Heddle Shipyards fully booked for the winter

All three of Canadian shipbuilder Heddle Shipyards’ Ontario Shipyards are fully booked for the 2022 winter works season. The company says that, despite a new wave of pandemic restrictions and supply chain

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Alaska starts acquisition ball rolling on ferry replacement

The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) has taken a step forward in the acquisition process that will see it select a qualified U.S. shipyard to build a replacement for its 57-year-old ferry

Huntington Ingalls announces leadership change

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) COO Chris Kastner will become president and CEO on March 1 in line with a succession plan that will see current President and CEO Mike Petters become executive

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Richard McCreary named president of Gulf Marine Repair

Family-owned Hendry Marine Industries has appointed Richard McCreary as president of its Gulf Marine Repair shipyard in Tampa, Fla., effective January 31. McCreary comes to Gulf Marine Repair from Vigor Works, LLC,

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Detyens wins $18.2 million MSC contract

Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., has been awarded an $18,218,202 firm-fixed-price contract for a 75-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul dry docking on the dry cargo ammunition ship USNS

Genting Hong Kong: The other shoe drops

As we noted when German shipbuilder MV Werften filed for insolvency on January 10, the move raised big questions about the future of its parent Genting Hong Kong, whose operations include Dream

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Genting’s German shipyard unit files for insolvency

Running out of cash to continue construction of the 5,000-passenger cruise ship Global One, Genting Hong Kong’s German shipbuilding subsidiary MV Werften yesterday filed for insolvency under German bankruptcy laws. The filing

Polar Security Cutter will have Hunt Valves

Halter Marine awarded $555.2 million for second Polar Security Cutter

UPDATED: The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., has awarded Pascagoula, Miss., based shipbuilder VT Halter Marine Inc. a $552,654,757 fixed-price incentive modification to previously awarded contract N00024-16-C-2210. The modification exercises an

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CRS issues briefing on Navy’s next-gen logistics ship

In a December 21 stock exchange filing, Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) reported that its Austal USA subsidiary has been awarded a $2 million contract to perform design studies for the United States

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“Climate smart” cruise ferry starts delivery voyage

Åland, Finland, headquartered Viking Line reports that its new flagship, the 222.55 meter long, 2,800 passenger, cruise ferry Viking Glory, has begun its delivery voyage from Xiamen, China, to its home port

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