ITB North builds barge quartet in rapid time

OCTOBER 7, 2013 — Less than 11 months after the original design contract was placed,four shallow draft, double hull, combination bulk oil and deck cargo barges are now in service delivering bulk

Hyundai Samho launches LNG carrier

OCTOBER 6, 2013—Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI), Yeongam, South Korea, a shipbuilding affiliate of Hyundai Heavy Industries, announced it successfully launched the Golar Glacier, a 162,000 m3 LNG carrier built using the

Giant car carriers to have MAN Alpha Kappel propellers

OCTOBER 4, 2013 —At the end of August, MAN Diesel & Turbo  signed an agreement Dalian Marine Propeller Co., Ltd (DMMP) — part of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) Group— that

Newport News installs Ford propellers

OCTOBER 4, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) said yesterday that the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) had put on significant weight in the dry dock at its Newport

Marin Tekknik design chosen for Oceaneering BAE newbuild

OCTOBER 3, 2013 — BAE Systems says that the subsea support vessel ordered at its Mobile, AL, shipyard by Oceaneering International, Inc., (see earlier story) will be built to the MT6022 design

Foss to create shipyard in Everett, WA

OCTOBER 3, 2013 — Foss Maritime’s parent Saltchuk Resources said yesterday that it has signed a purchase and sales agreement with Kimberly-Clark to buy a 66-acre property on the Everett, WA,  waterfront,

Avondale unions ratify new labor contract

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013  — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that members of the New Orleans Metal Trades Council (NOMTC) and the Metal Trades Department (MTD) approved a new collective bargaining agreement with

Klaveness to spin off dry bulk fleet

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 — Norway’s Torvald Klaveness says its board has decided to seek a listing of the group’s owned dry bulk fleet under the name Klaveness Bulk ASA. Klaveness recently ordered

Dalian ship recycler gets HK Convention certification

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 — China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Marine Service Co., Ltd. has become the world’s second ship recycling facility to receive a Statement of Compliance (SoC) confirming that it is in

Maersk Drilling orders harsh environment jack-up at DSME

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 — Maersk Drilling has ordered a new ultra harsh environment jack-up rig, XL Enhanced 4, to be built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South

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