Navy bundles amphibious ship and oiler acquisitions
FEBRUARY 24, 2015 — The Navy is bundling its buy of of fleet oilers, the LHA-8 amphibious assault ship and the design of the new LX(R) amphibious ship and limiting competition to
FEBRUARY 24, 2015 — The Navy is bundling its buy of of fleet oilers, the LHA-8 amphibious assault ship and the design of the new LX(R) amphibious ship and limiting competition to
DECEMBER 23, 2014—General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego, CA, will build its fourth Mobile Landing Platform and second configured as an Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB) for mine countermeasure (MCM) helicopters and special operations
DECEMBER 11, 2014—Braemar LNG BV, the wholly owned subsidiary of Braemar Shipping Services PLC, has signed a license agreement with General Dynamics NASSCO to use its patents in the design and construction
NOVEMBER 10, 2014 — The Navy’s third Mobile Landing Platform (MLP), the 785 ft Lewis B. Puller, last week successfully completed launch and float-off at the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 — Late last month, engineers at General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard placed the world’s first dual-fuel slow speed engine into the world’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fueled containership. The
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014—Activity at U.S. shipyards is booming and it’s nowhere more apparent than at the San Diego shipyard of General Dynamics NASSCO. Yesterday the shipyard held a steel cutting ceremony for
JULY 15, 2014—Another milestone was marked in the construction of the world’s first LNG-powered containerships with the delivery of the world’s first dual-fuel slow-speed engine to General Dynamics’ NASSCO’s shipyard in San
JUNE 23, 2014 — The ME-GI engine for the first of TOTE’s two LNG fueled 3,100 TEU containerships has been delivered to NASSCO’s San Diego shipyard by Korea’s Doosan Engine. The MAN
FEBRUARY 3, 2014—General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, recently christened the U.S. Navy’s newest ship, USNS John Glenn (MLP-2). Named in honor of the famed Marine Corps pilot,
JANUARY 20, 2014—What were the top maritime stories of 2013? As ranked by the activity of Marine Log viewers, the Top Ten stories of last year were tales of Triumph, tragedy and