Meyer Werft selects CGI for IT modernization program

APRIL 9, 2017 — Montreal, Canada, headquartered information technology specialist CGI Group, Inc, (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) reports that it has been awarded it an IT modernization contract that will support shipbuilder

IMO’s MEPC set for contentious session

APRIL 9, 2018 — IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 72) is meeting in London this week. The most prominent — and contentious — item on the agenda is setting a strategy

Cheo Lee Shipyards completes sea trials of 27 m crew transfer vesserl

APRIL 9, 2018 — Njord Zenith, the first of two 27 m crew transfer vessels built to a BMT design by China’s Cheoy Lee Shipyards for Njord Offshore, has successfully completed sea

P&O Cruises Ventura completes two week docking at Damen Brest

APRIL 9, 2018 — The P&O Cruises Grand-class cruise ship Ventura recently completed a two week docking at Damen Shiprepair Brest (DSBr), France. The 291.4 m, 116 grt vessel was delivered by

Woodward to acquire fuel injection specialist L’Orange

APRIL 9, 2018 — Rolls-Royce (London:RR.) and Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWD) have signed an agreement for Woodward to acquire L’Orange GmbH and its related operations located in Germany, the United States and China

Keppel O&M to build Singapore’s first LNG fueled bunker tanker

APRIL 9, 2018 — Keppel Offshore & Marine’s Keppel Singmarine subsidiary has been awarded a contract to build Singapore’s first LNG dual fuel bunker tanker. The tanker will be owned and operated

ABS and MSC pioneer major advance in classification

APRIL 9, 2018 — Classification society ABS is engaged in a two-year project with the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) to deliver the industry’s first bow-to-stern Condition-based Class asset management program.

HII names new director of education for NNS Apprentice School

APRIL 7, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Latitia D. McCane has been named director of education for the Apprentice School at Newport News Shipbuilding. McCane is responsible for the

VT Halter Marine unveils new blast and paint facility

APRIL 7, 2018 — Shipbuilder VT Halter Marine Inc. yesterday held a dedication ceremony at its Pascagoula, MS, shipyard to unveil a new $10-million, state-of-the-art blast and paint facility that will allow

CRS: Shipbuilding only a fraction of cost of a 355 ship Navy

APRIL 6, 2018 – The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has issued a new report “Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress” that looks at the Navy’s latest plans

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