Austal USA places San Diego dry dock order
Austal USA reports that, immediately after finalizing its deal on a new repair facility in the Port of San Diego, it placed an order for a floating dry dock. The new floating
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Port Weller Dry Docks picked for icebreaker life extension project
Canada’s Heddle Shipyards has been awarded the vessel life extension of the Canadian Coast Guard Icebreaker CCGS Amundsen. It says that the award ushers in a new era of growth and stability
Docking a dive boat is a first for Navy’s oldest floating dry dock
The Navy’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) in Norfolk, Va., used its floating dry dock Dynamic (AFDL 6) to dock a dive boat on April 15. Delivered in 1949 by Chicago Bridge
New Biblia floating dry dock now under construction at Conrad
A 500-ton lift capacity floating dry dock designed by Mystic, Conn., based JMS Naval Architects for Biblia Inc. of Savannah, Ga. (see earlier story) is currently under construction at Conrad Shipyard, Morgan
Vessel Repair puts new dry dock and transfer system into operation
Port Arthur, Texas, based Vessel Repair reports that its new 280-foot dry dock and a two-barge transfer system was put into service on July 23, 2020. The first docking and transfer on
Everett Ship Repair repositions floating dry dock to receive ferry
The Port of Everett, Wash., reports that port tenant Everett Ship Repair has relocated its floating dry dock, Faithful Servant, from Pier 3 to South Terminal. The temporary move provided the depth
Bollinger to build floating dry dock for Columbia Class submarine program
Bollinger Shipyards LLC reports that it will construct a state-of-the-art, floating dry dock for General Dynamics Electric Boat to support the construction and maintenance of the United States’ new Columbia Class of
Austal USA completes purchase of land, floating dry dock
Austal USA reports that it has completed the purchase of waterfront land, buildings, and an existing dry dock along the Mobile River previously owned by World Marine of Alabama, an indirect subsidiary
Expanding into steel, Austal USA buys additional land and dry dock
Following an earlier announcement that its Mobile, Alabama facilities will be expanded to build steel ships, Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) reports the execution of a conditional agreement to purchase additional waterside land and
Two submarines share dry dock for simultaneous inactivations
Two elderly Los Angeles-class submarines headed for decommissioning — USS Olympia (SSN 717), commissioned in 1984, and USS Louisville (SSN 724), commissioned in 1986, – both entered Dry Dock 5 at Puget