$440 million nuclear sub fire “started in shipyard vacuum cleaner”

JUNE 7, 2012 — Officials at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard have released initial findings June 6 in the case of the recent fire onboard Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755).

Navy accepts delivery of LCS 3

JUNE 6, 2012 — The U.S. Navy has officially accepted delivery of the future USS Fort Worth (LCS 3)  during a ceremony in Marinette, Wis. Fort Worth is the third littoral combat

MHI says AIDA hull bubble lubrication will cut fuel consumption by 7 percent

JUNE 6, 2012 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. says that the Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System (MALS) to be installed on the two AIDA cruise ships to be built at its Nagasaki Shipyard

Ingalls Shipbuilding launches LHA 6

JUNE 5, 2012 —Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division launched the U.S. Navy’s next amphibious assault ship, America (LHA 6), from the company’s floating drydock on Monday. The

EC plans to provide €6.5 million to retrain redundant Danish shipyard workers

JUNE 4, 2012 — The European Commission (EC) proposes providing Denmark with €6.5 million to help 550 redundant shipyard workers find new jobs in sectors seen as offering more employment potential than

Cecon faces new delay to Davie newbuilds

JUNE 4, 2012 — Subsea installation contractor Cecon ASA looks to have hit yet another bump in the road to delivery of the three vessels it has on order at Lévis, Quebec,

Bollinger Shipyards delivers second FRC to Coast Guard

JUNE 3, 2012 — Bollinger Shipyards has officially delivered the Richard Etheridge, the second vessel in the Coast Guard’s Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter (FRC) recapitalization project. The Coast Guard took delivery May

More containership operators opt for Gibdock as repair location

JUNE 1, 2012 — Gibraltar-based ship repairer Gibdock has been seeing a high volume of workflow from the containership market. The latest German owner to select the shipyard for containership work is

Navy awards Huntington Ingalls $2.38 billion contract for LHA 7

MAY 31, 2012 —The U.S. Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) a $2.38 billion fixed-price-incentive contract for the detail design and construction of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7).

Signal International makes appointment at its Mobile ship repair facility

MAY 31, 2012 — Signal International, Inc. has appointed Tom Godfrey to the position of Domestic Sales and Marketing at the Signal Ship Repair (SSR) facility in Mobile, Ala. Mr. Godfrey complements

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