![Two sponsors christened future USNS Lansing (EPF 16): Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, and Rep. Lisa McClain (closest to camera). [Photo: Austal USA]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/260110_Lansing_EPF_16_christening_5-300x225.jpg)
Austal USA christens USNS Lansing, the final EPF
The final U.S. Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship — the future USNS Lansing (EPF 16) — was christened April 10 at Austal USA’s Mobile, Ala. shipyard. The christening marked a major milestone
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Metal Shark acquired by Magnet Defense
Miami, Fla.-headquartered Magnet Defense LLC, which says its mission is to “build a fleet of autonomous unmanned surface vessels to strengthen U.S. national security and advance U.S. and Allied maritime interests at
BAE Norfolk gets $10.4M mod to Laboon DSRA contract
BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Norfolk, Norfolk, Va. (NMS), has been awarded a $10,398,203 firm-fixed-price modification for additional mission critical work to previously awarded contract (N00024-25-C-4412) for the USS Laboon (DDG 58) fiscal
USCG awards Bollinger and Finland’s RMC contracts for up to six Arctic Security Cutter icebreakers
The U.S. Coast Guard on Friday awarded two contracts to build up to six Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) icebreakers. The contracts were awarded to Rauma Marine Constructions Oy (RMC) of Rauma, Finland,
Op-Ed: Saving shipyards from the “cliff-edge” with AI
The global shipyard sector is facing a skills time bomb. In the U.S. alone the average age of the nation’s 146,500 strong shipyard workforce is 55. This aging workforce challenge is further
Eastern Shipbuilding launches the first of four CARB-compliant Saltchuk escort tugs
Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), Panama City, Fla., has launched the first of the four new Robert Allan Ltd. RApport 2600 escort tugs it is building for Saltchuk Marine under a contract awarded
![Metal Shark will embed Tocaro Blue’s ProteusCore radar processing software into itsfleet of high speed maneuverable unmanned surface vessels (HSMUSVs). [Photo: Metal Shark].-](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/MStures1-300x225.jpg)
Metal Shark and Tocaro Blue in strategic collaboration on autonomy
Jeanerette, La. -based boat builder Metal Shark and Pensacola, Fla.-headquartered Tocaro Blue, a specialist if AI-powered marine sensor processing solutions, have entered a strategic collaboration to embed Tocaro Blue’s ProteusCore radar processing
Veteran Boston Harbor ferry Outward Bound returns to Gladding-Hearn for mid-life refit
Originally delivered by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation in 1995, the Boston Harbor ferry MV Outward Bound has returned to the Somerset, Mass., shipyard for a mid-life refit. Redelivery is planned for spring
Silver Ships delivers coastal fast response fireboat
Theodore, Ala.-based Silver Ships Inc. has delivered a new fire rescue vessel to Florida’s Destin Fire Control District.The 52-foot coastal fast response boat (CFRB), identified as M-19, is outfitted with four 425
![A welder from Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, LLC, welds the initials of the Navigator's sponsor, Rear Admiral (retired) Evelyn Fields (in yellow), onto a steel plate that will be incorporated into the ship. [Photo: NOAA]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251204-Navigator-Keel-laying-Welding-600x400-1-300x225.jpg)
NOAA holds keel-laying ceremony for Navigator, its second new charting and mapping vessel
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) leaders were joined by partners Dec.4 to celebrate the keel-laying for Navigator, the second of two new charting and mapping vessels being constructed for the agency