Ballistic protection foils pirate attack on security vessel

OCTOBER 10, 2017 — A 35 m Sentinel patrol vessel designed and built by Cape Town, South Africa, shipyard Nautic Africa withstood a pirate attack off the coast of Nigeria at the

Austal to build two 117 m high speed trimarans for Fred Olsen

OCTOBER 9, 2017 — Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) has booked a contract, valued at EUR 126 million (about $148 million), to design and build two 117m high-speed vehicle passenger trimaran ferries for long

Sembcorp Marine to sell nine jack-ups for $1.3 billion

OCTOBER 9, 2017 — Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine reports that wholly-owned subsidiary PPL Shipyard Pte Ltd has signed agreements for the sale of nine Pacific Class 400 jack-up drilling rigs to Borr Drilling

Brødrene Aa to build three carbon fiber cats for China

OCTOBER 9, 2017 — Hyen, Norway, based Brødrene Aa reports that it has signed a new contract for three additional high speed carbon fiber catamaran ferries for the Chinese market. The customer,

LNG fueled Viking Line newbuild to have Azipod propulsion

OCTOBER 9, 2017 — The 63,000 grt, 2,800 passenger cruise ferry to be built by China’s Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co. for Åland, Finland, headquartered Viking Line is to have an ABB Azipod

Lake Assault Boats delivers 24 San Antonio river barges

OCTOBER 9, 2017 — Superior, WI, based Lake Assault Boats has delivered 24 of 43 custom river barges ordered by the City of San Antonio, TX. The custom boats are a major

MAN Diesel & Turbo offers discount on LNG retrofits

OCTOBER 9, 2017 — In a pledge made at an EU sponsored, invitation-only conference held in Malta October 5-6, MAN Diesel & Turbo is offering EUR 2 million discount on the next

YSA Design gears up for emerging cruise market trends

OCTOBER 9, 2017 — Oslo, Norway, headquartered YSA Design has been been putting its design and project management skills to work on the radical main deck conversion of a European-built ship to

Austal and Lockheed Martin each awarded another LCS

OCTOBER 9, 2017 — Austal USA, Mobile, AL, and Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, MD, are each being awarded a Navy contract for a littoral combat ship (LCS). In each case, the award

Navy set to commission newest Virginia Class submarine

OCTOBER 6, 2017 — The U.S. Navy is set commission its newest fast attack submarine, the future USS Washington (SSN 787), during an 11 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, at

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