Marinette Marine launches LCS 7

OCTOBER 19, 2014 —The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led industry team yesterday launched the Navy’s seventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the Detroit, into the Menominee River at shipbuilder Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC). The

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Consortium wins Suez Canal expansion contract

OCTOBER 19, 2014—A consortium consisting of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., Van Oord, NMDC (Abu Dhabi) and Jan de Nul (Belgium) has been awarded a $1.5 billion contract by the Suez Canal Authority in

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Cheoy Lee delivers two more crewboats to Swissco

OCTOBER 17, 2014—Hong Kong-headquartered shipbuilder Cheoy Lee has delivered a second pair of 70-passenger, 36m Incat Crowther-designed monohull crewboats to Singapore-based operator Swissco Holdings. The two, Swissco Spring and Swissco Leopard, follow

IMO to review BWMS testing guidelines

OCTOBER 17, 2014 — Shipowners’ organizations are welcoming a decision on Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) taken at this week’s meeting of IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC). IMO’s Ballast Water Management

Nam Cheong books orders for new AHTS design

OCTOBER 17, 2014 — Malaysia’s largest Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) shipbuilder, Singapore-listed Nam Cheong Limited, has launched the first AHTS built to its new, proprietary, NCA80E design. It already holds letters of

Shipowners to EU: Don’t preempt IMO on CO2

OCTOBER 16, 2014 — European shipowners are urging EU regulators not to go ahead with a unilateral EU Regulation for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification system of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport

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Heads roll at Hyundai Heavy

OCTOBER 16, 2014 — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s largest shipbuilder, said today that it has cut back the number of executives, including those at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co.