Meyer Werft books order for small LNG tanker
Netherlands shipping company Anthony Veder, Rotterdam, has ordered a 15,600 cu.m LNG carrier from German shipbuilder Meyer Werft. The tanker will have a length overall of abt. 156 m and a breadth
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Samsung Heavy Industries develops antipiracy system
A Korean shipbuilder has developed an integrated anti-piracy system that includes a surveillance system capable of detecting pirate vessels up to 10 km out and then dealing with them with long range,
Hyundai Heavy books drillship orders from Noble
UPDATED: Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder, reports that it has booked a $1.03 billion order to build two new deepwater drillships for Noble Drilling Holding, LLC. The agreement also includes
Northrop Grumman gets long lead time contract for NSC 5
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a firm fixed-price contract for long-lead material procurement on a fifth National Security Cutter. The contract is for $89 million, with options
General Dynamics to add 400 jobs at Electric Boat Quonset Point
General Dynamics Electric Boat plans a $40-million expansion at its Quonset Point, R.I. facility and the addition of 400 jobs at the plant. Electric Boat President John P. Casey gave the news
Yacht builders eye Navsea FMS patrol craft solicitation
The Naval Sea Systems Command is conducting market research to determine the availability of new construction of thirty Fast Patrol Vessels. They would be procured under a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case
317,000 dwt VLCC has 100,000 ton BWT
Oman Shipping Company (OSC) today took delivery of a 317,000 dwt VLCC from Hyundai Heavy Industries. According to the shipbuilder, the tanker is the first to be equipped with a new ballast
Carnival moves Seabourn headquarters to Seattle
Carnival Corporation is relocating the headquarters of its Seabourn brand to Seattle, the home of Carnival’s Holland America Line brand. Though the two cruise operations will maintain independent brand management teams at
Layoffs at BIW as DDG 1000 design work drops
Effective January 21, 2011, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me., will be laying off around 130 workers. Local media quote BIW President Jeff Geiger as saying that the layoffs at the
Pentagon to spend less on gold braid, more on ships
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today a series of what the Pentagon calls “efficiencies decisions” designed to save the Department of Defense more than $150 billion over the next five