Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Mobile, Ala. based Austal USA a $91,535,55 fixed-price incentive and firm-fixed-price type contract for the construction of three Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700 class craft. The
Key Canadian shipyards are staying busy with new orders and repairs, while naval architects help take these projects to the next level. The Royal Canadian Navy is at the center of shipbuilding news in
NextDecade Corporation’s Rio Grande LNG project in Brownsville, Texas, is moving right along. Already the tugs that will serve the export terminal are being lined up. Today, Gulf LNG Tugs of Brownsville,
German Ship Repair Jamaica Limited (GSRJ), a private joint venture of German, Turkish and Jamaican investors, has welcomed its first floating dry dock to Jamaica. The 215 meter-long Panamax-size dry dock was
Austal USA says that Rusty Murdaugh has resigned as its president, effective today. Murdaugh was named president in Sept. 2021 (after being named acting president in February 2021 when former president Craig
This past Saturday, representatives from Bollinger Shipyards LLC joined senior U.S. Navy officials pier side at Bollinger Houma to christen the USNS Navajo (T-ATS 6), the lead ship of the Navy’s new
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given Eastern Shipbuilding Group formal notice to proceed on its recently awarded $257 million contract to design and construct a new medium-class hopper dredge (MCHD),
Theodore, Ala., aluminum boat specialist Silver Ships has recently completed its first deliveries under an $8.2 million NAVSEA contract covering both Naval Special Warfare (NSW) surface support craft (SSC) and U.S. Coast
Morgan City, La., headquartered Conrad Shipyard reports that it has launched the first in the series of YRBM barges on order at the yard for the U.S. Navy. The YRBM barges provide
Edison Chouest Offshore’s LaShip shipyard in Houma, La., has become a showcase for how the offshore wind industry is helping to create Jones Act shipbuilding jobs. As we reported earlier, back in