IHC Merwede’s Southeast Asia expansion plans start rolling

“IHC Merwede,” says Denis Welch, the company’s Regional CEO for Southeast Asia, “is not just a shipbuilder per se, but also an aggregation of engineering and manufacturing companies, which combines to provide

Corps of Engineers takes delivery of towboat from Horizon Shipbuilding

 Shipbuilding, Inc. of Bayou La Batre, Alabama has delivered the M/V General Irwin, a 58 ft x 22 ft x 4 ft 10 in inland river towboat to the U.S. Army Corps

SEAJON christens first ATB built in Erie since 1972

SEAJON, LLC, a partnership between SEACOR Holdings Inc. and Donjon Marine Co., Inc., held an open house April 10 at the Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair facility in Port Erie, Pa., for news

IHC Merwede gets financing in place to start pipelayer construction

IHC Merwede has put together the financing it needs to get started on a major shipbuilding export project. As we reported in March, IHC Offshore & Marine has signed two contracts with

Fairstar Heavy Transport newbuild duo closer to entering service

Within days of the launch of its newbuild 50,000 dwt semi-submersible vessel, Finesse, Rotterdam headquartered Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. reports that sister ship Forte has departed the quayside at Guangzhou Shipyard International

Top execs at Huntington Ingalls get compensation boost

Stock awards worth $7 million helped bump total compensation for C. Michael Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., nearly 126 percent, from $5.7 million in 2010 to $12.9 million

Poitras named President of Electric Boat as Casey moves up

General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) says that John P. Casey (Right in picture), president of General Dynamics Electric Boat, will succeed Phebe N. Novakovic as executive vice president of the corporation’s Marine Systems

NASSCO gets $68.9 million mod to Comstock contract

General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $68,915,249 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-4410) for USS Comstock (LSD 45) fiscal 2012 Extended Docking Phased Maintenance

Chengxi Shipyard to build series of Deltamarin designed bulkers

China’s Chengxi Shipyard is to build a series of Deltamarin designed B.Delta37 bulk carriers for the China Navigation Company. The new orders (four ships,plus options for up to six more) are the

Vancouver Shipyards to be awarded more NSPS vessels

The 2012 Canadian Federal Budget calls for the investment of Canadian $5.2 billion over the next 11 years on a cash basis for the procurement of new vessels and helicopters for the

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