Fortescue poised to order another VLOC quartet
JULY 16, 2014 — In its latest quarterly report released today, Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX: FMG) says it is in advanced negotiations with another major Chinese shipbuilder to build four
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New Generation delivers pushboat to Blessey
JULY 16, 2014—New Generation Shipbuilding, Houma, LA, recently delivered one of its signature 72 ft x 30 ft pushboats, the Lisa Gail Strafuss, to Blessey Marine Services, Harahan, LA. A sister-ship is
LHA 6 sails away from Ingalls Shipbuilding
JULY 14, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that the amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6) has departed the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division Friday, sailing to the West Coast in preparation
Teekay LNG inks contracts for six Yamal LNG carriers
JULY 10, 2014 — As expected, Teekay LNG Partners, through a new 50/50 joint venture with China LNG Shipping (Holdings) Limited, has finalized shipbuilding contracts for six icebreaking LNG carriers for the
HII to provide family healthcare centers
JULY 9, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that it will offer on-site family healthcare centers exclusively designed for its Ingalls Shipbuilding and Newport News Shipbuilding division employees and their families.
DSME firms up more Yamal LNG carrier orders
JULY 9, 2014 — Joint venture companies set up by Mitsui O.S.K. Line (MOL) and China Shipping Development Corporation (CSD) have signed contracts with Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for
L-3 Marine packages picked for biogas fueled ferry
JULY 7, 2014 — L-3 Marine Systems International (L-3 MSI) is to provide advanced automation, navigation, communications and electrical propulsion facilities for Samsø Færgen, a new 100 m double-ended passenger/car ferry to
MHI-MME brings two small bore UE engines to market
JULY 7, 2014 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co., Ltd (MHI-MME) is to start commercial production of two advanced low speed marine diesel engines that, it says, achieve the
Ingalls awarded $76.5 million for NSC 8 long lead materials
JUNE 30, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division today received a $76.5 million fixed-price contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to purchase long-lead materials for the
Bourbon takes delivery of 500th vessel
JUNE 25, 2014 — Paris-headquartered Bourbon has celebrated delivery of the 500th vessel. It says that this puts it in control of the world’s largest fleet of vessels operated for the offshore