Michael S. Torrech takes NMEC Chair
MAY 8, 2014 — Michael S. Torrech, CEO of American Maritime Holdings, has been named the new Chairman of the National Maritime Education Council (NMEC). He succeeds John Lotshaw of Huntington-Ingalls. Mr.
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Ingalls Shipbuilding launches NSC 5
MAY 6, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, Pascagoula, MS, launched the U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter James (WMSL 754) on Saturday. Ingalls’ launch process moves the ship
Yangzijian delivers first 10,000 TEU box ship from new yard
MAY 6, 2014 — Demonstrating that Chinese shipbuilders are now very much a force to be reckoned with in the market for large containerships, Singapore-listed Chinese shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has delivered Hanjin
Moran orders ATBs at Bay Shipbuilding
MAY 1, 20014 — Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, WI, has entered into contracts with Moran Towing Corporation, New Canaan, CT, to build three oil/chemical barges (two with a cargo capacity of
Aircraft carrier gets a new “control tower”
MAY 1, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding division recently placed a new upper-level structure on top of USS Abraham Lincoln’s (CVN 72) island, which
Electric Boat gets $17.6 billion Virginia Class award
APRIL 28, 2014 — Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $17,645,580,644 fixed-price incentive multiyear Navy contract for construction of 10 Virginia-class submarines from fiscal 2014 to 2018. This contract
BAE Systems awarded Hawaii MSMO
APRIL 28, 2014 — BAE Systems has received a multi-ship, multi-option (MSMO) contract from the U.S. Navy to repair, maintain, and modernize nine destroyers and cruisers, either homeported in or visiting Pearl
MAC orders four OSVs at Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding
APRIL 28, 2014 — Dubai headquartered MAC (Marine Assets Corporation) reports that it has recently signed four newbuild OSV contracts with China’s Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding. Earlier deliveries from Fujian Mawei to MAC
NNS Apprentice School offers bachelor’s degree program
APRIL 25, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that apprentices at Newport News Shipbuilding will now have the opportunity to earn a bachelor of science degree while completing a marine engineer
Höegh LNG takes delivery of FSRU
APRIL 22, 2014 — Höegh LNG Ltd has taken delivery of the PGN FSRU Lampung, the first of four newbuild 170,000 cu.m. FSRUs ordered from shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Ltd. PGN FSRU