The Lake Carriers Association says that more than 1,200 boilermakers, welders, electricians and other craftsmen will have jobs this winter maintaining and modernizing U.S.-flag Great Lakes freighters. The major U.S.-flag operators will
Cyprus-based Eureka Shipping, a cement carrier service provider jointly owned by SMT Shipping and Canada’s CSL Group, recently announced the construction of a state-of-art mechanical/pneumatic cement ship destined for operation on the
Canada’s Heddle Shipyards, which operates three shipyards on the Canadian side of the Great Lakes, has rebranded. On January 1, it became Ontario Shipyards, saying that the name change has been made
President Joe Biden visited Philly Shipyard, Thursday, as the yard and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) celebrated the cutting of first steel for the first Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installer
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD) reports that the Galveston Island, the first of two newbuild trailing suction hopper dredges under construction at Conrad Shipyard, is in the water and
Honolulu-headquartered Matson, Inc.(NYSE: MATX) reports that its Matson Navigation Company Inc. subsidiary has signed contracts with Philly Shipyard Inc. to build three new 3,600 TEU Aloha Class LNG-fueled containerships at an aggregate
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District in concert with the Philadelphia District and the Corps’ Marine Design Center have awarded Southwest Shipyard LP of Houston a $11.4 million contractfor a
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) yesterday announced the award of $19.6 million in grants to 24 small shipyards in 19 states. Made through the Small Shipyard Grant program, the
The second trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) that Conrad Shipyard is to build for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC (GLDD) under a recently-exercised contract option is to be built to
It’s official. Philly Shipyard, Inc. said Saturday that, following MARAD authorization it had booked an order from TOTE Services, LLC (TOTE Services) for the construction of one additional National Security Multi-Mission Vessel
