Ingalls Shipbuilding unions ratify contract extension

DECEMBER 2, 2014 —Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reported yesterday that the Pascagoula Metal Trades Council (PMTC) and local chapters of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), United Federation of Special Police

Seabourn Cruises exercises option at Fincantieri

DECEMBER 1, 2014 — Carnival Corporation’s Seabourn Cruises has exercised an option with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri covering construction of a sister cruise ship to the newbuild announced earlier this year, scheduled for

Interpol issues Red Notice for former shipyard owner

NOVEMBER 28, 2014 — Interpol has issued a Red Notice on Sergei Viktorovich Pugachev, a former Russian oligarch and Putin crony, who once controlled the Severnaya Verf and Baltiisky Zavod shipyards in

Minister paddles away from “canoe” comment

NOVEMBER 26, 2014 — Australian Defense Minister Senator David Johnston was today paddling away from his comment that he wouldn’t trust Government owned shipbuilder ASC (formerly Australian Submarine Corporation) “to build a

Canada issues RFP for SAR lifeboats

NOVEMBER 26, 2014 — The Canadian Government has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the procurement of search and rescue lifeboats as part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy. Designed by

Fincantieri signs MOUs on Chinese cruise ship building

NOVEMBER 21, 2014 — Shipbuilder Fincantieri has now gotten aboard the initiative launched last month when Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK)  signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the

Two shipyards face OSHA penalties

NOVEMBER 20, 2014 — Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc., Norfolk, VA, and Austal USA LLC, Mobile, AL, have both been given citations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Seaspan orders two LNG fueled ferries

NOVEMBER 19, 2014 — Seaspan Ferries Corporation (SFC), Delta, B.C., Canada, has awarded Sedef Shipyard of Istanbul, Turkey a contract for the construction of two new dual-fueled (diesel and liquefied natural gas)

Gladding-Hearn books pilot boat order

NOVEMBER 14, 2014 — Somerset, MA, based Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, reports it has received an order for a pilot boat from Sabine Pilots, Port Arthur, TX. Scheduled for delivery from the

Ray Bagley named NNS VP of Trade Operations

NOVEMBER 12, 2014 —  Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) says that Ray Bagley has been appointed vice president of trades operations at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. Mr. Bagley, who will earn

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