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

NSRP funding for five more shipbuilding cost reduction projects

The Executive Control Board of the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) has awarded funding for five new research and development projects to continue the program’s mission to reduce the costs associated with

Ingalls Shipbuilding gets $46 million APC for DDG1002

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded an advance procurement contract (APC) for work on the U.S. Navy’s third Zumwalt-class destroyer, DDG 1002. The contract is

Unions agree to extension of Ingalls Shipbuilding agreement

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that the Pascagoula Metal Trades Council (PMTC) and local chapters of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), International Association of Machinists (IAM), United Federation of Special

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