Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that Brandi Smith has been named program director of the Columbia-class submarine program at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. In this new role, Smith will
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced the availability of $19.6 million in federal funding to support capital improvements and employee training at small U.S. shipyards. The Small Shipyard
Helsinki, Finland, headquartered Grimaldi Group member Finnlines has ordered two environmentally friendly Superstar 5,100 lane-meter RoPax vessels from the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai), previously known as AVIC Weihai. Expected to be
The Association of Maryland Pilots has ordered a new class of pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass. Called the “Baltimore Class” after the pilots’ base of operations at the
Wärtsilä reports that its exhaust gas cleaning (EGC) system has been type approved in China by the China Classification Society (CCS). This follows an order for the system from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry
MARAD has announced the award of more than $7.5 million in grants to nine Marine Highway projects. They include funding for several Container on Barge (COB) projects, conversion of a ferry from
General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO), San Diego, California, has been awarded a $98,074,420 contract for the execution of the USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) FY 2020 docking phased maintenance
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has delivered the FGSS (Fuel Gas Supply System) for the the first LNG fueled pure car carrier (PCC) to be built in Japan, which is currently under construction for NYK
In a sign that some analysts see as pointing to a flat year ahead in world shipbuilding, South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group says that its three shipbuilding units have set combined
Working in close cooperation, Damen Shipyards Group, the Mexican Navy, subcontractors and suppliers have completed successful sea trials of the Mexican Navy’s POLA-class frigate ARM Reformador. Built at the ASTIMAR 20 naval