DECEMBER 9, 2014 — The Australian Government has announced a plan to fix the country’s troubled naval shipbuilding industry. The announcement came less than two weeks after Defense Minister Senator David Johnston
DECEMBER 9, 2014 — A 5,000T heavy-lift pipelay construction vessel on order at China’s Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd (WSIC) is to have an ABB equipment package that includes electrical propulsion,
DECEMBER 8, 2014 — So, how ready is a newbuilding described as LNG ready? ABS is moving to make the term a little less fuzzy. It has published the ABS Guide for
DECEMBER 7, 2014 — Mostafa Ahmed Awwad, 35, a Saudi-born civilian engineer working for the Navy, was arrested Friday on charges of trying to give classified information on the aircraft carrier Gerald
DECEMBER 6, 204 — With the recent deliveries of the 120 ft Gianna Hull and the 80 ft John Cox, Horizon Shipbuilding Inc, Bayou La Batre, AL, has delivered three vessels this
DECEMBER 4, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA, is being awarded a $7,997,357 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for nuclear propulsion and complex modernization work on USS Harry S. Truman
DECEMBER 4, 2014 —Shell has ordered a 6,500 cu.m LNG (liquefied natural gas) bunkering vessel from South Korean shipbuilder STX Offshore & Shipbuilding to deliver to LNG-fueled vessels in northwest Europe. The
DECEMBER 3, 2014 — GE Marine used the opening day of the International Workboat show to announce that Harvey Gulf has chosen GE’s Tier 4 compliant marine diesel engines for its latest
DECEMBER 3, 2014 — Danish naval architect consultancy OSK-ShipTech A/S and China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International have signed a contract to continue design work on a new RoPax ferry recently ordered by Sweden’s
DECEMBER 3, 2014 —The Government of Canada has awarded a $5.9 million contract to Northern Transportation Company Limited for Vessel Life Extension (VLE) and refit work for Canadian Coast Guard ship CCGS