OCTOBER 4, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has closed the sale of HII’s Avondale facility to Avondale Marine, a joint venture between T.P. Host and Hilco Redevelopment Partners. The Avondale facility,
MARCH 24, 2018 — Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, OR, was awarded a $7,198,004 firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) for a 42-calendar day shipyard availability for the midterm
JULY 25, 2017 — BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, California, is being awarded a $49,817,624 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-12-C-4403) to definitize USS Comstock (LSD 45) fiscal
DECEMBER 15, 2014 — When NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean December 5 it had completed a two-orbit, 4.5 hour flight test that took it farther into space than
September 12, 2014—After 46 years in the industry, Bollinger Shipyards Vice President, Repair, Eastern Division, Dave Marmillion will retire. His retirement was announced by Ben Bordelon, Bollinger’s Chief Operating Officer. “Dave has
NOVEMBER 7, 2013 — A steam turbine powered Horizon Lines containership that is to be converted to LNG propulsion was originally delivered in 1980 to Waterman Line — as a barge carrier.
JUNE 17, 2013—Old Navy ships don’t die, they are reborn as girders, washing machines or razor blades. That could be the future for the decommissioned Cimarron Class fleet oiler USS Merrimack, which
AUGUST 27, 2012 — As Tropical Storm Isaac was predicted to become a hurricane, U.S. Gulf Coast state governors declared emergencies and shipyards in the likely path of the storm took emergency
JUNE 28, 2012 — Transocean’s semisubmersible offshore drilling rig Sedco 77 is headed for the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. has secured a contract from Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (Transocean)
The Metal Trades Department of the AFL-CIO and Louisiana legislators are continuing efforts to keep Avondale Shipyards alive. Northrop Grumman is preparing to spin off its shipbuilding business and closing Avondale by
