MAY 28, 2012 –Petrobras subsidiary Transpetro reports that it has suspended execution of its contracts 16 of the 22 tankers it has on order from shipbuilder Estaleiro Atlântico Sul (EAS). The contracts
MAY 25, 2012—The Netherland’s Damen Shipyards Group will now have two ship repair yards in Sweden, following its acquisition of the shares of Swedish ship repair and maintenance yard Oskarshamnsvarvet in Oskarshamn.
May 24, 2012 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has marked a construction milestone: lowering the final keel section of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald
May 22, 2012 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its seventh amphibious transport dock, Anchorage (LPD 23), returned Friday from successful builder’s sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship
May 22, 2012 —A new, state-of-the-art ship given to Qatar University will transform marine research in the Arabian Gulf region. Built by Freire Shipbuilding, Vigo, Spain, the research vessel Janan – named
May 22, 2012 — Graig China Ltd (GCL), part of the Cardiff-based Graig Group, has been contracted by Hong Kong-based Global Union Shipping Limited to supervise the construction of ten 157,000 dwt
MAY 20, 2012: Machinists Union members at Bath Iron Works voted 1,610-342 to accept a four-year contract agreement to replace the one that expires today. BIW spokesman Jim DeMartini told The Times
MAY 18, 2012: St. Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Fla.has delivered the offshore service vessel (OSV) Sea Strength to A. R. Singh Contractors of Point Fortin, Trinidad. The 157-ft vessel is currently
MAY 17, 2012: Enman & Associates, Inc., Jacksonviille, Fla., now represents US Fab, a subsidiary of Vigor Industrial specializing in new vessel construction in the Pacific Northwest. US Fab builds barges, passenger
MAY 17, 2012: Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard has secured three major contracts totalling S$130 million. The first contract, from Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção S.A. (SNLPP), is for the repair and upgrading