Morgan City, La., headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Shipyard LLC, has been awarded a $9,106,800 firm-fixed-price contract to design, construct, test, and deliver a new steel spud barge. Bids were solicited via the internet
Austal USA reports that it has received an order for the manufacture and outfitting of three electronic deck modules for the Virginia-class submarine program. The order, valued at $10.6 million, was issued
The first of five much awaited new training vessels for America’s state maritime academies was delivered today by Philly Shipyard, This first vessel, the Empire State will serve SUNY Maritime College, in
Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Mobile, Ala. based Austal USA a $91,535,55 fixed-price incentive and firm-fixed-price type contract for the construction of three Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700 class craft. The
Key Canadian shipyards are staying busy with new orders and repairs, while naval architects help take these projects to the next level. The Royal Canadian Navy is at the center of shipbuilding news in
NextDecade Corporation’s Rio Grande LNG project in Brownsville, Texas, is moving right along. Already the tugs that will serve the export terminal are being lined up. Today, Gulf LNG Tugs of Brownsville,
Austal USA says that Rusty Murdaugh has resigned as its president, effective today. Murdaugh was named president in Sept. 2021 (after being named acting president in February 2021 when former president Craig
This past Saturday, representatives from Bollinger Shipyards LLC joined senior U.S. Navy officials pier side at Bollinger Houma to christen the USNS Navajo (T-ATS 6), the lead ship of the Navy’s new
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given Eastern Shipbuilding Group formal notice to proceed on its recently awarded $257 million contract to design and construct a new medium-class hopper dredge (MCHD),
Theodore, Ala., aluminum boat specialist Silver Ships has recently completed its first deliveries under an $8.2 million NAVSEA contract covering both Naval Special Warfare (NSW) surface support craft (SSC) and U.S. Coast