AUGUST 7, 2014 — The nuclear-powered attack submarine, North Dakota (SSN-784), returned to the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard, Groton, CT, Tuesday following the successful completion of its first voyage in open
AUGUST 7, 2014 — Austal USA’s Mobile, AL, shipyard yesterday launched the future USS Montgomery (LCS 8). The vessel is the second of ten 127-meter Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships that Austal is
AUGUST 6, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is being awarded a $25,648,075 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-2110) for the detailed design and construction efforts to support the
JULY 31, 2014 — BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Mayport, Jacksonville, FL, is being awarded an $54,698,937 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-4406) for a Docking Selected Restricted Availability to include structural
JULY 30, 2014 — Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s largest shipbuilder, yesterday reported its worst ever quarterly net loss — 616.6 billion won (US$601.7 million) in the April-June period, compared with
JULY 30, 2014 — Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. reports that its Bollinger Fourchon, L.L.C. facility has worked thirteen years without a lost time accident. Building on a philosophy that starts at the top,
JULY 29, 2014 — Burger Boat Company is to build an 89 ft (27m) steel passenger vessel for Wendella Sightseeing Company, Chicago, IL. Styled after other vessels in the company’s fleet, it
JULY 24, 2014—The U.S. Coast Guard today exercised a contract option worth $255.1 million with Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, LA, for production of six more Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) and three sets
JULY 21, 2014—The Tacoma, WA, shipyard of J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation was sold at a foreclosure auction July 18. The auction came after last ditch efforts to rescue the yard failed. It
JULY 21, 2014 — Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, South Carolina, is being awarded an $11,631,622 firm-fixed-price contract for a 75-calendar day regular overhaul and dry-docking of USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). The