Navy awards DDG 51 contracts
JUNE 4, 2013 — The Navy yesterday awarded contracts for the construction of nine, (potentially ten) DDG 51 class ships over the FY 2013-2017 period. Huntington-Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding was awarded five
ICS Chairman spells out costs of green legislation
JUNE 4, 2013 — Impending new legislation to protect the environment potentially presents shipping with an additional industry-wide cost of more than half a trillion US dollars between 2015 and 2025. This
Island Offshore christens Island Crown
JUNE 3, 2013 — Christened in Oslo today as part of the Nor-Shipping opening events, the Island Crown is the 34th vessel designed by Rolls-Royce to be delivered to Island Offshore, in
Gulf Craft delivers high speed catamaran crew boat
JUNE 3, 2013 — The SEACOR Lynx, recently delivered by Gulfcraft LLC, Franklin, LA, is now in service with SEACOR Marine. It is the first of two Incat Crowther designed 58 m
Canada picks off the shelf design for Joint Support Ships
JUNE 3, 2013 — The Government of Canada has selected an off the shelf design based on the German Navy’s Berlin class fleet oilers as the design for the Joint Support Ships
Huntington Ingalls makes VP appointment
JUNE 3, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Don Perkins has been named vice president of contracts and pricing for the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. Don Perkins Operationally, Mr. Perkins’
Keppel FELS delivers first Super A class jack-up
JUNE 3, 2013 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS Limited has delivered its first KFELS Super A Class jack-up rig to Discovery Offshore S.A., which is managed by NASDAQ-listed Hercules Offshore, Inc. Named Discovery
Tanker and tug collide in Houston Ship Channel
JUNE 3, 2013 — The Coast Guard yesterday responded to a collision between a tug pushing barges and a tanker in the Houston Ship Channel Sunday. There has been no report of
Senesco launches large floating dry dock
JUNE 3, 2013 — Shipbuilder Senesco Marine of North Kingstown, RI, last month launched the largest commercial floating dry dock in the Northeast United States. Built for Caddell Dry Dock and Repair
Dual fuel fast RO/RO starts sea trials
JUNE 3, 2013 — The world’s first dual fuel fast RO/RO ferry, Lopez Mena (Incat hull 069), has begun sea trials in Hobart, Tasmania. The 99 m vessel’s twin LNG tanks were