Genting Hong Kong to buy three more German shipyards

MARCH 1, 2016 — Genting Hong Kong, which last year acquired Lloydwerft Bremerhaven, is buying three more German shipyards — the Wismar, Warnemünde and Stralsund yards currently operated by Nordic Yards —

Huntington Ingalls gets contract for CVN 73 RCOH planning

FEBRUARY 29, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has received a $185.2 million contract option from the U.S. Navy to assist with planning for the

Army awards $147.7 million ship repair contract

FEBRUARY 29, 2016 — The U.S. Army has awarded nine shiprepairers a contract worth $147.7 million for repair and maintenance work on its East Coast vessels. GMD Shipyard Corp., Brooklyn, NY (W911S0-16-D-0009);

R/V Sally Ride completes builder’s trials

FEBRUARY 26, 2016 — The Navy’s Auxiliary General Purpose Oceanographic Research Vessel (AGOR), R/V Sally Ride (AGOR 28), successfully completed builder’s trials, Feb. 21, off the coast of Anacortes,WA. The trials tested

Damen and Pearlson to cooperate on shiplift projects

FEBRUARY 26, 2016 —The Damen Shipyards Group and Pearlson Shiplift Corporation, Miami, FL, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for close cooperation on the design and execution of shiplift projects around

BAE Jacksonville delivers fourth Jackson Offshore PSV

FEBRUARY 23, 2016 — BAE Systems, Jacksonville, FL, shipyard caps recently delivered M/V Squall, the fourth and final platform support vessel (PSV) built for Jackson Offshore Operators, LLC under a program that

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding busy with Laker winter work

FEBRUARY 22, 2016 — Fincantieri Marine Group reports that 14 Great Lakes vessels are currently undergoing winter repairs at its Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding division in Sturgeon Bay, WI. The vessels range in

BAE San Diego to perform LCS-7 and LCS-8 PSAs

FEBRUARY 22, 2016 —BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, CA, is being awarded a $15,589,527 cost-plus-award-fee contract for the accomplishment of post shakedown availabilities (PSA) for the littoral combat ships

GD Electric Boat gets mods to two Navy awards

FEBRUARY 17, 2016—Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT, was recently awarded modifications to two Navy contracts. In both cases the work will be performed in Groton and Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair,

Jensen provides engineering for fishing vessel conversion

FEBRUARY 17, 2016 — Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company, provided engineering services including structural and mechanical work for the conversion of a 170-foot long, 40-foot

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