Birdon today announced an $18.3 million (USD) contract award from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the delivery of 15 Bridge Erection Boats (BEBs). Under the agreement, Birdon will deliver six
In another sign of the growing cooperation by leading U.S, and Korean shipbuilders, HII (NYSE: HII) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) Sunday at the Asia-Pacific
![L to R: US Navy Commanding Officer Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast, Captain Randy Staff, Ingalls Shipbuilding VP programs, George Nungesser; Ingalls Shipbuilding structural welder Thomas Ward, Ingalls shipbuilding president Brian Blanchette; and ship sponsor Kay Bowen Webber Cochran. [Photo: HII]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DDG-135_Keel-Authentication_RH_October-23-2025-300x225.jpg)
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding yesterday authenticated the keel of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Thad Cochran (DDG 135). The ship honors Thad Cochran, a Navy veteran and former U.S. senator who represented
Parker Towing Company, Tuscaloosa, Ala., christened two new towboats, the M/V Olive Parker and M/V Callaway Parker, on October 14, further expanding its modern fleet serving inland waterways across the Southeast. The
Palatka, Fla.-based St. Johns Ship Building (SJSB) has now commissioned a new 100-ton Link-Belt rough terrain crane, acquired with the support of funding provided through MARAD’s Small Shipyard Grant Program. The Link-Belt
Seoul, South Korea-based HD Hyundai announced that Executive Vice Chairman Chung Kisun has been promoted to chairman in its latest executive appointments. Chung holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Yonsei University
Joined by senior U.S. Navy officials and more than 20 officials from the Lenape Nation at Bollinger Houma, Bollinger Shipyards officially laid the keel for the future USNS Lenni Lenape on October
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to Rozema Boat Works Inc. of Mount Vernon, Wash., to acquire up to six second-generation special-purpose craft – heavy
By Brendan Falkowski, Owner, Shipwatcher News Just over the last few months shipbuilding has gone from a forgotten industry in America to routinely making front page headlines. The current world climate has
Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed at the White House yesterday by President Trump and Finnish President Alexander Stubb, a team led by Bollinger Shipyards, in partnership with Rauma Marine Constructions, Seaspan