Damen Vlissingen to upgrade Helix’s MSV Seawell
NOVEMBER 26, 2014 — Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, Netherlands, has been awarded a contract by the U.K. unit of Helix Energy Solutions that will see it carry out a major upgrade of the
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Newport News undocks USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
NOVEMBER 5, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) was moved Monday from one of dry docks at its Newport News Shipbuilding division
Cruise ship out of service after striking unknown object
NOVEMBER 3, 2014 — Celebration Cruise Line says that its one ship, Bahamas Celebration, is in dry dock and there will be no sailings for the first two weeks in November, after
10 more CMA CGM ships to get nose jobs
OCTOBER 30, 2014 — Marseilles, France, headquartered CMA CGM is to retrofit ten more ships with bulbous bows optimized for current operating speeds. The container shipping giant has already carried out similar
NNS installs USS Enterprise anchor on USS Abraham Lincoln
OCTOBER 2, 2014 — The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2016, but one of its anchors is going back to sea —
Austal launches JHSV 5
OCTOBER 1, 2014 — Austal USA yesterday launched JHSV 5, the future USNS Trenton from its shipyard. “The JHSV program is benefitting from serial production,” said Capt. Henry Stevens, Strategic and Theater
Davie appoints ship repair agents
SEPTEMBER15, 2014 — Canada’s largest shipyard, Chantier Davie Canada Inc., Lévis, Quebec, has appointed a new worldwide agency network focused on ship repair and conversion. Agents are now located in the U.S.,
Fincantieri stretches first of four MSC Cruises ships
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 — Fincantieri’s Palermo, Sicily, shipyard today inserted a new 24 m midbody into the first of four MSC Cruises ships that are being extended as part of the cruise
Vale cooperates in project to build giant Brazil repair yard
SEPTEMBER 8, 2013 — Brazilian mining giant Vale S.A. has agreed to cooperate in a project that aims to build the largest ship repair facility in South America, capable of drydocking any
NASSCO gets $140 million Navy contract mod
SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 — General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, is being awarded a $139,953,434 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract N00024-08-C-4410 for USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52)