Shipyard News

The landmark World War II Liberty ship,SS Jeremiah O'Brien is soon to undergo one of the most extensive preservation efforts in the last two decades.Built in 1943, the O'Brien is one of only two remaining fully functional Liberty ships and a premier San Francisco attraction. On January 23, the O'Brien wil ...

Mobile, Alabama, based Austal USA has successfully launched the second 127-meter Independence-Variant Littoral Combat Ship, Coronado (LCS 4)Commenting on the January 11 launch, Joe Rella, Austal USA President and Chief Operating Officer, said: "The success of this major milestone in the life of not only this vessel but of the entire Littoral Combat Shi ...

St. Johns Ship Building, Palatka, FL, recently launched the Sea Strength, a 157 ft offshore service vessel (OSV) for A. R. Singh Contractors Ltd. When it is delivered in February, the Sea Strength will be the largest vessel in the A. R. Singh Contractors Ltd. fleet and will expand the company’s reach i ...

Two special transportation vessels being built by Jiangnan Shipyard, part of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation  Group, will feature complete twin-screw MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion packages in the form of two 6L32/40 four-stroke engines, gear boxes, propellers and a propulsion control system. The vessels are being built for China Sat ...

Meyer Werft has undocked the latest addition to the Disney Cruise Line fleet. The 128,000 grt, 1,115 ft x 125 ft Disney Fantasy was slowly floated out of the shipyard's  covered building dock on Sunday, January 8.The second of two post-Panamax cruise liners ordered by Disney from the German shipbuilder, the Disney Fantasy is the fourth cruise liner in the Disney Cruise L ...

Keppel AmFELS LLC, Brownsville, Texas, has secured a contract from Diamond Offshore to construct and upgrade a moored semisubmersible offshore drilling rig with delivery scheduled for third quarter 2013. The estimated shipyard contract price is approximately $150 million. However, Diamond Offshore says total cost, including commissioning, spares and project management, but excludin ...

Boston Ship Repair, L.L.C., Boston, Mass., a unit of Northeast Ship Repair, was recently awarded a $9.22-million, firm-fixed-price contract for a 60-day regular overhaul/dry-docking of Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort.Northeast Ship Repair President Edward Snyder ...

Gibraltar ship repair yard Gibdock has added to its reputation as a Mediterranean cruise ship repair and refurbishment center with the recent docking of the 42,255 gt, 1992-built Pullmantur Zenith. The vessel arrived in Gibraltar November 7 for work that had to be completed within tight time constraints and left on schedule on November 20th, en route to Brazil for its next ...