Horizon delivers towboat with retractable pilot house
APRIL 27, 2016 — Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, AL, has delivered the M/V Victoria Pasentine, a 120′ towboat with a retractable pilot house, to its home port of New Orleans,
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Hyundai Heavy reports fifth profitable quarter in a row
APRIL 27, 2016 — Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) today reported its results for the first quarter, ended March 31, 2017 Net profit was recorded at 462.3 billion ($409.6 million) making the period
Saab contracts Polish yard to build ship platform for SIGINT vessel
APRIL 26, 2017 — Saab has selected the Nauta Shiprepair Yard Gdynia, Poland, to build the ship platform for a special purpose Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) vessel for the Swedish Navy that it
Hyundai Heavy sees order intake surge
APRIL 26, 2017 — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group, the world’s largest shipbuilding group, reports that it booked orders for 39 ships worth $2.3 billion in the January – April
Austal delivers first Cape Class patrol boat
APRIL 25, 2017 — Austal (ASX:ASB) reports that its Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard has delivered the first of two Cape-class patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Defence Vessel (ADV)
CBO puts a price on 355 ship Navy – it’s hefty
APRIL 24, 2017 — A new report from the Congressional Budget Office estimates that, over the next 30 years, meeting the 355-ship objective called for in the new Navy force structure assessment
Damen celebrates 90th anniversary year
APRIL 24, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Group is celebrating nine decades of operations in the shipbuilding industry. Today, family owned Damen has a global presence, operating 33 shipbuilding and repair yards, and
Virgin Voyages ships to have Smart Air compressors
APRIL 20, 2017 — Oslo, Norway, headquartered TMC Compressors has won a contract from Fincantieri to supply an environmentally friendly compressed air system to the first of three cruise ships the Italian
BV grants AIP to production-friendly FPSO hull design
APRIL 18, 2017 — Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has granted Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) Approval in Principle (AIP) for the noah-FPSO Hull and associated design and construction. BV
Hopes grow for DSME rescue package
APRIL 17, 2015 — South Korea’s Yonhap news agency says that major bondholders of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. today agreed to the debt rescheduling measures proposed by the state-run Korea