Navy takes delivery of JHSV-1
DECEMBER 6, 2012 — The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command yesterday accepted delivery of the Navy’s first joint high-speed vessel at Austal USA’s Mobile, Ala., shipyard. Craig Perciavalle, Sr. Vice President of
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NASSCO lays keel of second MLP ship
DECEMBER 5, 2012 — Lyn Glenn, daughter of astronaut John Glenn, and Mrs. Helen L. Toolan, wife of Lieutenant General John A. Toolan, Jr., Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force, were the
Bollinger delivers fourth FRC to Coast Guard
NOVEMBER 21, 2012 — Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has delivered the Robert Yered, the fourth Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard took delivery November 17 in Key
Newport News Shipbuilding launches SSN 783
NOVEMBER 12, 2012 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding division launched the Virginia-class submarine Minnesota (SSN 783) into the James River on November 3. “Launch is a
Samjin Shipbuilding books PCTC orders
NOVEMBER 12, 2012 — Auto Marine Transport, a tonnage provider created with the assistance of Siem Car Carriers, has signed an agreement with Samjin Shipbuilding Industries Korea Co., Ltd. (Samjin) to build
Martek Marine racks up orders from Korean shipbuilders
NOVEMBER 6, 2012 — Rotherham, U.K., headquartered Martek Marine has won a series of orders from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Hyundai Heavy Industries for its MariNOx Evolution on-board emissions monitoring
TUI Cruises exercises newbuild option at STX Finland
NOVEMBER 5, 2012 — Germany’s TUI Cruises has exercised an option for a second cruise ship from STX Finland. The announcement was made as first steel was cut at the Turku Shipyard
Seaspan breaks ground for Vancouver Shipyards revamp
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — A groundbreaking ceremony today at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards, in North Vancouver marks a significant milestone in redevelopment of the shipyard into a world-class facility that will build a
Hyundai Heavy Industries sees order intake shrink
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — More evidence, not that any was needed, of the global shipbuilding demand downturn: Yonhap reports that Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., South Korea’s leading shipbuilder, said Thursday that its
Flensburg shipyard cuts steel for Canada’s largest ConRo
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Representatives from Canadian short sea shipping specialist Oceanex Inc. were in Flensburg, Germany last week for the cutting of first steel for Oceanex Connaigra at shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft.