BAE Systems to provide guns for Lockheed Martin LCS
BAE Systems will provide the primary gun systems on ten U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to be built by the Lockheed Martin-led team. BAE Systems will equip the ten ships with
Todd gets mod to Coast Guard icebreaker overhaul contract
Todd Shipyards Corporation (NYSE:TOD) reports that the U.S. Coast Guard has awarded its Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation subsidiary a $4,883,691 modification to previously awarded contract HSCG85-11-C-P45631 in support of repairs and alterations
Oceania Cruises takes delivery of newbuild from Fincantieri
Oceania Cruises yesterday officially took delivery of Marina, its first newbuild cruise ship. The handover took place at Fincantieri’s Sestri Ponente shipyard near Genoa, where a sister ship, Riviera, is currently under
Olympic orders another OSV at Kleven Maritime
Good news for Norway’s Myklebust Verft. Layoffs had been looming at the Kleven Maritime group shipyard. But now Olympic Shipping AS has awarded the yard an order for the delivery of an
Atwood exercises jack-up option at PPL Shipyard
Sembcorp Marine subsidiary PPL Shipyard has signed another turnkey contract to build a jack-up rig with Atwood Oceanics Pacific, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atwood Oceanics Inc. (NYSE ATW). Priced up to US$182
Overhaul of offshore energy regulation and management continues
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the structures and responsibilities of two new, independent agencies that will carry out the offshore energy management and enforcement functions that were once assigned
$17.33 million more for repairs to LHD 1
BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $17,330,868 modification to previously awarded U.S. Navy contract (N00024-05-C-4403) for the USS Wasp (LHD 1) fiscal 2011 Phased Maintenance Availability (PMA).
Mother ship design for deepwater offshore wind farms
Anglo-Dutch company Offshore Ship Designers has launched a new offshore wind farm maintenance vessel concept. It aims to improve the uptime of deepwater wind turbines and reduce maintenance costs and carbon emissions
ABS makes management changes
Classification society ABS has appointed Todd Grove to the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He will report to ABS President and COO Christopher J. Wiernicki and be based in the society’s
AIDA ship order gives Siemens something to smile about
Siemens Industry Solutions Division has received an order from Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, to to provide diesel-electric propulsion systems, and power generation and distribution systems for the AIDA Cruises ship ordered