FEBRUARY 20, 2018 — Theodore, AL, headquartered shipbuilder Silver Ships, Inc. reports that it has hired Shawn Lobree, a recently retired U.S. Navy captain, as Federal Contracts Manager. Lobree has more than
FEBRUARY 19, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $1.43 billion, fixed-price incentive contract for the detail design and construction of LPD 29,
FEBRUARY 13, 2017 — Released yesterday, the Navy’s $194.1 billion budget request for FY2019 includes $20.1 billion for ten new battle force ships . The Navy’s recently completed Force Structure Assessment detailed
FEBRUARY 8, 2018 — MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has entered into an agreement to acquire the major businesses of TTS Group, a global provider of cargo handling equipment and services for merchant
FEBRUARY 1, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has lifted and mounted a 400-metric ton caisson unit into its new Joint Manufacturing Assembly Facility (JMAF). A time lapse
JANUARY 29, 2018 — South Korea’s plans to pioneer LPG as a marine fuel with a GE COmbined Gas turbine Electric and Steam System (COGES) powered car/passenger ferry are picking up pace.
JANUARY 23, 2018 — The European Commission has found that Croatian plans to grant Uljanik shipyard a state guarantee for a €96 million (about $118 million) loan are in line with EU
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) arrived in Pascagoula, Miss., today, aboard heavy lift vessel MV Transshelf inward bound from Yokosuka, Japan. Fitzgerald was involved in a collision
JANUARY 9, 2018 — Classification society ABS has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to Hyundai Heavy Industries’ (HHI) floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) hull design. “The Newbuilding Conversion FPSO hull design
DECEMBER 27, 2017—Despite the overall slump in global shipbuilding, German shipbuilders were able to maintain a strong orderbook in 2017, driven by a buoyant cruise ship sector and Navy vessel construction. The
