NASSCO gets $68.9 million mod to Comstock contract

General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $68,915,249 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-4410) for USS Comstock (LSD 45) fiscal 2012 Extended Docking Phased Maintenance

Former Vinashin chief gets 20 year prison sentence

Vietnamese state controlled media report that Pham Thanh Binh, 59, former chairman of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin), has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for “intentionally violating economic management

Austal teams with GD unit to pursue international defense opportunities

Austal is leveraging its relationship with mission system integrator General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems to has enhanced its positioning for Australian and international defense programs. The two companies have entered into an

OSX Brasil gets $732 million products tanker order

OSX Brasil has added eleven 45,000 dwt medium range products tankers to the orderbook of its Açu Shipbuilding Unit. They are to be built for Kingfish do Brasil Navegação S/A, which will

Marty Erdossy to be NNS corporate director of customer relations

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has appointed Marty Erdossy corporate director of customer relations for its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. Mr. Erdossy is responsible for liaising with the U.S. Navy, HII’s Washington,

NASSCO gets $359.75 million contract mod for third MLP

General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $359,750,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2229) for the procurement of the detail design and construction of a

Canada launches Atlantic Shipbuilding Action Plan

The Government of Canada has announced an Atlantic Shipbuilding Action Plan. The plan focuses on maximizing opportunities for firms across the Atlantic region to participate in the $33-billion federal shipbuilding initiative announced

Huntington Ingalls offers patrol frigate variants of National Security Cutter

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) is presenting a patrol frigate derivative of the USCG National Security Cutter at this week’s Pacific 2012 International Maritime and Naval Exposition in Sydney, Australia. The patrol frigate

NNS takes over nuclear reactor maintenance at Kesselring site

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, Newport News, VA, has assumed responsibility for maintenance services at the Kenneth A. Kesselring Site in West Milton, NY. NNS

Chinese shipbuilding orders fell in 2011

Xinhua reports that the Chinese shipbuilding industry suffered sharp declines in new orders in 2011,citing data from released Monday by China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC. New shipbuilding orders from January

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