OCTOBER 6, 2016 — The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $101.3 million contract modification to continue development of the Common Missile Compartment for the Navy’s Ohio Replacement submarine
OCTOBER 5, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Brad Mason has been promoted to a vice president of its Newport News Shipbuilding division and president of its AMSEC LLC subsidiary.
OCTOBER 6, 2016 —The Volkswagen Group says that from 2019 it will use two LNG fueled vessels chartered Siem Car Carriers AS for vehicle shipments between Europe and North America. They will
OCTOBER 5, 2016 — An Incat wavepiercing catamaran once leased by the U.S. Navy, HSV Swift, has been severely damaged after coming under missile fire by Yemeni rebels this past Saturday. Fox
OCTOBER 5, 2016 — The Executive Control Board of the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) has selected 17 panel projects for funding awards, as part of the program’s continuing mission to reduce
OCTOBER 5, 2016 — Rolls-Royce Power Systems is to supply 14 of its highest-power MTU diesel engines to seven new multi-purpose ocean-going patrol vessels being built for the Italian Navy by shipbuilder
OCTOBER 5, 2016 — Royal Boskalis Westminster joint ventures Keppel Smit Towage and Maju Maritime have ordered two LNG dual-fuel harbor tugs at Keppel Singmarine shipyard. The tugs, which are expected to
OCTOBER 5, 2016 —The Department of Transportation has selected the Logistics Management Institute (LMI) to perform an independent cultural assessment of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Kings Point, NY. The
OCTOBER 5, 2016 — How do you persuade leasing companies, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds or insurers to invest in shipping? Clarksons Platou, it seems, has a specialist asset finance advisory team
OCTOBER 4, 2016 — To help ensure compliance with IMO Ballast Water regulations coming into force in 2017, Spain’s Ibaizabal Tankers has confirmed its purchase of two SeaCURE ballast water management systems