Queens residents get preview of Citywide Ferry
DECEMBER 28, 2016—Residents of the New York Borough of Queens are getting a preview of the Citywide Ferry boats that will start coming into service next year. A scale model boat will
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SENER to install FORAN at Spain’s Nodosa Shipyard
DECEMBER 22, 2016 — Engineering and technology group SENER has signed a new contract to install its FORAN CAD/CAM/CAE system at Spain’s Nodosa Shipyard. This contract covers installing permanent FORAN system licenses
VIDEO: Ingalls launches NSC 7
DECEMBER 21, 2016 —Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division launched the National Security Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) Saturday, December 17. Kimball is the seventh NSC Ingalls has built for the U.S.
Fincantieri adopts IBM hybrid cloud IT solution
DECEMBER 21, 2016 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) reports that one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, Fincantieri, is adopting a hybrid cloud solution from IBM to improve the efficiency of designing, building
New Force Structure Assessment calls for 355 ship Navy
DECEMBER 17, 2016 — During his election campaign, President-elect Donald J. Trump said his vision was to “rebuild the U.S. Navy toward a goal of 350 ships, as the bipartisan National Defense
Siem cancels dual-fuel PSV on order at Polish shipyard
DECEMBER 14, 2016 — Norway’s Siem Offshore today said that it had canceled the third in a series of four dual fueled platform supply vessels of VS 4411 DF design on order
Hyundai Heavy inks $700 million contract with Iran
DECEMBER 11, 2016 — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. has signed a $700 million shipbuilding deal with Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL). Under contracts signed December 9, Hyundai Heavy
James Murray joins Gulfstream Shipbuilding
DECEMBER 1, 2016 — Gulfstream Shipbuilding, Freeport, FL, has added James Murray, a second generation boat builder and operator/owner, to its Sales Management Team. James Murray is the son of Jim Murray,
Parker report seeks shake up in U.K. naval shipbuilding
NOVEMBER 29, 2016 — The U.K. Government has now published an indepent report on naval shipbuilding undertaken by Sir John Parker, a British businessman who has chaired five FTSE 500 companies —
Eastern launches third river towboat for Colombia
NOVEMBER 22, 2016 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, recently launched Impala Mompox, the third in a series of four inland river towboats on order at its Allington shipyard fo