Swiftships gets $18 million Iraq FMS contract

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 — Swiftships Shipbuilding, L.L.C., Morgan City, LA, was recently awarded an $18,000,000 not-to-exceed contract for the accomplishment of continuous lifecycle support for the Iraqi navy. The contract involves foreign

Unison ships powerful all-electric tube bender

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 — Scarborough, England, based tube bending machine specialist Unison has completed an all-electric machine capable of bending tubes and pipes up to 9 inches/225 mm in diameter. The new

Vigor Alaska to build two new AMHS ferries

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014 — Alaska Governor Sean Parnell announced Saturday that the State of Alaska and Vigor Industrial have reached a final agreement to construct two Alaska Class Ferries at the Vigor Alaska

NNS launches Virginia Class submarine John Warner

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has released a video showing the launch of the Virginia-class submarine John Warner (SSN 785) into the James River on Sept. 10 at the

Coast Guard takes delivery of fourth NSC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division yesterday delivered the National Security Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753) to the U.S. Coast Guard today. The ship will be commissioned in

World’s leading maritime trade fair doesn’t disappoint

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014—Every two years, the shipping and shipbuilding world descends on Hamburg, Germany, for SMM, a week-long, mind-boggling smorgasbord of marine technology and innovation on display at more than 2,100 booths

Vard orders Rolls-Royce equipment for Rem OCV/AH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has won a £19 million contract from shipbuilding group Vard to deliver deck machinery, propulsion and engines for the offshore construction and anchor handling vessel (OCV/AH) ordered

Jeanne Warner christens submarine John Warner

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 — With her husband at one side and a massive submarine bow on the other, Jeanne Warner christened John Warner (SSN 785), the 12th Virginia-class submarine and the only

First containership order for Wärtsilä DF two-stroke

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 — The first containerships to use Wärtsilä’s two-stroke, low pressure, dual-fuel technology will be a series of new 1,400 TEU Baltic feeder vessels being built for GNS Shipping GmbH

Rio Olympics ferries to have Caterpillar DGB gen sets

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 — Caterpillar Marine and Cat Dealer Pon Power report that the first Cat 3512C marine generator sets with Dynamic Gas Blending (DGB) have been selected to power the series

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