ABS and Hyundai Heavy complete Smart-ship JDP

Marking completion of a landmark joint development project (JDP), classification society ABS has verified the smart functions of shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Integrated Smart-ship Solution, issuing the first Product Design Assessment (PDA)

New management team in place at Harland & Wolff

InfraStrata plc (AIM: INFA), the U.K. infrastructure project specialist that bought the assets of Northern Ireland shipbuilder Harland & Wolff, has appointed a new management team for what is now its wholly-owned

Meyer Turku delays delivery of Carnival’s Mardi Gras

Delivery of the first LNG-fueled cruise ship to serve the North American market, Carnival Cruise Line’s Mardi Gras, will be delayed. Shipbuilder Meyer Turku said today that it “is adjusting its production

VIDEO: Metal Shark set for full-rate production of Navy’s next-gen patrol boats

Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark and the U.S. Navy are nearing the end of the operational test and evaluation (OT&E) trial period for the Navy’s incoming standardized 40 PB patrol boat

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VIDEO: LCS 19 completes Acceptance Trials

Lockheed Martin reports that Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 19, the future USS St. Louis, has completed Acceptance Trials in Lake Michigan. Now that trials are complete, the ship will undergo final outfitting

San Francisco Bay Ferry to add another new high-speed cat

The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) is to exercise a $14.8 million build option for a second 300-passenger high-speed ferry from La Conner, Wash., shipbuilder Mavrik Marine Inc.

Canadian Coast Guard takes delivery of second OFSV

Seaspan Shipyards’ Vancouver, B.C., shipyard has completed delivery of CCGS Capt. Jacques Cartier, the Canadian Coast Guard’s second Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel (OFSV). The delivery took place exactly five months and two

Damen supports Colombian research vessel project

Damen Shipyards Group is to provide Colombian shipbuilder Cotecmar with design, engineering and technical assistance for the construction of an 83 m x 16 m Scientific Marine Research Vessel (Buque de Investigación

Navy awards Austal $9.2 million mod to EPF contract

Shipbuilder Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded a $9,198,875 modification to a previously-awarded Navy contract. The award covers the immediate procurement of long-lead-time material, engineering and production to support changes to

SeaDream and Damen cancel planned megayacht build

Norwegian entrepreneur Atle Brynestad’s SeaDream Yacht Club says that it and shipbuilder Damen have “in good faith and with mutual understanding” decided not to proceed with the building of a new 155

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