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Ingalls starts fabrication of NSC 7

JANUARY 21, 2015 —  Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has officially started fabrication on the U.S. Coast Guard’s seventh National Security Cutter (NSC), Kimball (WMSL 756). “We continue to increase

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Wärtsilä solutions picked for LNG carrier quartet

JANUARY 21, 2015 — Four LNG carriers being built by China’s Hudong-Zhongua Shipbuilding will feature Wärtsilä LNG reliquefaction plants and gas handling systems. The ships are under construction for Bermuda based Teekay

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Saab teams with Damen to pursue submarine programs

JANUARY 20, 2015 — Saab AB is teaming with Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group to explore future opportunities in the international submarine market. The two companies have signed an exclusive teaming agreement

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Wärtsilä two-stroke biz has new owner, new name

JANUARY 19, 2015 —The joint venture agreement between Wärtsilä and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) for the take-over of Wärtsilä’s two-stroke engine business, which was announced in July 2014, has now been

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Irving awarded AOPS build contract

JANUARY 16, 2015 — Canadian media report that the federal government has now signed a build contract with Irving Shipbuilding for the AOPS (arctic/offshore patrol ships) program. Irving is the prime contractor

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Three rescued in China tugboat capsize

JANUARY 16, 2015 — Xinhua reports that rescuers saved three people yesterday after a tugboat capsized at about 3 pm local time while on trials in the Fubei Channel, near Jingjiang city,

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Jensen to support fireboat build at Vigor Fab

JANUARY 14, 2015 — The San Francisco Fire Department has selected Crowley Maritime subsidiary Jensen Maritime to provide detail production engineering and construction management on an 88 ft x 25 ft Super

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Ulstein books first X-Stern order

JANUARY 13, 2015 — Norway’s Ulstein Verft has signed a shipbuilding contract with Hamburg, Germany, based Bernhard Schulte for two vessels that will be the first to be built at the shipyard