George Lewis (left) and Keith Stanley (right)

Ship Repair USA: When to repower or rebuild?

There often comes a time when a vessel owner or operator will need to decide whether to repower and upgraded or rebuild a vessel from scratch. To help owners and operators decide

R.B. Weeks dredge before launch

R.B. Weeks dredge undergoes sea trials

Panama City, Fla., based Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. conducted sea trials for the R.B. Weeks (ESG Hull 258) trailing suction hopper dredge it built for Weeks Marine Inc. and launched last summer.

Pearlson Shiplift complex groundbreaking ceremony participants

BAE Jacksonville breaks ground for $200 million Pearlson Shiplift complex

BAE Systems officially began construction of a new Pearlson Shiplift and land-level repair complex at its Jacksonville, Fla., shipyard with a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday. The company first revealed its plans to build

Gray berthing barge

Bollinger awarded contract for sixth Navy berthing barge

Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., reports that the U.S. Navy has awarded it the detailed design and construction contract for the sixth Auxiliary Personnel Lighter–Small (APL(S)) 67 Class berthing and messing barge. Construction

Davie Shipbuilding CEO with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeua

Davie now a partner in Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy

Canada’s largest shipbuilder, Levis, Quebec, based Davie Shipbuilding has at last become an official partner in Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS). Announcing the move yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said that this

USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53)

Vigor gets another $10.3 million for USS John Paul Jones work

Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Ore., has been awarded a $10,309,313 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N4523A22C0552 for the procurement of 14 out of scope work specifications for repair, maintenance and modernization

Former Austal USA execs face multiple charges

Three former Austal USA execs face DOJ and SEC charges

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that a federal grand jury returned an indictment on March 30 charging three men with orchestrating an accounting fraud scheme at Austal USA LLC, a wholly

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Conrad Industries reports 2022 results

“Our results for 2022 reflect a continued challenging operating environment, with losses primarily related to new construction gross losses from jobs on which actual costs varied from original estimates due to higher

San Antonio class ship LPD 32

Ingalls awarded $1.3 billion LPD 32 contract

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $1.3 billion modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of the detail

Rendering of new Governors Island battery-hybrid ferry

Conrad Shipyard picked to build new Governors Island battery-hybrid ferry

When we last reported on the plan for a new ferry to operate between New York City’s Lower Manhattan and Governors Island, things had reached the stage where an RFP for the

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