Detyens wins $21.3 million MSC contract

Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., has been awarded a $21,316,067 contract for a 75-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2). The contract includes

Virginia Pilots order ninth Gladding-Hearn launch

The Virginia Pilot Association has ordered a Chesapeake Class launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass. The vessel will be the association’s ninth pilot boat built by the shipyard since 1983. Since the

Conrad reports more red ink but adds to newbuild backlog

Morgan City, La., headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) today reported its second quarter and six months 2019 financial results and backlog at June 30, 2019. For the quarter ended

Fincantieri Bay cuts first steel for Great Lakes bulker newbuild

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and the Interlake Steamship Company hosted a ceremonial first-cut-of-steel event Wednesday, celebrating the historic start of construction on the first U.S.-flagged Great Lakes bulk carrier built

Birdon America awarded $390 million U.S. Coast Guard and Army contracts

Australian-based Birdon Group reports that its U.S. subsidiary, Birdon America Inc., has been awarded two new contracts worth up to $390 million. In one contract, valued at up to $190 million, Birdon

BAE Systems to enhance maritime operations aboard large deck U.S. Navy ships

The U.S. Navy recently awarded BAE Systems a prime contractor position on a new indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to enhance maritime operations and flight safety systems aboard new construction aircraft carriers and large deck amphibious ships,

St. Croix County upgrades with new Lake Assault rescue boats

The St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office, located in Hudson, Wis., recently took delivery of a custom-built Lake Assault Boats rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB). The new craft enhances the office’s patrol capabilities

Leadership changes at Newport News

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) is making leadership changes at its Newport News Shipbuilding division. Damon Saetre has been promoted to vice president of integrated planning and production control. In this role, he

Navatek and Front Street Shipyard cooperate on $8 million ONR project

Honolulu, Hawaii, headquartered Navatek LLC has been awarded an $8 million contract from the U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR) for advanced planing hull research. It will focus on pursuing new

Philly Shipyard starts work on MARAD ship

Philly Shipyard, Inc. has begun work on its first contract to perform modernization, repair and maintenance work on a government ship, the SS Antares. The SS Antares, an Algol class vehicle cargo

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