NASSCO gets $359.75 million contract mod for third MLP

General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $359,750,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2229) for the procurement of the detail design and construction of a

Austal reports loss-making half year

Low activity levels at its Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard pushed Austal Limited into a first half operating loss of Australian $ 6.3 million. That compared with a A$19.4 million profit for the

South African ship repairer completes work on Transocean drillship

Transocean’s Deepwater Millennium vessel recently left the Port of Ngqura near Port Elizabeth, South Africa, after undergoing a number of upgrades and modifications by Cape Town based ship repairer DCD Marine. The

Irving Shipbuilding launches Online Supplier Register

Halifax, Nova Scotia, headquartered Irving Shipbuilding has officially launched its Online Supplier Registry, as a part of its preparation for upcoming vessel construction programs associated with Canada’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS).

Navy exercises options at Austal USA for JHSV 8 and 9

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $321,725,461 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-2217) for the exercise of construction options for Joint High Speed Vessels 8 and 9.  The JHSV will

Huntington Ingalls awarded $391.7 million Navy contract for CVN 72 work

Huntington Ingalls, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $391,797,124 cost-plus-fixed-fee, with performance incentives, fiscal 2012 contract option under an existing contract (N00024-10-C-2110) for continuation of the refueling complex overhaul advance

BMT Nigel Gee designed patrol boat set for Arabian Gulf duties

Northumberland, U.K., boatbuilder Alnmaritec has completed a 40 knot patrol boat designed by Southampton, U.K., based BMT Nigel Gee Ltd., a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd. The vessel is destined for the

Britain to order Naval auxiliary tankers from Korean shipyard

Britain’s Ministry of Defence  has named South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering as the preferred bidder for four new generation 37,000-tonne tankers to be ordered for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)

Gladding-Hearn delivers pilot boat for Virginia

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, MA, recently delivered a second Chesapeake Class launch to the Virginia Pilot Boat Corporation, the shipyard’s seventh pilot boat for this group. With a deep-V hull designed

Huntington Ingalls appoints VP of customer relations for Ingalls Shipbuilding

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Vice Adm. Daniel P. Holloway, U.S. Navy (Ret.), has been named vice president of customer relations for the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. In this capacity, Holloway

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