Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding division placed an 825-ton superlift on the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) on September 12, completing the ship’s stern.
In August, employees of Germany’s Blohm + Voss, learned that parent ThyssenKrupp was negotiating the sale of the Hamburg shipbuilder’s civilian assets to a British investor (see earlier story). Now, though, comes
VT Halter Marine, Inc. reports the delivery of Endurance, the second of two 8,000 hp Articulated Tug Barge (ATB) tugs to Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG). This is part of a
Sliedrecht, The Netherlands, headquartered IHC Merwede has entered the international rental market with its standard IHC Beaver(R) dredges and DMC work boats. The company has identified a demand in the market for
Austal USA ‘s Mobile, Alabama, shipyard recently celebrated the successful launching of the Department of Defense’s first-of-class Joint High Speed Vessel, Spearhead. Christening ceremonies are set for Saturday. The ship’s sponsor, retired
InterManager, the international trade association for the ship management industry, is launching a campaign to allow shipowners and third party managers the freedom of choice in employing armed guards onboard ships transiting
Bryan Nichols has joined Vigor Industrial as a sales representative for the company, which builds, repairs and modernizes commercial fishing and cargo vessels, ferries and military ships at six locations in the
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE)/U.S. Coast Guard Joint Investigation Team (JIT) today released its final investigative report on the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon explosion, loss of
Canada’s Shelburne, Nova Scotia, shipyard is back in business with the help of a Canadian $8.8 million investment by the province, “Shipbuilding is in our blood in Nova Scotia. The province believes
Singapore’s Marco Polo Marine Group reports that it has secured a shipbuilding contract worth approximately Singapore $3.4 million. It covers the construction of eight offshore barges for an existing customer at the
