Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) is presenting a patrol frigate derivative of the USCG National Security Cutter at this week's Pacific 2012 International Maritime and Naval Exposition in Sydney, Australia. The patrol frigate could be built at the company's Ingalls Shipbuilding facility in Mississippi."The National Security Cutter is a ship with tremendous capability and a demonstrated operational performance at sea," said Mike Duthu, Ingalls Shipbuilding's Coast Guard prog ...
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Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) is presenting a patrol frigate derivative of the USCG National Security Cutter at this week's Pacific 2012 International Maritime and Naval Exposition in Sydney, Australia. The patrol frigate could be built at the company's Ingalls Shipbuilding facility in Mississippi."The National Security Cutter is a ship with tremendous capability and a demonstrated operational performance at sea," said Mike Duthu, Ingalls Shipbuilding's Coast Guard prog ...
A merger of Japanese shipbuilders that has been long in the works looks set to finally become reality. According to agency reports, steelmaker JFE and industrial giant IHI have issued a stock market announcement that says that JFE’s Universal Shipbuilding Corp. and IHI's Marine United Inc. will be merged effective October 1.Universal President Shinjiro Mishima w ...
Leading American shipbuilders and repairers are moving ahead with plans for a national Maritime Workforce Development program overseen by a National Maritime Education Council.Spurred by the high cost of recruiting, hiring and training the thousands of skilled shipbuilding and ship repair professionals needed by shipyards, industry leaders launched a national initiative ...
Bollinger Shipyards president and chief executive officer, Donald "Boysie" Bollinger, has been awarded the 2011 Executive Leadership Safety Award by Signal Mutual Indemnity Association. The award, which is Signal's highest honor, was presented at the Signal Mutual Board of Directors meeting held on January 20, 2012 in Vail, Colorado. ...
Miami based Oceania Cruises says it was notified by Fincantieri late last week of construction delays and as a result, will reschedule the maiden voyage of its m/s Riviera. Construction on the 1,250-guest ship fell behind schedule when strikes at the shipbuilder's Sestre Ponente shipyard near Genoa, Italy, lasted longer than expected.The maid ...
A GAO report raises worrying questions about the decision to restart production of the Arleigh Burke class destroyer (DDG 51) after nearly a decade and almost $10 billion in development on Zumwalt (DDG 1000) class destroyers.The new Flight III DDG 51 ships will,in fact, be considerably more complex than previous DDG 51 flights. The report suggests they will ...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Ron Murray has been promoted to vice president of quality and process excellence for the company's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.As lead for the shipyard's quality and process excellence policies and programs, Murray will oversee the planning, development and enforcement of quality and continuous improvement program ...
General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego hosted a keel laying ceremony January 19 for the first Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) ship. Mrs. Pat Mills was the honoree for the ceremony. She is the wife of U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General Richard P. Mills, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration.Mrs. Mills validated the keel laying by welding her initial ...
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