Aircraft carrier to get post-Fukushima decontamination
JULY 25, 2016 – Earlier this year, defense media reported Navy officials as saying that 16 ships remained contaminated with low levels of radiation five years after taking in part in relief
shipbuilding
Chesapeake delivers twelfth tug to Vane Brothers
JULY 21, 2016 — Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp, Salisbury, MD, has delivered the Fort McHenry, the twelfth ocean going tugboat it has built for Vane Brothers of Baltimore, MD. Chesapeake Shipbuilding has five
HII makes large surface combatant program appointment
JULY 20, 2016 — Capt. Joseph J. Leonard (U.S. Navy, Ret.) has joined shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) as corporate director of customer affairs, large surface combatant program. Prior to joining HII,
Rolls Royce wins polar cruise ship contract
JULY 18, 2016 — Norway’s Hurtigruten and Kleven have now converted a letter of intent that they signed back in April (see earlier story) into a firm contract. As a result, Rolls-Royce
Stolt-Nielsen swoops on Jo Tankers
JULY 18, 2016 — Oslo-listed Stolt-Nielsen Limited says that is to acquire the chemical tanker operations of Jo Tankers. The transaction comprises 13 chemical tankers and a 50% share in a joint
Hercules Offshore sells jack-up for $3.16 million
JULY 12, 2016 — Houston headquartered offshore drilling contracror Hercules Offshore, Inc. (OTC Pink: HEROQ) said yesterday that its subsidiary, Hercules International Drilling Ltd., entered into an agreement to sell the jack-up
Four shipyards awarded T-ATS (X) Phase I contracts
JULY 11, 2016—NAVSEA has awarded four U.S. shipyards — Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Fincantieri Marine Group, and VT Halter Marine — Phase 1 design study contracts, worth just under $200,000
Genting tweaks plans for its German shipyards
JULY 11, 2016 — Genting Hong Kong has rethought its plans for its German shipbuilding operations, consisting of Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven, and the three shipyards in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern bought this
Hyundai Heavy inks smart ship software MOU
JULY 6, 2016 — Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, has signedof a Memorandum of Understanding for creating an eco system for smart ships with SK Shipping, Intel, Microsoft, the
Mark I. Fox named NNS VP Customer Affairs
JULY 6, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Vice Adm. Mark I. Fox (U.S. Navy, Ret.) has been named corporate vice president of customer affairs for the company’s Newport News