Canada’s Verreault Shipyard has a new owner
Québec Clty headquartered Ocean Group Inc. has acquired Verreault Shipyard, located in the municipality of Les Méchins, Québec, in the Gaspé Peninsula. The yard’s facilities include a 244 meter long by 26
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St. Johns Ship Building appoints VP of new construction
Justin Smith has been name vice president of new construction at St. Johns Ship Building, Palatka, Fla. In that role, he will be leading the yard’s production and project management teams who
Shaun White to lead new Foreship subsidiary
Helsinki, Finland, headquartered naval architecture and marine engineering firm Foreship Ltd.has appointed Shaun White as managing director of its new Southampton, U.K., based subsidiary, Foreship UK. White joins Foreship UK from Spear
Philly Shipyard lays keel for second NSMV training ship
The National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMV) construction program continues to roll right along. On September 24, the first of the five state maritime academy training ships being built under the program, the
HII promotes Borkey to EVP and CTO
Huntington Ingalls Industries has promoted Todd Borkey to executive vice president and chief technology officer, reporting directly to President and CEO Chris Kastner. The promotion expands the scope of responsibilities for Borkey,
Vigor awarded $131 million DDG drydocking contract
Portland, Oregon, headquartered Vigor Marine LLC, , has been awarded a $131,151,747 firm-fixed-price contract action to accomplish the Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) 2C1 drydocking
Next generation VLCC features 4 rigid wing sails
With IMO’s CII and EEXI regulations looming, more owners are opting to add sails of one kind or another to ships in a bid to reduce CO2 emissions. In one example of
Fincantieri Marinette awarded $76.7 million for frigate land-based engineering site
With Congress not wanting to see a repeat of some of the types of engineering problems experienced with the littoral combat ship (LCS) program, the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act requires the
Austal Philippines uses ANTS to launch Molslinjen ferry
Austal Philippines has used a new vessel transportation system to successfully launch the largest ferry (by volume) thus far constructed by any Austal shipyard. The vessel, the 115-meter long high speed vehicle-passenger
MAN and ABB cooperate on next-gen propulsion solution for LNG carriers
Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed at the recent SMM event, MAN Energy Solutions and ABB are to collaborate to develop of a next-generation Dual-Fuel, Electric+ (DFE+) propulsion concept for LNG carriers.