidated under a newly formed holding company LEEVAC Shipyards, LLCFor the past ten years, LEEVAC has operated a new construction business under the name of LEEVAC Industries LLC, and two years ago started LEEVAC Shipbuilding and Re ...

Richard "Dick" N. Bollinger, President Emeritus of Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., Lockport, LA, has passed away.In a joint statement, Donald T. Bollinger, Chairman, President and CEO, Christopher B. Bollinger, Executive Vice President; Benjamin G. Bordelon, Executive Vice President, Repair; a ...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration last week cited Basic Marine Inc., a shipyard and boat fabricating facility in Escanaba, Mich., for 32 violations of safety and health standards. OSHA says the citations includie five repeat violations. Proposed fines total $147,840.OSHA says it began health and safety inspections in July, 20 ...

Matt Nichols has something to smile about. The former owner of Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Freeland, Wash., has been back at the helm of the company as CEO since Wednesday, Jan. 10.Matt and brother, Archie Nichols acquired the family business in 1974 from their father Frank Nichols.Matt Nichols last led the company as CEO in late 2007, when the company was in financial diff ...

The U.S. Navy accepted the delivery of missile range instrumentation ship USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM 25) Jan. 10.Constructed by VT Halter Marine in Pascagoula, Miss., T-AGM 25 will be the replacement for the existing USNS Observation Island, which was launched in 1953. The ship will provide worldwide, high-quality, dual-ba ...

Seaspan Marine Corporation, North Vancouver, BC, Canada, and the Canadian Government formally recognized and celebrated the completion of an Umbrella Agreement that sets out the terms under which Seaspan’s shipyards in North Vancouver and Esquimalt, BC, will build Non-Combat vessels for the Canadian ...