BIW and union negotiators reach agreement on terms to end strike

General Dynamics announced today that the negotiating teams from Bath Iron Works and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local S6 reached agreement Friday night on mutually acceptable terms

Fincantieri Bay gets ready for role in frigate contract

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding (FBS), Sturgeon Bay, Wis., is preparing to upgrade its shipyard equipment and facilities this year to assist with work on the Navy guided missile frigate contract awarded sister yard

Signet Maritime tug completes propulsion and maneuvering upgrades

ST Engineering Halter Marine and Offshore, Pascagoula, Miss., has carried out upgrades to Signet Maritime Corporation’s 10,000 bhp ocean towing tug Signet Warhorse II that included retrofitting new propulsion and maneuvering systems.

Davie sets sights on icebreaker exports

Buoyed by its success in being designated as the icebreaker partner under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy, Davie Shipbuilding is now eyeing export markets and yesterday launched a National Icebreaker Center (NIC). The

EPF 12 completes integrated trials

Austal USA and the Navy’s Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) program successfully completed integrated trials on the future USNS Newport (EPF 12), in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship is now ready to

Blount Boats to build icebreaking buoy tender

Warren, R.I., shipbuilder Blount Boats, Inc. has been awarded a contract to build a 90-foot icebreaker/buoy tender for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The vessel will be designed by BMT Designers

All American Marine wins NOAA research vessel contract

All American Marine (AAM), Bellingham, Wash., has been awarded a contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) covering construction a 50-foot aluminum research catamaran for the Olympic Coast National Marine

Vigor awarded $10 million mod to cruiser contract

Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Ore., has been awarded a $10,000,000 modification to a previously awarded contract to support the extended drydocking selected restricted availability of the Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS

Halter Marine awarded T-AGOS (X) study contract

Halter Marine Inc. has been awarded the contract for industrial studies for the auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship (T-AGOS(X)) program. The U.S. Navy awarded the $981,000 contract for the T-AGOS class series

Newport News Apprentice School approved as institution of higher education

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that the Apprentice School at its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to operate as a

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