Fraser Shipyards faces $1.4 million in OSHA penalties

AUGUST 2, 2016 — Fraser Shipyards Inc., Superior, WI, faces proposed penalties of $1,395,000 under citations issued July 29 by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The

Eastern launches inland river towboat

AUGUST 2, 2016 – Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.Panama City, FL, recently launched Impala Soledad, the first in a series of four inland river towboats under construction at its Allanton shipyard for IWL

BAE Mayport books $9.6 million Navy contract

AUGUST 1, 2016 — BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Mayport LLC, Jacksonville, FL, is being awarded a $9,658,407 firm-fixed-price contract, for Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) repair work onboard USS The Sullivans (DDG 68).

NASSCO-Norfolk gets $23.4 million CVN-75 award

AUGUST 1, 2016 — General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk, Norfolk, VA, is being awarded a $23,442,136 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee/incentive-fee contract (N00024-11-C-4303) for USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) fiscal 2016 Planned Incremental

MHI Ship Repair wins $14.1 million Navy contract

JULY 29, 2016 — MHI Ship Repair & Services (Marine Hydraulics International LLC), Norfolk, VA, is being awarded a $14,185,366 firm-fixed-price contract for the fiscal 2016 selected restricted availability for the Arleigh

Davie and union agree on five-year labor deal

JULY 25, 2016 —  Canadian shipbuilder Chantier Davie Canada, Inc., Levis, Quebec, and its labor union agreed a new 5-year collective agreement on July 22. The news comes after the failure, earlier

NASSCO-Norfolk gets $42.1 million Navy contract mod

JULY 20, 2016 — General Dynamics, NASSCO-Norfolk shipyard (formerly Metro Machine Corp.), Norfolk, VA, is being awarded a $42,129,117 cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-10-C-4401, for the accomplishment of repairs and

Austal-built LCS 6 completes shock trials

JULY 20, 2016 —Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) reports that the Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) has successfully completed Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) off the coast of

HII makes large surface combatant program appointment

JULY 20, 2016 — Capt. Joseph J. Leonard (U.S. Navy, Ret.) has joined shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) as corporate director of customer affairs, large surface combatant program. Prior to joining HII,

Lockheed Martin team lays keel for LCS 17

JULY 19, 2016 —The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led industry team yesterday officially laid the keel for the U.S. Navy’s 17th Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Indianapolis, in a ceremony at

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