APRIL 6, 2018 – The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has issued a new report “Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress” that looks at the Navy’s latest plans
APRIL 3, 2018 — Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry, Christopher Pyne, said today that the Naval Shipbuilding Institute, a joint venture between Kellogg Brown & Root and Huntington Ingalls Industries, has been
MARCH 31, 2018 — Swiftships, LLC, Morgan City, LA, is being awarded an $18,053,376 fixed-price incentive contract for the detail design and construction of the Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1700. The LCU
MARCH 30, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division yesterday received a $94 million fixed price contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to purchase long-lead materials for a tenth National
MARCH 29, 2018 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) reports that the icebreaking LNG carrier Vladimir Rusanov has conducted its first loading operation at the Yamal LNG plant at Sabetta port in
MARCH 19, 2018 — Larry Hairston, President of Slidell, LA, based Marketing Development International (MDI) reports that the company has signed a marketing and sales representation agreement with Indar Electric (Marine Division)
MARCH 15, 2018 — A new report from the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the costs of achieving a 355 ship Navy under two different approaches would average over $100 billion annually
MARCH 5, 2018 — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries has developed a robotic system capable of automatically forming a shell plate with various shapes (three-dimensional curved surface). The shipbuilder says its Songming
MARCH 1, 2018 — The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Manchester (LCS 14) during a ceremony yesterday at Austal USA’s Mobile, AL, shipyard. Delivery marks the official transfer of LCS
FEBRUARY 27, 2018 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), has signed a shipbuilding contract for a third next-generation cruise ship for its German market AIDA Cruises brand. Scheduled for
