Vigor adds to leadership team
JANUARY 24, 2019 —Vigor reports that Jackie O’Brien is joining its leadership team. As EVP of Strategy and Business Development, Ms. O’Brien will report directly to Vigor CEO Frank Foti and play
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Austal USA awarded $16.3 million for LCS 20 work
JANUARY 24, 2019 —Austal USA LLC, Mobile, AL, has been awarded a $16,322,000 order against a previously awarded Navy contract to provide engineering, management, and production services in support of prefabrication efforts,
Polar icebreaker Healy arrives at Vigor to start $7.3 million overhaul
JANUARY 24, 2019 — The U.S. Coast Guard polar icebreaker, Healy (WAGB-20), has arrived at Vigor’s Seattle, WA, shipyard for maintenance. The $7.3 million contract includes sea valve renewal and overhaul, bow
World Marine acquired by scrap recycler M.A.R.S.
JANUARY 23, 2019 — Modern American Recycling Services, Inc. (M.A.R.S.), a leader in the scrap recycling industry, reports that it completed a transaction acquiring World Marine, LLC on January 22, 2019. The
Fincantieri Bay completes complex conversion of ATB barge
JANUARY 23, 2019 — Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI, has delivered the newly-converted barge Commander to Port City Marine Services (PCMS) of Muskegon, MI. The Commander is a 495’ by 72’
Orskov Shipyard to increase drydocking capacity
JULY 20, 2019 — Denmark’s Orskov Shipyard and the Port of Frederikshavn have entered into a leasing agreement that will enable an increase in the yard’s drydocking capacity. The port is implementing
BAE Hawaii awarded $9.6 million for DDG 97 SIA
JANUARY 16, 2019 — BAE Systems Hawaii Shipyards Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, has been awarded a $9,576,151 contract modification for scheduled Surface Incremental Availability (SIA) on USS Halsey (DDG 97). The scheduled SIA
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding retrofits Delaware Bay pilot boat
JANUARY 16, 2019 —Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has delivered a retrofitted pilot boat to the Delaware Bay pilots association. Brandywine, one of the shipyard’s early 53′ Chesapeake class launches built in 2004,
NASSCO expands steel production capabilities
JANUARY 14, 2019 — General Dynamics NASSCO held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday to commission its new panel line. Expanding steel production capabilities at the San Diego shipyard, the new line enables distortion-free
ST Engineering’s marine arm reels in orders in Singapore and U.S.
JANUARY 14, 2019 — Singapore Technologies Engineering reports today that its marine arm won S$560 million (about US$414 million) worth of new contracts in the last quarter of 2018. The company said