Wartsila to power world’s first dual fuel dredge
AUGUST 6, 2015 — A new generation “Antigoon” class trailing suction hopper dredge, called Scheldt River, being built by shipbuilder Royal IHC (IHC) in the Netherlands on behalf of the Belgium based
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VT Halter promotes five, hires one
AUGUST 5, 2015 — VT Halter Marine, Inc. has announced a number of management moves. They come less than two months after the appointment of Jack Prendergast as President and CEO following
SCA launches Know Your Ship campaign
AUGUST 5, 2015 —Ahead of the first presidential debate this week, the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) has launched Know Your Ship, a national campaign aimed at raising the awareness of the
Huntington Ingalls gets $90 million Navy award
JULY 31, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, MS, is being awarded a $93,034,622 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-12-C-4323) to provide incremental level of effort, long lead-time material procurement, and management
Layoffs ahead at Newport News Shipbuilding
JULY 24, 2015 — As work on three major aircraft carrier projects winds down, Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding division has warned workers that layoffs are ahead for both hourly paid
Ingalls starts fabrication of DDG 119
JULY 21, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division today marked the start of fabrication for the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119). The
Hospital ship will have Evac waste management system
JULY 21, 2015—Espoo, Finland-headquartered Evac will supply its total waste management system to the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Atlantic Mercy. The new 37,000 gt flagship of the Mercy Ships fleet
NNS gets Navy contract worth up to $564 million
JULY 21, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $106 million contract to provide engineering and industrial support on U.S. Navy submarines,
Wärtsilä to cut 600 jobs
JULY 17, 2015 — Wärtsilä is to cut some 600 jobs, about 160 of them in Finland, at its Ship Power business, which it has now renamed Marine Solutions. The job cuts
Hyundai Heavy to put ships on “Internet of Things”
JULY 16, 2015 — Your refrigerator and home heating system can be linked to the “Internet of Things,” so why not a ship? South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries, and global