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

Harvey Gulf takes delivery of fourth LNG fueled OSV

MAY 1, 2017 — New Orleans, LA, headquartered Harvey Gulf International Marine has accepted delivery of its fourth LNG-fueled offshore supply vessel, the M/V Harvey Freedom. Built at Harley Gulf owned Gulf

VIDEO: Newport News hosts SSN 789 christening

MAY 1, 2017 —Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division hosted the christening of Indiana (SSN 789), the 16th Virginia-class submarine, in an April 29 ceremony at the shipyard . With

Military Sealift Command awards Guam ship repair contract

APRIL 29, 2017 — Cabras Marine Corp., Piti, Guam (N3220517D4904); Guam Shipyard, Agat, Guam (N3220517D4905); and Seafix Inc., Tamuning, Guam (N3220517D4906), are being awarded a not-to-exceed $18,095,000 combined indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract

Metal Shark to start build for stock program

APRIL 27, 2017 — Louisiana-based Metal Shark is ramping up production to build an inventory of stock vessels, with the goal of reducing lead times and enhancing its service to customers. “Evaluating

NASSCO gets another $7.9 million for LCS work

APRIL 25, 2017 — General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO), San Diego, CA, has been awarded a $7,973,506 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, award-fee contract (N00024-15-C-4313) for option period

Austal delivers first Cape Class patrol boat

APRIL 25, 2017 — Austal (ASX:ASB) reports that its Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard has delivered the first of two Cape-class patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Defence Vessel (ADV)

CBO puts a price on 355 ship Navy – it’s hefty

APRIL 24, 2017 — A new report from the Congressional Budget Office estimates that, over the next 30 years, meeting the 355-ship objective called for in the new Navy force structure assessment

Swiftships gets $27.4 million mod to Iraq contract

APRIL 24, 2017 — Swiftships LLC is being awarded a $27,402,593 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-14-C-4217) for the accomplishment of continuous lifecycle support for the Iraqi Navy. The Morgan

Vigor wins $7.7 million MSC contract

APRIL 21, 2017 — Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Oregon, is being awarded a $7,778,751 firm-fixed-price contract for a 55 calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry docking of USNS

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