Silver Ships to build oil spill service boats for Saudi Aramco

JULY 3, 2012 — Saudi Aramco has awarded Theodore, Alabama, based Silver Ships, Inc. a contract for the construction of two oil spill service boats to operate at its facilities in Saudi

BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair gets $19.4 million contract mod for Cook drydocking

JULY 2, 2012 — BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., has been awarded a $19,843,028 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-4308) for USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) fiscal 2012 drydocking selected

General Dynamics to acquire Earl Industries ship repair and coatings division

JUNE 29, 2012 — General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has agreed to acquire the Ship Repair and Coatings Division of Earl Industries, a leading East Coast ship repair company that supports the U.S.

BAE Systems Mobile shipyard cuts steel for Weeks Marine dredge

JUNE 29, 2012 — BAE Systems has begun construction on the MV Magdalen, an 8,500 cubic yard capacity trailing suction hopper dredge for Weeks Marine, Inc. Executives from the two companies gathered

Keppel O&M yards in U.S. and Azerbaijan book contracts worth $70 million

JUNE 28, 2012 — Transocean’s semisubmersible offshore drilling rig Sedco 77 is headed for the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. has secured a contract from Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (Transocean)

Drydocks World South East Asia in JV with Pacific Carriers

JUNE 27, 2012 — Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of Dubai, UAE, headquarted Drydocks World is to also serve as the Chairman of the Board of DDW-PaxOcean Asia. The new entity is to

Management changes at Austal USA as Rella resignation fuels rumor mill

JUNE 27, 2012 — Austal has confirmed that Austal USA President and COO Joe Rella resigned last Friday, June 22, 2012. On Monday, June 25, the Austal USA Board named CFO Brian

LPD 23 completes successful acceptance trials

JUNE 26, 2012 — The future USS Anchorage (LPD 23) successfully completed acceptance trials on June 22, sailing from and returning to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) shipyard in Avondale, La. Anchorage is

Russia’s United Shipbuilding gets $1 billion order for Sovcomflot seismic ships

 25, 2012 — Russia’s RIA Novosti reported Friday that United Shipbuilding Company (OSC) is to build four seismic ships for Sovcomflot. The news agency reported OSC Deputy General Director Roman Trotsenko as

Monica Svenner is new MD of Damen Shiprepair Götaverken

JULY 19, 2012 — Monica Svenner has been appointed as the new managing director of Damen Shiprepair Götaverken, Gothenburg, Sweden. Ms. Svenner has wide industrial experience and has been MD of several

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