Chinese shipbuilder adds to order back log

Singapore-listed Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd reports that it entered into six  effective shipbuilding contracts  in the month of March 2011 with an aggregate contract value of US$214.2 million.  The new contracts  comprise

Marinette Marine awarded additional Response Boat-Mediums

Marinette Marine Corporation announced that, as prime contractor and program manager, it has been awarded an additional 10 Reponse Boat-Mediums (RB-Ms), and other Program management work, by the U.S. Coast Guard. With

BAE Systems to complete Jones Act tanker for Mid Ocean Tanker

It looks like one finished Jones Act tanker will come out of AHL Shipping’s failed plan to build three 49,000 dwt tankers in the U.S. using a “virtual shipyard” approach. Mid Ocean

Pasha Hawaii second ship to be RO/RO container combi

Pasha Hawaii’s second ship from VT Halter Marine will not be a clone of its first, the RO/RO Jean Anne. The new ship, the Marjorie C, will be a a combination container

Ingalls Shipbuilding awarded first contract since spin-off

Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) has been awarded its first U.S. Navy contract since Northrop Grumman spun off its shipbuilding business as Huntington Ingalls.  The award is for

Trinity Offshore launches shallow draft skimmer for MSRC

Trinity Offshore, Gulfport, Miss., has launched TC-055, a 57 ft MK II Very Shallow Draft Multi-System Skimmer (VSMSS) built for Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) to meet the very exacting vessel specifications

Austal USA holds groundbreaking ceremony

Austal USA has held a groundbreaking ceremony at its shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, to celebrate the start of work on three new facilities including Phase 2 of the Modular Manufacturing Facility (MMF);

Fincantieri moves to acquire Davie

Québec shipbuilder Davie Yards announced today that it has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Fincantieri  and DRS Technologies Canada (“DRS”), a Finmeccanica company, to negotiate the potential acquisition of the shipyard

Northrop Grumman completes Huntington Ingalls spin off

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) has begun operating as a new, independent and publicly traded company as trading of its shares commenced this morning. Huntington Ingalls Industries, America’s largest military shipbuilder, was

Conrad Industries books $75.2 million in new orders

Morgan City, La., headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) today announced its fourth quarter and twelve months 2010 results and the addition of $75.2 million in new business during

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