Bangladesh shipbuilder lays keel of OPV for Kenya
AUGUST 13, 2014 — Western Marine Shipyard, Bangladesh, has kicked off construction of a 55 m offshore patrol vessel worth $20 million with a keel laying ceremony presided over by Shipping Minister
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U.S. sanctions Putin’s shipbuilder and its bank
JULY 29, 2014 — Russia’s St Petersburg headquartered United Shibuilding Corporation, created by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a St Petersburg native, through a presidential decree in 2007, has been added to the
Shipbuilder gets $46 million settlement in engine fire case
JUNE 10, 2014 — Mobile, AL, headquartered law firm Cunningham Bounds, LLC says that, a week before the start of a scheduled three week jury trial, the law firm of obtained a
Australian shipbuilders get ultimatum on destroyer program
JUNE 4, 2014 — Australia’s three-ship Air Warfare Destroyer project is in such a sorry state that the Australian shipbuilders involved have been told that if they can’t turn things around there
NNS Apprentice School graduates 137 shipbuilders
MARCH 4, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) hosted commencement exercises Saturday for the company’s Apprentice School at Newport News Shipbuilding. The event marked the graduation of 137 apprentices representing 18 trades
Canadian shipbuilders set for court room clash
FEBRUARY 19, 2014 — Chantier Davie Canada Inc., Lévis, Quebec, has been drawn into a legal dispute involving its Chief Operational Officer, Jared Newcombe (left), and his former employer, Irving Shipbuilding, Inc., Halifax,
Shipbuilders Council praises passage of budget measure
DECEMBER 18, 2013 — The Senate today approved, by a 64-to-36 vote, a two year tax and spending bill that rolls back automatic spending cuts. The New York Times reports that “work
Japanese consortium takes stake in Brazilian shipbuilder
OCTOBER 22, 2013 — Five Japanese companies are to take a 30 percent stake in Brazilian shipbuilder ECOVIX — Engevix Construções Oceânicas S.A. They are shipbuilders Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Imabari
Spanish shipbuilder launches support vessel
AUGUST 27, 2013—Spanish shipbuilder Zamakona Yards Group recently launched the 67m Field Support Vessel Ocean Osprey at its facilities in Pasajes. The Ocean Osprey is the first of three Field Support Vessels
Virginia shipbuilder’s trash powers NASA
AUGUST 11, 2013—One man’s trash is another man’s treasure or, in this case, power. Navy shipbuilder Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), Newport News, VA, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, recently partnered with