Arnout Damen takes CEO role at Damen Shipyards Group
Arnout Damen, oldest son of Damen Shipyards Group Chairman Kommer Damen, will become CEO of the shipbuilding group on January 1, 2020. At the same time, the group will switch to a
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Eastern delivers seventieth towboat in long running FMT series
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, Fla., has delivered the M/V Jaden Pasentine (Hull 200) the seventieth in the long series of inland towboats that the company has been building for Florida
VIDEO: Kawasaki launches liquefied hydrogen carrier
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.’s Kobe, Japan, shipyard recently held a naming and launch ceremony for Suiso Frontier (Kawasaki hull no. 1740), the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier. This vessel was developed to
VIDEO: Genting plans new series of 2,000 passenger, LNG-fueled cruise ships
Genting Hong Kong is planning to build a new series of 88,000 gt, 2,000 passenger, LNG-fueled Universal Class cruise ships that it would operate for hotel brands looking to enter the cruise
Navy awards Austal $9.2 million mod to EPF contract
Shipbuilder Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded a $9,198,875 modification to a previously-awarded Navy contract. The award covers the immediate procurement of long-lead-time material, engineering and production to support changes to
$22.2 billion Virginia Class award is Navy’s largest-ever shipbuilding contract
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. (GDEB), Groton, Conn., has been awarded the U.S. Navy’s largest ever shipbuilding contract. Worth $22,209,893,409 it covers the construction of nine Virginia-class submarines, eight with Virginia Payload
Bakke out as Havyard Group CEO
Norway’s financially troubled Havyard Group says that its Board and CEO Geir Johan Bakke have agreed to “terminate their employment relationship with immediate effect.” Bakke has said he is willing to be
Austal gets $8 million more for LCS 24 work
Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, has been awarded a $7,993,893 modification to a previously awarded contract for littoral combat ships (LCS) industrial post-delivery availability (IPDA) support for LCS 24. This contract modification is
Chinese shipbuilding giants complete merger
It’s official. Earlier today, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation and China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited, were officially merged into one corporation — China Shipbuilding Group — earlier today. China Shipbuilding Goup is now
Keel for first Flight III DDG 51 authenticated
In a milestone for the Navy’s DDG 51 destroyer program, the keel of the first Flight III destroyer, the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), was ceremoniously laid and authenticated at