Mobile’s Harrison Bros Dry Dock and Repair Yard is to close

MAY 29, 2012 — Bill Harrison III, owner of Harrison Brothers Dry Dock and Repair Yard Inc., Mobile, Ala., has announced that the shipyard — founded in 1895 — is to close.

Transpetro suspends contracts for 16 tankers on order at EAS

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

Transpetro suspends contracts for 16 tankers on order at EAS

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

Transpetro suspends contracts for 16 tankers on order at EAS

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

Damen expands presence in Swedish ship repair

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.

Newport News Shipbuilding marks a CVN 78 construction milestone

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

LPD 23 completes successful builder’s sea trials

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

Freire delivers research ship to Qatar

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

Graig to supervise ten more bulker newbuilds at Jiangsu Rongsheng

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

Bath Iron Works Machinists ratify new four year labor contract

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

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