Lori Harper promoted to Ingalls Shipbuilding VP of supply chain management

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Lori Harper has been promoted to vice president of supply chain management for the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. In this capacity, Ms. Harper will be responsible

STX Finland books conversion order from newbuild customer

STX Finland Oy and Gaiamare Ltd. signed a conversion contract on March 1, 2012 covering extensive modification work on the multipurpose deck cargo vessel Aura I. The contract signing came the on

Littoral Combat Ship to be named for Gabby Giffords

A Littoral Combat Ship that will be built by Austal USA, Mobile, AL, will be named for former U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords, according to an announcement by U.S. Secretary of the

Germany’s FSG books order for versatile project cargo duo

German shipbuilder FSG has won an order from Rolldock of The Netherlands for two identical 151.1 m long multi-functional project cargo vessels. The ships can be loaded in three different ways: roll-on

Royal Caribbean to build second 4,100 passenger cruise ship at Meyer Werft

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) has exercised its option to build a second Sunshine-class cruise ship to be delivered in the Spring 2015.  The ship will be built by German

BIW gets $662.9 million contract mod for DDG 116

Bath, Maine, shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works is being awarded a $662,927,172 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2305) to exercise options for DDG 116 construction and associated engineering change proposals and

Marty Erdossy to be NNS corporate director of customer relations

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has appointed Marty Erdossy corporate director of customer relations for its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. Mr. Erdossy is responsible for liaising with the U.S. Navy, HII’s Washington,

NASSCO gets $359.75 million contract mod for third MLP

General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $359,750,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2229) for the procurement of the detail design and construction of a

Austal reports loss-making half year

Low activity levels at its Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard pushed Austal Limited into a first half operating loss of Australian $ 6.3 million. That compared with a A$19.4 million profit for the

South African ship repairer completes work on Transocean drillship

Transocean’s Deepwater Millennium vessel recently left the Port of Ngqura near Port Elizabeth, South Africa, after undergoing a number of upgrades and modifications by Cape Town based ship repairer DCD Marine. The

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