MARCH 27, 2014 — Classification society ABS reports that Rowan Companies’ newbuild Rowan Renaissance drillship is the first in the world to have earned ABS’ Integrated Software Quality Management (ISQM) notation. Capable
MARCH 24, 2014 — In a ceremony held at the Keppel FELS shipyard, Singapore, March 21, Karen Tiffen, wife of Martin Tiffen, Managing Director of Total E&P Norge AS, named the ultra
MARCH 21, 2014 — Classification society DNV GL has moved into a new office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam following an opening ceremony by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of
MARCH 19, 2014 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS) announces that Kristian Rokke, AKPS’s President and CEO, has been nominated to be Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of AKPS.
MARCH 18, 2014 — General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA, is being awarded a $62,574,394 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00024-08-C-4410) for the USS Pearl Harbor (LSD
MARCH 18, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division hosted U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi at its facility on Monday, March 17. Senator Cochran visited various areas of the
MARCH 18, 2014 — Fincantieri controlled Vard Holdings Limited has established a new subsidiary for ship design, engineering and sales activities in Canada. Vard Marine Inc. is a ship design and marine
MARCH 12, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has announced that Mike Lipski will be the company’s vice president of business development, effective April 1. Mr. Lipski will be
MARCH 12, 2014 — General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO), San Diego, CA, today delivered the USNS John Glenn (MLP 2), the second ship of the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP)
MARCH 11, 2014 — Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd reports that it has signed shipbuilding contracts with United European Car Carriers (UECC) covering the construction of two 3,800 car capacity pure car and