Eastern launches inland river towboat
AUGUST 2, 2016 – Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.Panama City, FL, recently launched Impala Soledad, the first in a series of four inland river towboats under construction at its Allanton shipyard for IWL
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BAE Mayport books $9.6 million Navy contract
AUGUST 1, 2016 — BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Mayport LLC, Jacksonville, FL, is being awarded a $9,658,407 firm-fixed-price contract, for Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) repair work onboard USS The Sullivans (DDG 68).
NASSCO-Norfolk gets $23.4 million CVN-75 award
AUGUST 1, 2016 — General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk, Norfolk, VA, is being awarded a $23,442,136 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee/incentive-fee contract (N00024-11-C-4303) for USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) fiscal 2016 Planned Incremental
MHI Ship Repair wins $14.1 million Navy contract
JULY 29, 2016 — MHI Ship Repair & Services (Marine Hydraulics International LLC), Norfolk, VA, is being awarded a $14,185,366 firm-fixed-price contract for the fiscal 2016 selected restricted availability for the Arleigh
Davie and union agree on five-year labor deal
JULY 25, 2016 — Canadian shipbuilder Chantier Davie Canada, Inc., Levis, Quebec, and its labor union agreed a new 5-year collective agreement on July 22. The news comes after the failure, earlier
NASSCO-Norfolk gets $42.1 million Navy contract mod
JULY 20, 2016 — General Dynamics, NASSCO-Norfolk shipyard (formerly Metro Machine Corp.), Norfolk, VA, is being awarded a $42,129,117 cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-10-C-4401, for the accomplishment of repairs and
Austal-built LCS 6 completes shock trials
JULY 20, 2016 —Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) reports that the Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) has successfully completed Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) off the coast of
HII makes large surface combatant program appointment
JULY 20, 2016 — Capt. Joseph J. Leonard (U.S. Navy, Ret.) has joined shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) as corporate director of customer affairs, large surface combatant program. Prior to joining HII,
Lockheed Martin team lays keel for LCS 17
JULY 19, 2016 —The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led industry team yesterday officially laid the keel for the U.S. Navy’s 17th Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Indianapolis, in a ceremony at
VIDEO: Giant Brazil repair yard project marks milestone
JULY 15, 2016 — Plans for a major new ship repair facility in Brazil are moving ahead. The Brasil Basin Drydock Company (BBDC) yesterday received a preliminary environmental license, marking a major