A hearing on “Navy Shipbuilding Acquisition Programs and Budget Requirements” held March 9 by the House Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces produced some interesting testimony. The good news to emerge for
Subsea installation contractor Cecon ASA (OSLO:CECON), which is the largest customer of bankrupt Quebec shipbuilder Davie Yards, has announced a series of strategic developments. They follow the approved restructuring of the Cecon
Quebec shipbuilder Davie Yards says it has gotten an order extending its stay of proceedings under Canada’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act until April 1, 2011 Davie says it is making progress in
Two RO/RO vessels ordered by Denmark’s DFDS at the Volswerft Stralsund shipyard of German shipbuilder P+S Werften are to have complete MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion packages. Scheduled for delivery in 2012,
Canada looks to have firmly slammed the door on proposals that it participate in BAE Systems’ Global Combat Ship program. “Canada will not be pursuing collaboration with the United Kingdom on our
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) is ordering new tonnage for its general cargo sector. It is contracting Hyundai Mipo Dockyard to build four 26,000 dwt ships designed for general
American Commercial Lines Inc. (ACL) said today that its Jeffboat manufacturing facility will be recalling approximately 200 hourly employees, and hiring several salaried supervisory personnel, over the next seven weeks to build
Britain’s A&P Group, which has three shipyards specializing in ship repair, conversion and fabrication, is under new ownership. It has been acquired by Atlantic & Peninsula Marine Services Ltd. whose shareholders include
American Maritime Partnership (AMP) is the new name for the Maritime Cabotage Task Force. It says that the new name “better reflects the coalition’s focus on the domestic maritime industry’s role in
Bankrupt Quebec shipbuilder Davie Yards has gotten another order from the Québec Superior Court extending the stay of proceedings against it under Canada’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”) until March 10, 2011.
