BWTS installation clock is ticking
Shipowners who are dragging their heels on ballast water treatment system installations in hopes of saving money could end up paying a much higher price in the long run. That caution comes
ship repair
Detyens wins $8.7 million MSC contract
Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., has been awarded an $8,762,834 firm-fixed-price contract for a 50-calendar day shipyard availability. The work to be performed provides for services for the mid-term availability of
LPD 22 contract could be worth $105 million to BAE San Diego
BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, Calif., has been awarded a $90,267,436 firm-fixed-price contract for the execution of the USS San Diego (LPD 22) fiscal 2021 docking selected restricted availability.
Colonna’s books MSC contract worth potential $12 million
Colonna’s Shipyard Inc., Norfolk, Va., has been awarded a $9,405,299 Military Sealift Command contract for a 90-calendar day shipyard availability for the regularly scheduled overhaul and drydocking of the expeditionary fast transport
New MARAD report: U.S. shipyards support $42.4 billion in GDP
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has released a new report—The Economic Importance of the U.S. Private Shipbuilding and Repairing Industry—that measures the economic importance of the shipbuilding and repairing
Docking a dive boat is a first for Navy’s oldest floating dry dock
The Navy’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) in Norfolk, Va., used its floating dry dock Dynamic (AFDL 6) to dock a dive boat on April 15. Delivered in 1949 by Chicago Bridge
Vigor starts work on DDG 110 DSRA
Vigor has begun work on the USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) that is expected to continue into early January 2022. The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer is docked at Pearl Harbor
Conrad Industries reports $4 million 2020 loss, but boosts backlog
Morgan City, La., headquartered Conrad Industries Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) has reported its 2020 results and backlog. The company had net loss of $4.0 million and loss per diluted share of $0.80
Grand Bahamas Shipyard completes major steel renewal project
Grand Bahama Shipyard Limited (GBSL) has recently completed major steel renewal work on StarBulk’s 93,186 gt bulk carrier, Star Janni. With a close proximity to the U.S. East Coast, as well as
NewDock wins two ship Canadian Coast Guard VLE contract
Canadian ship repairer NewDock (St. John’s Dockyard Limited), St. John’s, Newfoundland, has been awarded a CAD20.7 million (about US$16.6 million) contract to complete Vessel Life Extension (VLE) work on the Canadian Coast