Vancouver Shipyards calls in STX to help it gear up for NSPS production

Canada’s Seaspan Marine Corporation has entered into a technology support agreement with Korean shipbuilding giant STX Offshore and Shipbuilding Company Ltd. Seaspan says the partnership will optimize Vancouver Shipyard’s planned facilities upgrades

ASL Marine adds five vessels to its order book

Mr. Ang Kok Tian, Chairman and Managing Director of Singapore based ASL Marine Holdings, Ltd., reports that the group is maintaining its order winning momentum.Today, ASL, whose shipbuilding and repair operations include

Navy approves “quick win” shipbuilding cost-reduction initiatives

Collaboration between the Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and industry has identified numerous potential savings in the shipbuilding process. A pilot project to prioritize efficiency efforts could be implemented this year and, already,

IHC Merwede’s Southeast Asia expansion plans start rolling

“IHC Merwede,” says Denis Welch, the company’s Regional CEO for Southeast Asia, “is not just a shipbuilder per se, but also an aggregation of engineering and manufacturing companies, which combines to provide

Corps of Engineers takes delivery of towboat from Horizon Shipbuilding

 Shipbuilding, Inc. of Bayou La Batre, Alabama has delivered the M/V General Irwin, a 58 ft x 22 ft x 4 ft 10 in inland river towboat to the U.S. Army Corps

SEAJON christens first ATB built in Erie since 1972

SEAJON, LLC, a partnership between SEACOR Holdings Inc. and Donjon Marine Co., Inc., held an open house April 10 at the Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair facility in Port Erie, Pa., for news

IHC Merwede gets financing in place to start pipelayer construction

IHC Merwede has put together the financing it needs to get started on a major shipbuilding export project. As we reported in March, IHC Offshore & Marine has signed two contracts with

Fairstar Heavy Transport newbuild duo closer to entering service

Within days of the launch of its newbuild 50,000 dwt semi-submersible vessel, Finesse, Rotterdam headquartered Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. reports that sister ship Forte has departed the quayside at Guangzhou Shipyard International

Top execs at Huntington Ingalls get compensation boost

Stock awards worth $7 million helped bump total compensation for C. Michael Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., nearly 126 percent, from $5.7 million in 2010 to $12.9 million

Poitras named President of Electric Boat as Casey moves up

General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) says that John P. Casey (Right in picture), president of General Dynamics Electric Boat, will succeed Phebe N. Novakovic as executive vice president of the corporation’s Marine Systems

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