China’s Chengxi Shipyard is to build a series of Deltamarin designed B.Delta37 bulk carriers for the China Navigation Company. The new orders (four ships,plus options for up to six more) are the
The 2012 Canadian Federal Budget calls for the investment of Canadian $5.2 billion over the next 11 years on a cash basis for the procurement of new vessels and helicopters for the
Canada’s Federal Budget for 2012, released last week provides Canadian $101 million on a cash basis to restore and modernize the Esquimalt Graving Dock. The Esquimalt Graving Dock (EGD), which was originally
Brazilian shipbuilder Estaleiro Atlântico Sul (EAS) has started the sea trials of the Suezmax tanker João Cândido. Brazilian website Portal Naval notes that the vessel, the first in a series of ten,
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics company, for alleged repeat and serious violations of workplace safety standards at its Bath,
Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc., Seattle, Wash., was recently awarded a contract by Puget Sound Energy (PSE) to design and build one 32 ft and one 38 ft Marine Transport Vessel for PSE’s
Detyens Shipyards, Inc., North Charleston, S.C., is being awarded an $8,108,084 firm-fixed-price contract for a 55 calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $76 million fixed-price contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to purchase long-lead materials for a sixth National Security Cutter
Vietnamese state controlled media report that Pham Thanh Binh, 59, former chairman of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin), has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for “intentionally violating economic management
Dry bulk shipowner Diana Shipping Inc. recently signed, through separate wholly-owned subsidiaries, two shipbuilding contracts with China Shipbuilding Trading Company, Limited and Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd, for the construction of two