Keppel AmFELS to build LNG fueled Pasha containerships
MAY 11, 2017 — Honolulu-based Pasha Hawaii today announced that it has selected the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, TX, a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), to build two
Shipyard News
VIDEO: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on sea trials after RCOH
MAY 9, 2017 —Naval Sea Systems Command reports that the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) got underway from Newport News, Virginia, May 9, departing for sea trials after completing a
VIDEO: OSU picks Gulf Island to build research vessels
MAY 8, 2017 — Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI) reports that, through its subsidiary Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC, it has received a contingent notice of intent to award from Oregon State
Nichols launches first of two tugboats for Kirby
MAY 5, 2017 — Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Freeland, WA, has launched the M/V Mount Baker, the first of two 120′ x 35′ x 19′-3″ twin-screw tugboats for Kirby Offshore Marine (KOM).
VT Halter starts construction of blast and paint facility
MAY 5, 2017 — VT Halter Marine has begun construction of a large state of the art integrated blast and paint facility that will allow the complete indoor and environmentally controlled surface
Renewed rumors of Singapore shipyard merger
MAY 5, 2017 — Remarks by recently installed Group President & CEO Neil McGregor have restarted persistent speculation in Singapore that Sembcorp Industrie’s marine business could be merged with that of Keppel
Matson, Philly Shipyard mark milestone in box ship program
MAY 4, 2017 — Philly Shipyard, Inc, and Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX), today marked a milestone in the construction of the first of two new 850-ft long, 3,600 TEU, “Aloha Class” containerships
VIDEO: Ingalls Shipbuilding launches LHA-7
MAY 4, 2017 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division launched the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7) from its floating dry dock on Monday. The launch was accomplished 13 weeks
VIDEO: Navy slows pace of frigate acquisition
MAY 4, 2017 — The Navy has slowed its frigate procurement timeline, and is now planning to awarding a detail design and construction contract in Fiscal Year 2020. In joint written testimony
Jennifer Boykin to be President of Newport News Shipbuilding
MAY 3, 2017 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that its Board of Directors has elected Jennifer R. Boykin to serve as executive vice president of HII and president of HII’s