OCTOBER 19, 2014 —The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led industry team yesterday launched the Navy’s seventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the Detroit, into the Menominee River at shipbuilder Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC). The
OCTOBER 17, 2014—Hong Kong-headquartered shipbuilder Cheoy Lee has delivered a second pair of 70-passenger, 36m Incat Crowther-designed monohull crewboats to Singapore-based operator Swissco Holdings. The two, Swissco Spring and Swissco Leopard, follow
OCTOBER 17, 2014 — Malaysia’s largest Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) shipbuilder, Singapore-listed Nam Cheong Limited, has launched the first AHTS built to its new, proprietary, NCA80E design. It already holds letters of
OCTOBER 16, 2014 — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s largest shipbuilder, said today that it has cut back the number of executives, including those at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co.
OCTOBER 16, 2014 — Maersk Supply Service has placed an order with Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven Maritime A/S for six Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels with options for four additional vessels. The 95
OCTOBER 15, 2014 — Crowley Maritime Corporation today christened the newest of its four tugboats in the ocean class series, Ocean Sun. Though the 156 ft x 46 ft DP2 vessel was
OCTOBER 14, 2014 — Singapore listed shipbuilder Vard Holdings, which is a 55.63% owned subsidiary of Fincantieri, said today that slower-than-expected improvements in throughput and productivity at the new Vard Promar shipyard
OCTOBER 13, 2014 — Brittany Ferries has pulled the plug on plans to switch to LNG fueling that included the building of a 2,474 passenger/800 car LNG fueled ROpax ferry at STX
OCTOBER 10, 2014 — The two 20 m patrol boats that Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan is to build for the Guardia Civil (see earlier story) will each be powered by Rolls-Royce waterjets.
OCTOBER 10, 2014 — Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, was recently awarded a $7,214,198 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise an option for post-delivery support for the Littoral Combat