Navy funds FY 2016 LCS construction
APRIL 1, 2016 — The Navy has issued modifications to its block buy contracts with Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, MD, and Austal USA, Mobile, AL, to fund construction of one FY 2016
Shipyard News
Ingalls awarded funding for DDG 123 construction
MARCH 31, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $618 million contract modification to fund construction of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile
World Marine of Alabama to drydock Military Sealift tanker
MARCH 30, 2016 — World Marine of Alabama (WMA), a division of World Marine, LLC, competitively bid and won a contract to drydock and repair the USNS Lawrence H. Gianella (T-AOT-1125), a
Austal USA lays keel for EPF 8
MARCH 30, 2016 — Austal USA’s Mobile, AL, shipyard yesterday held a keel laying ceremony the Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel Yuma (EPF 8). The ship is the eighth EPF built at Austal
VIDEO: Crowley sets engine on LNG fueled ConRO
MARCH 29, 2016 — Crowley Maritime Corporation has marked another critical milestone in construction of its two LNG fueled ConRO ships with the setting of the MAN Diesel & Turbo 8S70ME-C8.2-GI main
Conrad reports increased backlog, lower earnings
MARCH 28, 2016 — Shipbuilder Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) today announced its fourth quarter and twelve months 2015 results and backlog. For the quarter ended December 31, 2015, Conrad had
Electric Boat gets Navy awards worth $38.2 million
MARCH 28, 2016 — General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT, has been awarded three Navy contracts worth a total $38,235,934. Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair, Groton, Connecticut, is the contracting
More sparks fly in Canada shipbuilding controversy
MARCH 18, 2016 — Media coverage of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) continues to stir controversy as it becomes apparent that Canada’s largest shipyard, Quebec’s Chantier Davie Canada, won’t just quietly
Austal USA gets $13.9 million Navy award
MARCH 18, 2016 — Austal USA, Mobile, AL, is being awarded a $13,974,187 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-11-C-2301 to exercise an option for special studies, analyses and review efforts for the
GulfMark settles dispute over newbuild Jones Act PSVs
MARCH 15, 2016 — GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE:GLF) today announced that a settlement has been reached in dispute resolution proceedings with a U.S. shipyard [BAE Systems, Mobile, AL] over two PSV ordered