Gladding-Hearn delivers pilot boat for Virginia

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, MA, recently delivered a second Chesapeake Class launch to the Virginia Pilot Boat Corporation, the shipyard’s seventh pilot boat for this group. With a deep-V hull designed

Huntington Ingalls appoints VP of customer relations for Ingalls Shipbuilding

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Vice Adm. Daniel P. Holloway, U.S. Navy (Ret.), has been named vice president of customer relations for the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. In this capacity, Holloway

OSHA cites Jeffboat for nine safety violations

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Jeffboat LLC, America’s largest inland shipbuilder, for nine safety violations, including one willful violation, at its Jeffersonville, Ind., facility after

Eastern Shipbuilding leases 20 acre site in Port St. Joe

With some twenty advanced offshore service vessels on its order book, Panama City, Fla., based Eastern Shipbuilding Group is expanding its operations. Today, the St. Joe Company  announced that it will lease

Eastern Shipbuilding leases 20 acre site in Port St. Joe

With some twenty advanced offshore service vessels on its order book, Panama City, Fla., based Eastern Shipbuilding Group is expanding its operations. Today, the St. Joe Company  announced that it will lease

Damen Shipyards builds modular dock for Djibouti

Damen Shipyards is building a Damen Modular Dock (DMD) 4020 for Djibouti. The 50 m x 20 m dry dock  will be used for repair and maintenance of the Djibouti Port Authorities’

Ashley Godwin joins SCA as Senior Defense Advisor

Ashley Godwin has joined the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) as Senior Defense Advisor. Ms. Godwin will serve as SCA’s principal interface with Capitol Hill on issues related to major new construction

Martinac to build 184-ft Jensen-designed long-liner

Jensen Maritime Consultants, a Crowley Maritime company, has been chosen to design one of the world’s largest freezer longliner fishing vessels for Alaska fishing company Alaskan Leader Fisheries LLC. The vessel, Northern

Korean shipbuilders win big LNG vessel orders

Two leading South Korean shipbuilders announced big orders today related to Liquefied Natural Gas. Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, today said that it had won orders worth $1.1 billion for

JHSV program takes a hit in Budget shipbuilding request

The JHSV (Joint High Speed Vessel) program takes a hit under the FY 2013 Budget proposal sent to Congress by the White House today. At one time, the Navy was planning to

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