MARAD awards $20 million in Small Shipyard Grants

JULY 24, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today awarded more than $20 million in grants to support capital improvements at 29 U.S. small shipyards as a part

DSME Smart Ship Solution gets LR cyber security AiP

JULY 24, 2018 — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) has received approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register for the DSME Smart Ship Solution (DS4), receiving the Cyber SECURE

OSG orders two U.S. flag tankers at Korean shipyard

JULY 17, 2018 — U.S.-flag tanker operator Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG) says it has signed binding contracts with South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Company Ltd.for the construction of two 50,000

Dakota Creek wins Navy tug contract worth potential $84.5 million

JULY 16, 2018 —Anacortes, Washington, shipbuilder Dakota Creek Industries Inc. has won a $52,979,439 Navy contract for the detail design and construction of four yard tug 808-class harbor tugboats. The contract includes

McAllister’s powerful new tugs get warm welcome in NYC

JULY 13, 2018—McAllister Towing & Transportation, which has been part of the New York Harbor community since 1864, marked another milestone in the company’s long storied history with the double christening of

TUI Cruises goes big with order for LNG fueled duo

JULY 13, 2018 — TUI Cruises has awarded Fincantieri an order for two LNG fueled cruise ships that, at 161,000 grt, will be the largest vessels ever built in Italy. Set for

Gladding-Hearn delivers pilot boat to Virginia

JULY 12, 2018 — The Virginia Pilot Association has taken delivery of a Chesapeake class MKII launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, MA. The MKII, a new generation of the shipyard’s popular Chesapeake

Mitsubishi launches ferry with a space travel theme

JULY 5, 2018 — A 192.5 m ferry christened and launched yesterday by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding’s Yokohama, Japan, shipyard, has a “space travel” interior design theme. Named Kitakami, the vessel is being built

Vard wins contract to build three Norwegian Coast Guard vessels

JUNE 25, 2018 — Vard has won a Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency (NDMA) contract for the construction of three coast guard vessels. It says that the value of the contract exceeds NOK

Gladding-Hearn delivers second of two high speed Boston Harbor ferries

JUNE 21, 2018 — The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) has taken delivery of M/V Glory, the second of two new high-speed catamarans from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. Funded by a grant

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