Burger Boat Company christens new ferry
Burger Boat Company held a christening ceremony for the new 92-foot vehicle and passenger ferry, the Neebish Islander III, at its Manitowoc, Wis., shipyard on August 13. Ordered by the Eastern Upper
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Detyens wins $16.4 million MSC contract
Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., has been awarded a $16,485,523 firm-fixed-price contract for a 70-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of Military Sealift Command’s Henry J. Kaiser class fleet
GAO denies bid protest of Bollinger MCM UV award
Bollinger Shipyards had a significant contract win back in April when it was awarded a $13,725,953 Navy contract for the production of the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessel (MCM USV), engineering services
Mare Island Dry Dock wins $37.8 million Navy contract
Privately-owned Vallejo, Calif., ship repairer Mare Island Dry Dock LLC has been awarded a $37,846,243 firm-fixed-price contract for a 212-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry docking availability for
Metal Shark building next-gen military patrol vessel for Guyana
Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark is building a welded-aluminum 115 foot long x 27 foot beam (35 meter long x 8 meter beam) monohull patrol vessel for the Guyana Defense Force
NASSCO wins $1.4 billion in Navy contract mods
The General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego has received $1.4 billion in U.S. Navy contract modifications for construction of a sixth Expeditionary Sea Base ship (ESB 8) and two additional John
Bollinger delivers 50th Fast Response Cutter
Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the USCGC William Chadwick to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 176th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over
Keppel AmFELS delivers first of two Pasha Hawaii LNG-fueled box ships
Hawaii-based Pasha Hawaii has taken delivery of the M/V George III from Keppel O&M’s Brownsville, Texas, shipyard, Keppel AmFels. The 744-foot long, 2,525 TEU containership is the first LNG-powered vessel to fuel
Blount Boats delivers icebreaking buoy tender
Delivered earlier this year by the Blount Boats shipyard in Warren, R.I., an icebreaking buoy tender ordered in July 2020, the M/V Eddie Somers, is now in service with the Maryland Department
Modern laker Mark W. Barker embarks on maiden voyage
Nearly three years after the first cut of steel for the first Great Lakes freighter in nearly 40 years, the 639-foot modern laker M/V Mark W. Barker has completed sea trials and