Damen now operating Curacao shipyard
FEBRUARY 3, 2017 — Under an agreement reached last year with the Government of Curaçao, Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has this month taken over the management of the Curaçao Droogdok Maatschappij
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NASSCO Bremerton gets $19 million Stennis contract mod
JANUARY 12, 2017 — General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co, Bremerton, WA, is being awarded a $19,188,359 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-14-C-4321) for repair and alteration requirements for USS John
Short jail term for former ST Marine president
JANUARY 6, 2017 — Singapore District Judge Kessler Soh Boon Leng yesterday imposed a jail sentence of 14 days on a former president of shipbuilder Singapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine), Chang Cheow
Bay Maritime acquires Svendsen’s Boat Works
DECEMBER 7, 2016 — Svendsen’s Boat Works and its divisions of Svendsen’s Marine Distributing, Svendsen’s Metal Works, Svendsen’s Chandlery and Svendsen’s Marine International, an Alameda, CA, based, family owned and operated company
BAE Norfolk gets $55.7 million for Wasp work
DECEMBER 6, 2016 — BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair Inc., Norfolk, VA, is being awarded a $55,766,162 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-4407) for USS Wasp (LHD-1) fiscal 2017 planned maintenance
GAO reports on Navy ship repair contracting strategy
NOVEMBER 22, 2016 — In 2015 the U.S. Navy introduced a new contracting strategy for ship repair, called Multiple Award Contract, Multi Order (MAC-MO). A report to Congress by the GAO finds
Detyens wins two Military Sealift Command contracts
OCTOBER 16, 2016 — Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, SC, has won two Military Sealift Command contracts worth a total of more than $12.8 million. Detyens is being awarded a $9,252,917 firm-fixed-price
Panels to research 17 ways to reduce shipyard costs
OCTOBER 5, 2016 — The Executive Control Board of the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) has selected 17 panel projects for funding awards, as part of the program’s continuing mission to reduce
Aaron Hendry passes away
OCTOBER 3, 2016 — Aaron W. Hendry, husband, father and grandfather, as well as a noted Florida business leader, died today at the age of 80. Aaron passed away peacefully in his
NASSCO-Norfolk wins Navy job worth potential $48.2 million
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 — General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk, Norfolk, VA, is being awarded a $21,024,781 firm-fixed-price, delivery incentive contract for the execution of USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) fiscal 2017 extended dry-docking selected restricted