Hyundai Merchant Marine to order 20 new ships
APRIL 10, 2018 — South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) says that, following announcement of the Korean government’s Five Year Plan for Rebuilding Korean Shipping, it is to order a series of
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Matt Mulherin receives Navy League Nimitz Award
APRIL 9, 2017 — Matt Mulherin, former executive vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries and president of Newport News Shipbuilding, was recognized by the United States Navy League today as a 2018
CRS: Shipbuilding only a fraction of cost of a 355 ship Navy
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
HII-KBR JV picked to run Australia’s new Naval Shipbuilding College
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
Swiftships wins LCU 1700 contract worth potential $429.4 million
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
Ingalls awarded $94 million for NSC 10 long-lead materials
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
VIDEO: MOL ARC7 icebreaking LNG carrier goes to work at Yamal
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
MDI to represent Spain’s Indar Electric Marine Division
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)
CBO: Cost of building 355 ship Navy would top $100 billion a year
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
Hyundai Heavy reports breakthrough in shipbuilding robotics
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