B.C. shipyard wins contract for four steel barges

Following an open and competitive process, Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of the Canadian Armed Forces, has awarded a contract of C$1,996,439 (about US$15.3 million) to Canadian Maritime Engineering Ltd.,

VIDEO: Newport News installs 780-ton flight deck unit on Kennedy

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has released video showing the its Newport News Shipbuilding Division installing the final piece of the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy’ (CVN 79). The 780-ton unit is one

Armstrong Marine delivers landing craft to Chenega community

Port Angeles, Wash., based Armstrong Marine USA has delivered the 46’ x 15’ high-tunnel catamaran OMC was recently delivered to the native Chenega community in Chinega Bay, Alaska, after successful launch and

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NAVSEA awards VT Halter $2.9 million CHAMP award

VT Halter Marine, Inc. has won a Naval Sea Systems contract worth nearly $2.9 million. VT Halter Marine was one of four U.S.-based companies awarded a contract under the Common Hull Auxiliary

Rhode Island Fast Ferry takes delivery of second Gladding-Hearn cat

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass. has delivered a second high-speed passenger ferry for Rhode Island Fast Ferry, Inc. It will enter service between Quonset Point, R.I., and Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., alongside

VIDEO: SHI delivers world’s largest containership

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) says that it has successfully completed construction of the world’s largest containership three weeks ahead of the contracted delivery date. The ship, the MSC Gulsun, is

Fincantieri Marinette to get $31 million in state grants

Fincantieri Marinette Marine is to receive grants totaling $31 million from the State of Wisconsin for workforce development and shipyard upgrades. The funding was part of Wisconsin’s recently signed two-year budget and

BMT to design new Kitsap Transit fast ferries

Teddington, U.K., headquartered BMT has announced the signing of a contract for two new 43 meter (104’ x 37’’ x 12.5’) high-speed, passenger Fast Ferries for Kitsap Transit, with an option for

Philly Shipyard to appoint CFO with “deep government contracts experience”

With no ships on its current order book Philly Shipyard has declared its intentions to “go gray” and seek U.S. government contracts. It has already succeeded in becoming one of four shipyards

VT Halter starts construction on third Navy berthing barge

VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, Miss., has started construction on the third Auxiliary Personnel Lighter – Small (APL(S)), a new class of berthing barges commissioned by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).

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