Austal Philippines to build 56 m cat for German owner

DECEMBER 16, 2016 — Germany’s Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS Group) has awarded Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) a €15.47 million (about US$16.1million) contract for a high-speed passenger ferry. It is Austal’s sixth new commercial

Austal gets $7.8 million mod to LCS contract

DECEMBER 15, 2015 — Shipbuilder Austal USA LLC, Mobile, Alabama, is being awarded a $7,800,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise options for core Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)

DNV GL to class MV Werften expedition yachts

DECEMBER 12, 2016 — German shipbuilder MV Werften has contracted DNV GL to classify the three 20,000 gt Endeavor-class vessels that it is building for Crystal Yacht Expedition Cruises. Being built according

Hoegh LNG inks FSRU LOI with Samsung Heavy Industries

DECEMBER 7, 2016 — Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. has signed a Letter of Intent with South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries for one firm and three optional floating storage and regasification units

Derecktor to build hybrid organic food transportation vessel

DECEMBER 1, 2016 — Derecktor Shipyards of Mamaroneck, NY, is to build its third hybrid vessel: a catamaran organic food transportation platform. It has teamed with Harbor Harvest of East Norwalk, CT,

Brodosplit to build 180 passenger polar cruise vessel

NOVEMBER 25, 2016 —Vlissingen, Netherlands, headquartered Oceanwide Expeditions reports that it has commissioned the building of an 180-passenger vessel, called the Hondius, that will be the strongest ice-strengthened vessel in the Polar

LCS 10 successfully completes acceptance trials

NOVEMBER 22, 2016 — Naval Sea Systems Command reports that future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) successfully completed its acceptance trials Nov. 18. The trials consisted of a series of in-port and

Canada looks for ideas on interim icebreaking capacity

NOVEMBER 17, 2016 — The Government of Canada today published an RFI seeking “information regarding the potential pricing and availability of interim measures to provide icebreaking and towing services.” It looks a

VIDEO: Technip introduces advanced DSV Deep Explorer

NOVEMBER 16, 2016 — Technip says its latest newbuild, the DP3 class diving support vessel (DSV) Deep Explorer, is “the most modern and versatile DSV in the world,” thanks to her latest

Conrad takes a loss on LNG bunker barge

NOVEMBER 12, 2016 — Morgan City, LA, based shipbuilder and repairer Conrad Shipyard (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) reported net losses in its third quarter and nine months 2016 financial results for the

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