Bollinger delivers twentieth Fast Response Cutter
OCTOBER 20, 2016 — Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCGC Lawrence Lawson, the twentieth Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard took delivery today in Key
Shipyard News
DDG 115 successfully completes alpha trials
OCTOBER 20, 2016 — The U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command reports that the future USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) successfully completed alpha trials October 18, after spending two days underway off
Great Lakes Shipyard hauls out U.S. Brig Niagara
OCTOBER 19, 2016 — For the second time, the Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, OH, has hauled out the U.S. Brig Niagara. The wooden-hulled two-masted, square-rigged sailing vessel is a reconstruction of Commodore
NNS names Mary Cullen VP nuclear propulsion
OCTOBER 17, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Mary Cullen has been appointed vice president of nuclear propulsion at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. She will assume her new
Cammell Laird lays research ship keel
OCTOBER 17, 2016 — U.K. shipbuilder Cammell Laird today held one of the biggest ceremonies in its history when naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough joined more than 1,000 people at its
TAO-205 oilers to have Rolls-Royce propellers and gensets
OCTOBER 17, 2016 — Rolls-Royce has secured a contract to supply diesel generators, propellers and shaft lines for the U.S. Navy’s new T-AO 205 class of fleet oilers, the John Lewis Class,
Detyens wins two Military Sealift Command contracts
OCTOBER 16, 2016 — Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, SC, has won two Military Sealift Command contracts worth a total of more than $12.8 million. Detyens is being awarded a $9,252,917 firm-fixed-price
Fairbanks Morse diesels for new USCG Offshore Patrol Cutter
OCTOBER 12, 2016 — The U.S. Coast Guard’s new Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC) will be powered by MAN 16V 28/33D diesel propulsion engines manufactured in Beloit, WI, by MAN Diesel & Turbo
Horizon marks milestone in tugboat construction
OCTOBER 10, 2016 — Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, AL, has marked a milestone in a contract under which it is to build up to four 100 ft x 40 ft
Davie is Canada’s first yard with ISO 9001:2015
OCTOBER 10, 2016 — Chantier Davie Canada Inc., Lévis, Quebec, has become the first Canadian shipbuilder to obtain the new ISO 9001:2015 quality management system certification. Davie, which is Canada;s largest shipyard