VIDEO: GD NASSCO christens USNS Sojourner Truth (T-AO 210)
General Dynamics NASSCO has christened and launched the USNS Sojourner Truth (T-AO 210), the sixth ship in a fleet oiler program built for the U.S. Navy. The ship is named in honor
Shipbuilding
Navantia UK accelerates modernization of Harland & Wolff
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia’s Navantia UK subsidiary, which completed its acquisition of the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland (and the other H&W yards) in January, has launched a modernization program
Op-Ed: Purpose-built forged metal optimized for “end use”
By Royce Lowe, All Metals & Forge Group LLC Working with an experienced supplier of open die forgings, seamless and contoured rolled rings, and complex forged parts that prioritizes the “end use”
Atal begins $123.7M retrofitting project focused on green shipping
If the shipping industry were a country, it would be the sixth-largest polluter in the world. With its $123.7 million retrofitting project, Amsterdam-based Atal Solutions—alongside Damen Shipyards Group, Blue Astra Maritime Shipping,
Glosten completes tug upgrade design for Shaver Transportation
Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Glosten has completed the contract design package for a comprehensive upgrade to Portland, Ore.-based Shaver Transportation’s Z-drive tractor tug Washington. The design focuses on significantly
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries leaders visit Ingalls Shipbuilding
HII (NYSE: HII) hosted HD Hyundai Heavy Industries leaders at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss, this week, advancing joint goals of the memorandum of understanding signed by the two
VIDEO: BYD Shenzen takes “world’s largest car carrier” crown
The China Merchants Industry Nanjing Jinling shipyard yesterday held a ship handover and naming ceremony for the first 9,200-car dual-fuel car carrier, BYD Shenzhen. Built for China’s BYD Co. Ltd., its loading
Ship Repair USA: Efficient ship repair starts with smart strategy
At Marine Log’s Ship Repair USA 2025 conference, taking place June 10-11 in New Orleans, Ryan Patrick Woerner of Bayonne Drydock & Repair will share practical insights into reducing costs while maintaining
USTR reveals fee scales, timing for Section 301 action on China
In a long-expected move, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on April 17 took Section 301 “targeted action to restore American shipbuilding and address China’s unreasonable acts, policies, and practices to dominate the
Gulf Craft acquired by autonomous vessel innovator Saronic
Austin, Texas, based autonomous vessel start up Saronic has acquired Franklin, La.-based shipbuilder Gulf Craft. It says that, with the acquisition, it gains a strategically located shipyard on the Gulf Coast that