The Southwest Alaska Pilots Association’s newest pilot boat, Emerald Island, is now at work. Built by Somerset, Mass-based Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, the Emerald Island arrived by ship in Victoria, BC on December 22
Australian based Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours reports that the first sailing date for its first oceangoing vessel. the Scenic Eclipse, has again been pushed back, this time to August 15, 2019.
FEBRUARY 5, 2019 — Swiftships LLC, Morgan City, LA, has been awarded a $26,683,722 modification to a previously awarded exercise an option for construction of Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1701 and 1702.
JANUARY 30, 2019 — Two Japanese companies, Asahi Tanker Co. Ltd and Exeno-Yamamizu Corporation Tokyo, have developed a design for a zero emissions tanker with lithium-ion battery powered electric propulsion. ClassNK has
JANUARY 29, 2019 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has marked a milestone in the use of additive manufacturing in the design and fabrication of warship components. It has
JANUARY 8, 2019 — If you thought that Fincantieri’s acquisition of Chantiers de l’Atlantique was a done deal, think again. The European Commission today said that it has agreed to a request
JANUARY 3, 2019 — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group has set a 2019 shipbuilding total sales target of US$15.9 billion for Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Hyundai Samho Heavy and Hyundai Mipo
DECEMBER 24, 2018 — Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, has been awarded a $910,723,811 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-18-C-2305) to exercise the fiscal 2019 option for construction of a DDG 51
DECEMBER 16, 2018 — Textron Inc., New Orleans, LA, has been awarded a $314,288,369 Navy contract modification. It covers the procurement of additional long lead time material (LLTM) for the Ship to
DECEMBER 13, 2018 —Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group reports that it had beaten its 2018 annual target for shipbuilding orders before year’s end, recently concluding a contract to build two state-of-the-art frigates