LCS 28 at sea

Austal USA delivers LCS 28

Handed over to the U.S. Navy on June 25, the future USS Savannah is the 14th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and the seventh ship Austal USA has delivered to the Navy

Fraser Industries LLC is located on a 60-acre facility on Lake Superior with navigable water access, rail access and immediate freeway access.

Fraser Industries has a new owner

One of America’s best known Great Lakes shipbuilders has come under new ownership. Superior, Wis.-based Fraser Industries LLC has been acquired by Infrastructure Acquisition Partners LLC, a joint venture between Norway’s Cleaves

offshore patrol cutter

Eastern Shipbuilding gears up to compete for OPC Stage II

Panama City, Fla., based Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) reports that it has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Slidell, La., headquartered Bayou Metal Supply to provide material and labor in support

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New MARAD report: U.S. shipyards support $42.4 billion in GDP

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has released a new report—The Economic Importance of the U.S. Private Shipbuilding and Repairing Industry—that measures the economic importance of the shipbuilding and repairing

Mark Vandroff

Vandroff named Fincantieri Marinette CEO

Fincantieri Marinette Marine reports that Mark Vandroff will be taking over as CEO effective July 7, succeeding Jan Allman who has led the Wisconsin shipyard since 2014 and who has been promoted

Biden XO bans U.S. investments in Chinese shipbuilding giants

If you’re a “United States person” and have been thinking of investing in the Chinese shipbuilding industry, think again. President Biden yesterday issued an Executive Order (XO) aimed at “addressing the threat

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VIDEO: Trinidad and Tobago takes delivery of Austal patrol boats

Austal Australia has delivered two 58-meter Cape-class Patrol Boats to the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG). The patrol boats, TTS Port of Spain (CG41) and TTS Scarborough (CG42), were accepted by

VIDEO: Bollinger delivers 44th Fast Response Cutter

Delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla., by Bollinger Shipyards, the USCGC Glen Harris is the 44th Fast Response Cutter built under the current shipbuilding program and will be

Shell to charter in LNG bunkering vessel from Pan Ocean

South Korea’s Pan Ocean Co., Ltd. reports that it has entered into a time charter contract for an LNG bunkering vessel with Shell NA LNG, LLC. The contract is worth an estimated

FRendering of cruise ship

Meyer Werft wins breakthrough cruise ship order

Meyer Werft has become the first shipyard to win an order to build a new cruise ship since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The order has been placed by Japan’s NYK

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