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

Eastern celebrates another HOSMAX double

NOVEMBER 12, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, continues its series production of HOSMAX offshore supply vessels for Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC. A double event on Friday, October 24

SeaTech Solutions to design Nautilus seabed mining vessel

NOVEMBER 12, 2014 — Singapore based marine designs specialist SeaTech Solutions International (S) Pte Ltd is to perform the basic design for the seabed mining vessel that Marine Assets Corporation (MAC) is

NASSCO floats out first AFSB variant of MLP

NOVEMBER 10, 2014 — The Navy’s third Mobile Landing Platform (MLP), the 785 ft Lewis B. Puller, last week successfully completed launch and float-off at the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding

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