DECEMBER 5, 2014 — Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit is to build five coastal patrol boats for the Croatian Coast Guard. A shipbuilding agreement covering construction of the vessels was signed earlier this week
DECEMBER 5, 2014 — Boat manufacturer Metal Shark has reached an agreement with Damen Shipyards to market Damen designs, which the company will construct at its Franklin, LA, shipyard. “We are proud
DECEMBER 4, 2014 — Royal Caribbean Cruises brand Celebrity Cruises has signed of a letter of intent (LOI) with French shipbuilder STX France for two ships in a new class of vessels.
DECEMBER 4, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA, is being awarded a $7,997,357 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for nuclear propulsion and complex modernization work on USS Harry S. Truman
DECEMBER 4, 2014 — General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT, is being awarded a $44,547,142 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-4308) for non-nuclear submarine repair work on Groton-based submarines under
DECEMBER 4, 2014 — Seattle, WA, based aluminum vessel specialist Kvichak Marine Industries has appointed Craig Miller as Director of Engineering. A twelve-year veteran of Kvichak, Mr. Miller formerly led the
DECEMBER 1, 2014 — Vigor Industrial, LLC, Portland, OR, has been awarded a $13,400,140 firm-fixed-price contract for a 75-calendar-day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of the hospital ship USNS
NOVEMBER 27, 2014—Ice Floe LLC dba Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Freeland, WA, recently named Gavin Higgins as Chief Executive Officer. Higgins brings a wealth of shipyard management experience to his role, more
NOVEMBER 24, 2014 — Lake Assault Boats has expanded to new headquarters on the grounds of Fraser Shipyards, at the westernmost tip of Lake Superior’s Twin Ports of Superior and Duluth, MN.
NOVEMBER 20, 2014 — Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc., Norfolk, VA, and Austal USA LLC, Mobile, AL, have both been given citations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)