Metal Shark wins $5 million Coast Guard contract
SEPTEMBER 29, 2013 — The U.S. Coast Guard has placed a delivery order valued at $5 million with Metal Shark Aluminum Boats of Jeanerette, LA., for 15 Response Boats-Small II. The order
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Albedo crew “still alive”
JULY 15, 2013 — The Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that seven Bangladeshi seafarers held hostage on the MV Albedo are still alive. The Ministry gave the news in a statement
Metal Shark bites off a chunk of Navy business
JUNE 14, 2013 — Gravois Aluminum Boats LLC, Jeanerette, La., which does business as Metal Shark Aluminum Boats, is being awarded a $9,634,577 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity U.S. Navy contract for the construction of
Ingalls lays keel of NSC 5
MAY 21, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division last week authenticated the keel of the fifth U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter, James (WMSL 754) in a ceremony at
Federal judge throws out U.S. suit against Bollinger
JANUARY 31, 2013 — A federal judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana on Wednesday threw out the federal government’s False Claims Act suit over the alleged failure of eight U.S. Coast
MST delivers on Netherlands order for RIBs
DECEMBER 13, 2012 — By now we’re all used to seeing pictures of NATO forces using RIBs to swoop down on pirates and pirate suspects off Somalia. In the case of Dutch
Damen Shipyards to build new generation SAR vessel
OCTOBER 10, 2012 — The Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM), has developed an advanced “on-scene coordination search and rescue vessel,” the NH 1816 Class. The NH1816 is a self-righting, fast, seaworthy
Vigor vies for OPC contract with Ulstein X-Bow design
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 — Could the U.S. Coast Guard’s next generation Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) have the characteristic Ulstein X-Bow? West Coast shipbuilding group Vigor Industrial is working to make that happen.
New MD at Damen Shipyards Singapore
JULY 11, 2012 — Maarten Jongen is to be Managing Director of Damen Shipyards Singapore (DSSi) from March 2012. He will focus on marketing, services and further improving efficiency at the yard,
LoBiondo voices concern about Coast Guard budget
MAY 18, 2012—U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) recently voiced his concern about the sustainability of the U.S. Coast Guard’s acquisition program and its ability to maintain its fleet of ships and aircraft