Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday for its new Shipbuilder Academy site in Gulfport, Miss. The Shipbuilder Academy was established in 2016 at Ingalls’
In what’s called a “strategic restructuring,” China’s two state controlled shipbuilding giants —China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) — are preparing to merge. The detailed plan for
The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), the national trade association representing the U.S. shipyard industry, hosted its annual spring meeting in Washington, D.C. this week and honored U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R.-Me.)
Classification society ABS has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to two new gas carrier designs from China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding: a 200,000 cu.m LNG carrier and a 147,000 cu.m Very Large Ethane Carrier
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 — DNV GL has awarded China’s Jiangnan Shipyard Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of a 93,000 cu.m very large ethane carrier. That compares with the 87,000 cu.m
JUNE 20, 2018 — A European consortium led by Port Glasgow, Scotland, shipbuilder Ferguson Marine Engineering has won EU funding for a project that will see the construction of the world’s first
MAY 7, 2018 — As Japanese shipbuilders continue to look at ways to boost their competitive edge, Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. have signed a business cooperation
FEBRUARY 17, 2018 — Five shipbuilders have each been awarded $15 million Navy contracts to provide conceptual designs for the next generation guided missile frigate (FFG (X)) that will follow the Literal
JANUARY 23, 2018 — The European Commission has found that Croatian plans to grant Uljanik shipyard a state guarantee for a €96 million (about $118 million) loan are in line with EU
NOVEMBER 28, 2017 — Finnish shipbuilding company Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) is making a number of organizational changes as it enters a new growth stage that includes gearing up for the Finnish
