MAY 5, 2016 — The Commonwealth of Australia today awarded Austal an A$305 million (US$228.1 million) contract for the Pacific Patrol Boats Replacement (PPBR) Project, taking the shipbuilder’s Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard
MAY 4, 2016 —In Phase 2 of its FRC acquisition program, the U.S. Coast Guard today awarded a contract to Bollinger Shipyards LLC, Lockport, LA, for the procurement of up to 26
MAY 4, 2016 — Dennis Brewster has joined C&C Marine and Repair, L.L.C. Belle Chasse, LA, as Vice President of Inland Sales. Mr. Brewster will be responsible for marketing C&C Marine’s
MAY 3, 2016 — The Port Arthur, TX, based Sabine Pilots have taken delivery of their first boat to be built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, MA. With a deep-V hull
MAY 2, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Jennifer Boykin, vice president of engineering and design at its company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, has received a 2016 YWCA Women of
APRIL 27, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division today marked the start of fabrication for the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) for the
APRIL 25, 2016 — General Dynamics NASSCO hosted a christening ceremony at its San Diego, CA, shipyard Saturday for the second ECO Class Jones Act tanker under construction for Kinder Morgan subsidiary
APRIL 23, 216 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has released video showing its Newport News Shipbuilding division placing a 965-ton structure dry dock using the shipyard’s 1,050-t gantry crane, continuing the construction
APRIL 20, 2016 – The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) has announced the recipients of its annual safety awards. The safety awards enhance shipyard operations and promote safety through recognition and promotion
APRIL 19, 2016 —The Navy’s future amphibious transport dock, John P. Murtha (LPD 26) successfully completed Acceptance Trials April 15. The ship is the tenth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock built at