Austal lays keel for third JHSV

Austal has laid the keel for the third Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) in a ceremony at its Mobile shipyard at which Rep.Jo Bonner (R.-Ala.) authenticated the keel. He was assisted by

Max Sparre to retire as VP and GM at Bollinger Texas City after 51 years in shipyard industry

Bollinger Texas City, L.P., (BTC) a Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. facility, reports the upcoming retirement of its Vice President and General Manager, Max Sparre (left in picture), after a 51 year career in

Alu Marine Shipyard delivers pilot boat to Seine pilots

Alu Marine shipyard, Port Launay, Couëron, France, has successfully delivered a new pilot boat to the Rouen based  Seine pilots. To improve the quality of their services, the Seine pilots chose to

French shipyard set to deliver second pilot boat to Germany

French shipyard Bernard is set to deliver a second ORC 190 type pilot boat to the German pilotage organization Lotsenversetzboote Technische Fachstelle Nordwest. The Fresena follows the Frya, delivered in May 201,

BAE Systems Norfolk to perform extensive ship drydocking

The U.S. Navy’s Norfolk Ship Support Activity recently awarded a $51,958,270 modification to a previously awarded contract to BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, VA, to perform an Extended Drydocking Selected Restricted

JHSV 1 completes builder’s sea trials

Shipbuilder Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, reports that Joint High Speed Vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) has completed builder’s sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. The trials encompassed over 50 demonstration events

NASSCO delivers T-AKE Medgar Evers

Military Sealift Command hasaccepted delivery of its newest dry cargo/ammunition ship, USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13), during a short ceremony at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego. The ship is

Cecon ASA says it’s nearer to getting Davie newbuilds completed

Subsea installation contractor Cecon ASA may at last be nearer the day when it actually gets to take delivery of the three vessels it has on order at Quebec shipbuilder Davie. It

Steel-aluminum foam sandwich weld holds promise for shipbuilding weight savings

In a promising development for lightweight shipbuilding constructions, Germany’s Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) and its partners in a joint project have laser welded a demonstrator for marine gear unit foundations made

Jaccar sells stake in SOE

Jacques de Chateauvieux’s Jaccar Holdings is selling its 25 percent stake in Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering to Pearlfine Ocean Worldwide, which joins Evergreen Holding Group and Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group (in which Jaccar

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