Alabama pilots take delivery of Gladding-Hearn launch

JANUARY 10, 2018 — Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, MA, has delivered a Chesapeake Class pilot boat to the Alabama Pilot, Inc., Mobile, AL. With length overall of 53.6′, beam of 17.8′,

Eastern delivers trailing suction hopper dredge to Weeks Marine

JANUARY 9, 2018 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. recently delivered the trailing suction hopper dredge M/V Magdalen to Weeks Marine, Inc. The 6,540 cu.m TSHD has been designed and engineered by Royal

Modutech Marine delivers first of 24 Cummins powered tugs to Navy

JANUARY 8, 2017 — Modutech Marine Inc., Tacoma, WA, last month delivered the first of 24 tugs, designated Work Boat Medium, to the Navy. The others will follow at regular intervals through

BAE Systems Norfolk wins $41.6 million Navy contract

JANUARY 3, 2018 — BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair has received a $41.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79). The Oscar Austin

Korean shipyards raise their sales targets

JANUARY 1, 2018 — South Korean shipbuilders have sharply raised their order targets for 2018, reports the Yonhap news agency. Yonhaps cites its sources as saying that Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (HHI)

NASSCO Norfolk wins Navy contract worth potential $98 million

DECEMBER 27, 2017 — GD NASSCO’s Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, VA, has been awarded an $83,079,259 contract for the execution of USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) fiscal 2018 docking phased maintenance availability. 

Austal delivers Expeditionary Fast Transport to Navy

DECEMBER 22, 2017— The U.S. Navy took delivery of the Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel USNS City of Bismarck (EPF 9), following the finalization of documents on board the ship in Mobile, AL.  Built

Gulf Island to build tug for Seaway Development Corporation

DECEMBER 21, 2017 — Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (NASDAQ:GIFI) reports that, through its subsidiary Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC, it has been awarded a contract for the construction of an ice class, CPP

Metal Shark bites into the pilot boat market

DECEMBER 20, 2017 — Jeanerette, LA , headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark has set its sights on the pilot boat market with a range of custom-configurable pilot offerings and two new pilot boats

Newport News awarded $468 million Columbia class contract

DECEMBER 19, 2017 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a contract from General Dynamics Electric Boat worth up to $468 million to begin

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