![Maritime industry leaders, civic and government representatives, and guests joined Colonna’s Shipyard employees and apprentices during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the company’s new Trades Training Building in Norfolk, Va., on Oct. 31, 2025. L to R: Reanna Gallegos, production manager, CSI Waterfront operations; U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans (R.–Va.); Kevin Callis, CSI outside machine shop foreman; Kenny Caudle, CSI pipe shop foreman; U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott (D–Va.); Jordan Webb, CSI president. [Photo: CSI]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/RibbonCutting-8-300x225.jpg)
Strengthening regional shipyard workforce development and local industry partnerships, Norfolk, Va.-based Colonna’s Shipyard Inc. (CSI) last week opened its new Trades Training Building. Marking a major investment in workforce development and regional
HII (NYSE: HII) reports that Tim Taylor has been appointed vice president of engineering, technology and design at its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. Taylor, a U.S. Navy veteran, has served Newport
![New floating dry dock gives Master Boat direct control over launch schedules and accelerating vessel deliveries. [Photo: Master Boat Builders]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/drytop-300x225.jpg)
Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat Builders, Inc. has taken delivery of a new, state‑of‑the‑art floating dry dock, giving the company direct control over launch schedules and accelerating vessel deliveries. Designed and built by
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
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
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
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
In a filing yesterday, Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) reported the execution of a loan agreement forUSD 100 million in funding from Export Finance Australia (EFA), the Australian Government’s exportcredit agency, to enhance
