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
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
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 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
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
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
Shipbuilding giant Fincantieri yesterday reported its results for the first nine months of 2019 and, although numbers for the group were good, losses from its Norwegian headquartered subsidiary Vard had a negative
Swedish based Terntank, a pioneer of LNG as a marine fuel, is taking the next step towards carbon-neutral shipping. It has ordered two new 15,000 dwt chemical/product/biofuels tankers at China’s AVIC Dingheng
Austal USA, LLC, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded a $21,529,121 fee task order under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement to accomplish advance planning, material procurement and work in support of the
Seattle, Wash., headquartered Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) reports that Vigor has selected it as the engineering firm that will provide functional design for the new Washington State Ferries (WSF) hybrid-electric Olympic
