Newport News Shipbuilding releases shipyard safety rap video

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has released a shipyard safety music video featuring a song written by one of its shipbuilders. Shipfitter Alfred Flythe wrote

Keppel FELS holds naming ceremony for Ensco semisubmersible

Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard is on course to deliver ENSCO 8505, the sixth of seven ENSCO 8500 Series ultra-deepwater semisubmersible (semi) drilling rigs to Ensco (NYSE: ESV) safely, on time and within

Fredriksen gives massive backing to Frontline restructuring plan

John Fredriksen controlled Hemen Holding Ltd. is giving more than $505 million in guarantees to restructure Frontline Ltd. in a solution that will see the world’s largest tanker company carved into two.

Icebreaker Polar Sea need not be mothballed says Vigor COO

The Polar Sea, the heavy icebreaker that the U.S. Coast Guard plans to mothball, is in excellent condition and could be returned to active service in two years, giving the government a

“Winter rush” keeps Lloyd Werft busy

German ship repair and conversion specialist Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven, says a “winter rush” on its docks and berths is securing full employment for the shipyard as the year draws to a close.

Port of Stockton selects manager for M-580 Marine Highway project

The Port of Stockton, California has selected Savage Companies (Savage) to manage the M-580 Marine Highway Corridor between the Port of Stockton and Port of Oakland. The Port of Stockton and Savage

Hong Kong shipyard delivers RAnger 4600 fireboat

Naval architectural firm Robert Allan Ltd. of Vancouver, Canada, reports that Hong Kong’s Wang Tak Engineering & Shipbuilding last month delivered an Allan-designed RAnger 4600 Class fireboat, Guan Xiao Er Hao, to

Ingalls Shipbuilding gets $46 million APC for DDG1002

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded an advance procurement contract (APC) for work on the U.S. Navy’s third Zumwalt-class destroyer, DDG 1002. The contract is

Voith Turbo appoints Houston based Marine Division Director

Voith Turbo has expanded its presence on the Gulf Coast with the addition of a Marine Division Director based in Houston, which is a new position within the division.  Kyle Durden will

Warning on Coast Guard icebreaking capabilities

“It is unlikely that the Coast Guard will be able to expand the U.S. icebreaker fleet to meet its statutory requirements, and it may be a significant challenge for it to just

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