Detyens Shipyards awarded $8.1 million MSC drydocking contract

Detyens Shipyards, Inc., North Charleston, S.C., is being awarded an $8,108,084 firm-fixed-price contract for a 55 calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment

Ingalls Shipbuilding gets $76 million to buy materials for seventh NSC

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $76 million fixed-price contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to purchase long-lead materials for a sixth National Security Cutter

Former Vinashin chief gets 20 year prison sentence

Vietnamese state controlled media report that Pham Thanh Binh, 59, former chairman of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin), has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for “intentionally violating economic management

Diana Shipping orders two Panamax dry bulkers from China

Dry bulk shipowner Diana Shipping Inc. recently signed, through separate wholly-owned subsidiaries, two shipbuilding contracts with China Shipbuilding Trading Company, Limited and Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd, for the construction of two

Richardson Devine launches 35 m catamaran workboat

Australia’s Richardson Devine Marine has launched Outer Limit, a 35 m Incat Crowther catamaran work boat. It is the third vessel from Richardson Devine and Incat Crowther for operator Offshore Unlimited, following

Conrad Industries increases net and adds to order book

Morgan City, La., based Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) has reported its fourth quarter and twelve months 2011 results and the addition of new business during the first quarter totaling

Abu Dhabi Ship Building steps up focus on MRO services

Abu Dhabi Ship Building is stepping up its focus on ship maintenance, repairs and overhauling (MRO) services, one of its fastest-growing business divisions. Abu Dhabi Ship Building has been showcasing its advanced

Drydocks World uses FORAN to engineer jack-up crane barge

Drydocks World, Dubai, has used Sener’s FORAN shipbuilding CAD/CAM in developing the engineering of a new jack-up crane barge that the shipyard is buildingfor Mumbai,India, based construction group, Afcons Infrastructure. The SEP-SAMRAT

Travelift boosts capacity at Great Lakes Shipyard

The Great Lakes Towing Company has commenced a major overhaul program for its Great Lakes fleet of 37 harbor assist tugboats. The 71 ft Illinois is the  first of the company’s tugs

Kvichak offers patrol vessel based on Royal Marines Offshore Raiding Craft

Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc., Seattle,has constructed and launched the first vessel in a new product line. The Patrol 28 is an all-aluminum vessel designed by Kvichak/Amgram Ltd., U.K. for effective operation in

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