Spay, Germany, based Schottel has secured another order to provide propulsion systems for U.S. Navy vessels. This latest order will see the company supply systems for five Workboat Docking vessels and two
Gulf Island Shipyards LLC, Houma, La., has beem awarded a $129,925,080 modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise options for the construction of two additional towing, salvage and rescue ships (T-ATS)
VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded a $39,906,609 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract. It covers the detail design and construction of a fourth Navy berthing barge, formally
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) is making changes to the leadership team at its Newport News Shipbuilding division. Julia Jones has been promoted to vice president of manufacturing and facilities, where she
An employee at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding has tested positive for the coronavirus. In a message to Ingalls employees dated yesterday, Brian Cuccias, Ingalls Shipbuilding president, said that the shipbuilder is
NAVSEA reports that Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility has started producing isopropyl alcohol-based hand sanitizer in its accredited laboratory. It is scheduled to be available in work areas throughout
Colonna’s Shipyard Inc., Norfolk, Virginia, has been awarded an $8,903,875 firm-fixed-price contract for an 80-day shipyard availability for the emergency drydocking of USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1). Work will be performed in Norfolk,
The future USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) successfully completed acceptance trials on March 12, returning to Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Ingalls Shipbuilding Division after spending two days at sea in the
Shipbuilding giant Fincantieri is to suspend production at its Italian facilities from March 16 until March 29. The move is in response both to ever-stricter Italian Government measures and to trade union
The Association of Maryland Pilots has ordered its fourth Chesapeake Class launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass. Delivery is scheduled for December 2020. Since the Chesapeake Class pilot boat was