Austal gets $14.6 million for LCS 10, LCS 12 changes

MARCH 2, 2016 — Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, is being awarded a $14,656,227 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise options for post-delivery support of littoral combat ships USS Gabrielle

Alfa Laval plans huge extension of Aalborg facility

MARCH 2, 2016 — Alfa Laval is to expand its already massive Test & Training Center in Aalborg, Denmark, to five times its current size. The move is in response to the

Cape Town shipbuilder wins major ferry order

MARCH 2, 2016 — Cape Town, South Africa, shipbuilder Nautic Africa has signed a R347 million ($22 million) agreement with Citrans (Compagnie Ivoirienne des Transports) to build the first 18 ferries in

Genting Hong Kong to buy three more German shipyards

MARCH 1, 2016 — Genting Hong Kong, which last year acquired Lloydwerft Bremerhaven, is buying three more German shipyards — the Wismar, Warnemünde and Stralsund yards currently operated by Nordic Yards —

Newbuild jack-up damaged in shipyard crane boom collapse

MARCH 1, 2016 — Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation plc (NYSE: NE) reports that its newbuild jack-up rig, the Noble Lloyd Noble, sustained damage on February 28, 2016 following the collapse of

Power Barge in cooperation agreement with BWSC

MARCH 1, 2016 — Dave Nickerson, President of Houston headquartered Power Barge Corporation reports that the company has signed a power barge design/build cooperation agreement with BWSC (Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractors

Incat Crowther joins the search for Nessie

MARCH 1, 2016 — A 20 m catamaran passenger ferry under construction at Exeter Fabrication Ltd in England  will ply the waters of Loch Ness in Scotland, taking tourists in search of

Study raises new questions on methane slip

MARCH 1, 2016 — A study just released by the U.S. Maritime Administration is likely to add to the debate over the relative merits of the Diesel cycle and the Otto cycle

Farstad takes $7.3 million loss on sale of PSV

MARCH 1, 2016 — For the third time this year, Norway’s Farstad Shipping ASA reports the sale of a platform supply vessel at a loss. This time around the vessel is the

ICS issues new edition of Bridge Procedures Guide

MARCH 1, 2016 — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published a new edition of the ICS Bridge Procedures Guide, a guidance on best practice for safe navigation that is used

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