Austal USA celebrated groundbreaking for the company’s newest final assembly facility last week. As we reported previously, the infrastructure expansion, to the south of the shipbuilder’s current Mobile, Ala., waterfront facility will
New Orleans based Cooper Group subsidiary Crescent Towing has begun construction of a new 6,000 HP tier 4 Z-drive tugboat at Blakeley BoatWorks in Mobile, Ala. It will be immediately added to
Austal USA hosted a keel laying ceremony June 16 for the final Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship to be built at its Mobile, Alabama, shipyard, the future USS Pierre (LCS 38). Ship sponsor
In a ceremony held at its Mobile, Ala., shipyard, Saturday, Austal USA celebrated the christening of the future USS Kingsville (LCS 36) Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship. Ship sponsor Katherine L. Kline performed
The U.S. tugboat, towboat and barge industry may already be the safest, most environmentally friendly, and most economical mode of freight transportation, but it is faced with the challenge of making a
Marine Log’s upcoming TTB 2022 event for the tug, towboat and barge sector will feature a March 29 panel discussion in front of a live-audience that will focus on current and upcoming
Following its September 2020 acquisition of additional waterfront along the Mobile River in Mobile, Ala., Austal USA was quick to established a ship repair facility that, it reports, has had a booming
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command has awarded Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, Ala., a $16,478,585 firm, fixed-price contract for a 76-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of the
Positioning the company to start steel production in April 2022, Austal USA yesterday broke ground on its new steel manufacturing line. “This world-class steel manufacturing line is a treasure for the Gulf
Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded a $23,752,381, firm-fixed-price contract for a 96-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of the Military Sealift Command fast combat support
