USCG places $497 million order for NSC 7
APRIL 1, 2014 — The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a fixed-price incentive firm target contract valued at approximately $497 million to Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) for production of the seventh National
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More shipowners opt for exhaust gas scrubbers
MARCH 31, 2014 — More shipowners are deciding that exhaust gas scrubbers are the most practical way to comply with increasingly tough regulations on fuel sulfur and vessel emissions. The trend has
SX 157 award biggest yet for Ulstein D&S
MARCH 31, 2014 — Ulstein has released a few more details of the four SX157 design ocean going tugs that Japan’s Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair in Japan will be build for the
Coastal wins OSV orders, jack-up in works
MARCH 28,2014 — Malaysia’s Coastal Contracts Bhd has reported its first shipbuilding contracts for 2014. Worth a total of approximately RM178 million (about $55 million), they cover three offshore support vessels and
Foss promotes Michael Minnig to Director of Engineering
MARCH 27, 2014 — Seattle based Foss Maritime has promoted Michael Minnig to Director of Engineering. Mr. Minnig joined Foss in 2012 with more than 15 years of naval architecture experience in
Rowan newbuild first with ABS ISQM notation
MARCH 27, 2014 — Classification society ABS reports that Rowan Companies’ newbuild Rowan Renaissance drillship is the first in the world to have earned ABS’ Integrated Software Quality Management (ISQM) notation. Capable
Maersk Drilling names giant jack-up
MARCH 24, 2014 — In a ceremony held at the Keppel FELS shipyard, Singapore, March 21, Karen Tiffen, wife of Martin Tiffen, Managing Director of Total E&P Norge AS, named the ultra
DNV GL opens new Vietnam office
MARCH 21, 2014 — Classification society DNV GL has moved into a new office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam following an opening ceremony by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of
Kristian Rokke to step down as Aker Philly CEO
MARCH 19, 2014 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS) announces that Kristian Rokke, AKPS’s President and CEO, has been nominated to be Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of AKPS.
NASSCO gets $62.5 million more for LSD 52 contract
MARCH 18, 2014 — General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA, is being awarded a $62,574,394 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00024-08-C-4410) for the USS Pearl Harbor (LSD