BAE San Diego shipyard to get additional dry dock
MARCH 27, 2015 — BAE Systems is to significantly expand drydocking capabilities at its San Diego, CA, shipyard. It is investing $100 million in a new floating dry dock and a range
AMSEC LLC promotes Cathy Cope
MARCH 27, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its AMSEC LLC subsidiary has promoted Cathy Cope to director of contracts, pricing, procurement and material management. She reports directly to Harris
Rolls-Royce propulsion package picked for Polar ship
MARCH 27, 2015 — Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract by shipbuilder Fincantieri to supply a fully integrated propulsion system for Norway’s new Polar Research Vessel, which will carry out significant environmental
Conrad overall net sapped by repair and conversion result
MARCH 27, 2015 — Morgan City, LA, headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) yesterday reported its fourth quarter and twelve months 2014 results and backlog. For the quarter ended December
Carnival splits nine new ships between Fincantieri and Meyer
MARCH 26, 2015 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has signed two strategic memorandums of agreement that will add a total of nine new cruise ships to its fleet
Third K-Line exec cops plea, gets prison sentence
MARCH 26, 2015 — An executive of Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K-Line) pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to 18 months in a U.S. prison for his involvement in a conspiracy
Plan for giant Trinidad ship repair yard moves ahead
MARCH 26, 2015 — An ambitious plan that would see the Caribbean get two of the largest graving dock facilities in the world has taken a step forward. The Trinidad Dry Dock
Carisbrooke Shipping selects Wake Media for public relations
MARCH 26, 2015—One of the U.K.’s largest privately owned shipping companies, Carisbrooke Shipping has selected maritime and offshore marketing consultancy Wake Media Ltd., London, U.K. as its new public relations agency.
BAE San Diego gets $16.7 million for USS San Diego SRA
MARCH 26, 2015 — BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, CA, is being awarded a $16,771,463 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee/incentive-fee contract (N00024-10-C-4407) for amphibious transport dock ship USS San
Rolls-Royce to power seabed mining vessel
MARCH 26, 2015 — Rolls-Royce is to supply six of its new B33:45 medium-speed diesel generator sets to China’s Fuijan Mawei Shipbuilding Ltd. for the seabed mining vessel that Marine Assets Corporation