heavy icebreaker Terry Fox will be overhauled at Heddle Shipyards

Port Weller Dry Docks wins heavy icebreaker life extension contract

St. Catharines, Ontario, headquartered Heddle Shipyards has been awarded a CAD 135.5 million (about US$99 million) contract for the Vessel Life Extension (VLE) of the Canadian Coast heavy icebreaker CCGS Terry Fox.

LHA type ship

HII books Navy LHA 9 award worth potential $3.2 billion

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded a $2.4 billion U.S. Navy fixed-price-incentive contract for the detail design and construction of amphibious assault

OPC 1 drive shaft was out of conformity

Drive shaft issue could impact delivery of OPC 1

In a development first reported by Forbes on Thursday, scheduled delivery of the first Offshore Patrol Cutter, Argus, from Eastern Shipbuilding in Panama City, Fla., may be affected by the discovery of

Marine Travelift unveiled

VIDEO: Stevens Towing unveils giant Marine Travelift

Family-owned Stevens Towing Company, yesterday launched into service one of the largest Marine Travelifts in the Southeast. The giant lift, 70 feet high by 87 feet wide, is capable of lifting 820

Steel cutting for (OPC) offshore patrol cutter

Eastern Shipbuilding cuts steel for fourth OPC

Even as it continues to contest the Coast Guard’s decision to award Stage 2 of the offshore patrol cutter (OPC) program to Austal USA, Panama City, Fla., based Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.

research vessel

AAM starts construction of research vessel for Hawaii

All American Marine (AAM), Bellingham, Wash., has been awarded a contract to build a research vessel for the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and the University of Hawaii Foundation (UHF) on the

OPC 1 drive shaft was out of conformity

Eastern Shipbuilding to contest OPC Stage 2 award in Court of Federal Claims

Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) has not given up its fight against the U.S. Coast Guard’s decision to award Stage 2 of the offshore patrol cutter (OPC) program to Austal USA. Although it

OPC Stage 2 cutter

Bid protest withdrawn, Austal USA gets go ahead for OPC stage 2

The Coast Guard yesterday issued a notice to Austal USA, the offshore patrol cutter (OPC) Stage 2 contractor, to proceed on detail design work to support future production of OPCs. The Coast

Verreault Shipyard

Canada’s Verreault Shipyard has a new owner

Québec Clty headquartered Ocean Group Inc. has acquired Verreault Shipyard, located in the municipality of Les Méchins, Québec, in the Gaspé Peninsula. The yard’s facilities include a 244 meter long by 26

NSMV grand block

Philly Shipyard lays keel for second NSMV training ship

The National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMV) construction program continues to roll right along. On September 24, the first of the five state maritime academy training ships being built under the program, the

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