VIDEO: Ingalls Shipbuilding launches LPD 27

FEBRUARY 15, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has launched the company’s eleventh amphibious transport dock, Portland (LPD 27). The ship, named for Oregon’s largest city, is scheduled to

Mitsui takes $95 million hit on Teekay AHTS quartet

FEBRUARY 12, 2016 — Japan’s shipbuilder Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES)  is facing a $95 million loss on the four 306 ton bollard pull Ulstein SX157 design ocean going AHTS

GTT and DSME team on new LNG containment system

FEBRUARY 11, 2014 — LNG membrane containment specialist GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz) has signed a cooperation agreement with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the industrialization of its new

Navy budget: The game begins

FEBRUARY 10, 2015 — The Department of the Navy’s $164 billion FY 2017 budget submission is lower than widely expected by defense analysts. It is 3.5 percent less than last years spending

Industrial base urges earlier start of LX(R) construction

FEBRUARY 6, 2016 — Underscoring the point that Navy shipbuilding decisions are made on Capitol Hill as much as in the Pentagon, a coalition representing industrial base suppliers to the Navy’s amphibious

Crystal Cruises plans to return SS United States to service

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 — Crystal Cruises says it plans to save “America’s Flagship,” the SS United States, and “embark on the enormous undertaking of bringing the ship into compliance with the latest

Chouest Gulfport venture Topship gets $11 million incentive

FEBRUARY 14, 2016 — The Mississippi House today passed a $275 million incentive bill that Speaker Philip Gunn tweeted was the “biggest job creation bill in MS history.” Most of the money

Aqualis Offshore to do FMEA study for LNG bunkering barge

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 – Offshore marine and engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore, part of Oslo-listed Aqualis ASA, has been contracted by Gas Entec Co. Ltd to provide an engineering study for the 2,200

High Pressure SCR completes certification testing

FEBRUARY 3, 2016 — Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder and a leading marine engine maker, reports that it has produced the world’s first High Pressure Selective Catalytic Reduction (HP

Balearia orders giant LNG fueled smart ferry at LaNaval

JANUARY 29, 2016 — Denia, Spain, headquartered ferry giant Baleària is to build a 232.2 m x 30.4 m LNG fueled “smart ship” at Spain’s LaNaval shipyard. It will be the largest

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