AUGUST 6, 2018 —Dario Deste is to succeed Francesco Valente as President and Chief Executive officer of Fincantieri Marine Group, the U.S subsidiary of Fincantieri that operates three Great Lakes shipyards: Fincantieri
AUGUST 5, 2018 — Two vessel’s built at Austal USA’s Mobile, AL, shipyard have completed Navy acceptance trials within days of each other. On August 3, NAVSEA reported that the Navy’s 10th
AUGUST 3, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Vigor Marine Inc. for 16 willful and serious violations following an inspection at the shipbuilder’s
AUGUST 3, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $165.5 million U.S. Navy advance procurement contract to provide long lead time material and advance
JULY 30, 2018 — The U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is exercising contract options for additional Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) conceptual design efforts with each of the five companies awarded
JULY 30, 2018 — Shipbuilder VT Halter Marine, Inc., a subsidiary of Vision Technologies Systems, Inc. today announced that Ronald Baczkowski has been appointed as President and CEO with immediate effect. “Ron
JULY 27, 2018 — Damen Shiprepair’s Harlingen, Netherlands, shipyard has completed maintenance and repair works on the Fugro Mercator, a twin-hulled survey vessel operated by Fugro. Fugro Mercator is a 42.35-m survey
JULY 24, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today awarded more than $20 million in grants to support capital improvements at 29 U.S. small shipyards as a part
JULY 24, 2017 — South Korean shipbuilders Hyundai Heavy Industries and Samsung Heavy Industries both reported second quarter losses Monday. Yonhap news agency reported Hyundai Heavy, the world’s largest shipbuilder by sales
JULY 23, 2018 — Mark Lamarre, who stepped down Chief Executive Officer of Australian Shipbuilding Company (ASC) last December, has been named Chief Executive Officer of Canada’s Seaspan Shipyards, effective immediately. Mr.