GAO to Navy: Stop rewarding yards for making mistakes

MARCH 4, 2016 — A GAO report says that the Navy should stop allowing shipbuilders to profit byr correcting defects for which they are responsible. The report, “NAVY AND COAST GUARD SHIPBUILDING:

Disney to order two more cruise ships at Meyer Werft

MARCH 3, 2016 — The Walt Disney Company has entered into a memorandum of agreement with German shipbuilder Meyer Werft covering the construction of two new cruise ships for deliveries in in

HHI produces 10,000th HiMSEN engine

MARCH 3, 2016 — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is not only the world’s largest shipbuilder but also a leading marine engine manufacturer — and it has just produced its 10,000th

Cape Town shipbuilder wins major ferry order

MARCH 2, 2016 — Cape Town, South Africa, shipbuilder Nautic Africa has signed a R347 million ($22 million) agreement with Citrans (Compagnie Ivoirienne des Transports) to build the first 18 ferries in

R/V Sally Ride completes builder’s trials

FEBRUARY 26, 2016 — The Navy’s Auxiliary General Purpose Oceanographic Research Vessel (AGOR), R/V Sally Ride (AGOR 28), successfully completed builder’s trials, Feb. 21, off the coast of Anacortes,WA. The trials tested

Bulgarian shipyard busy with dredges for Royal IHC

FEBRUARY 25, 2016 — Bulgarian shipbuilder MTG Dolphin continues to be kept busy building dredges for Royal IHC, which has just delivered the MTG Dolphin built trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) Mahury

BAE Jacksonville delivers fourth Jackson Offshore PSV

FEBRUARY 23, 2016 — BAE Systems, Jacksonville, FL, shipyard caps recently delivered M/V Squall, the fourth and final platform support vessel (PSV) built for Jackson Offshore Operators, LLC under a program that

RNLN takes delivery of first Damen hybrid tug

FEBRUARY 22, 2016 — The Royal Netherlands Navy brought the 29 m hybrid tug Noordsee into Den Helder this past Saturday. The Damen ASD tug 2810 is the first in a series

Vard wins order for advanced stern trawler

FEBRUARY 22, 2016 —Norway’s largest trawler company, Havfisk ASA, has placed a NOK 325 million (about $38 million) order with Vard Holdings Limited  for the design and construction of an 80 m

AHTS is first vessel certified to meet IMO Polar Code

FEBRUARY 19, 2015 — After a successful survey, DNV GL and the Danish Maritime Authority confirm that the AHTS Magne Viking, owned by Viking Supply Ships, is in compliance with the new

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