CRS: Shipbuilding only a fraction of cost of a 355 ship Navy

APRIL 6, 2018 – The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has issued a new report “Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress” that looks at the Navy’s latest plans

HII-KBR JV picked to run Australia’s new Naval Shipbuilding College

APRIL 3, 2018 — Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry, Christopher Pyne, said today that the Naval Shipbuilding Institute, a joint venture between Kellogg Brown & Root and Huntington Ingalls Industries, has been

Swiftships wins LCU 1700 contract worth potential $429.4 million

MARCH 31, 2018 — Swiftships, LLC, Morgan City, LA, is being awarded an $18,053,376 fixed-price incentive contract for the detail design and construction of the Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1700. The LCU

Ingalls awarded $94 million for NSC 10 long-lead materials

MARCH 30, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division yesterday received a $94 million fixed price contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to purchase long-lead materials for a tenth National

VIDEO: MOL ARC7 icebreaking LNG carrier goes to work at Yamal

MARCH 29, 2018 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) reports that the icebreaking LNG carrier Vladimir Rusanov has conducted its first loading operation at the Yamal LNG plant at Sabetta port in

MDI to represent Spain’s Indar Electric Marine Division

MARCH 19, 2018 — Larry Hairston, President of Slidell, LA, based Marketing Development International (MDI) reports that the company has signed a marketing and sales representation agreement with Indar Electric (Marine Division)

CBO: Cost of building 355 ship Navy would top $100 billion a year

MARCH 15, 2018 — A new report from the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the costs of achieving a 355 ship Navy under two different approaches would average over $100 billion annually

Hyundai Heavy reports breakthrough in shipbuilding robotics

MARCH 5, 2018 — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries has developed a robotic system capable of automatically forming a shell plate with various shapes (three-dimensional curved surface). The shipbuilder says its Songming

Navy takes delivery of LCS 14

MARCH 1, 2018 — The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Manchester (LCS 14) during a ceremony yesterday at Austal USA’s Mobile, AL, shipyard. Delivery marks the official transfer of LCS

Carnival orders third LNG fueled cruise ship for AIDA

FEBRUARY 27, 2018 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), has signed a shipbuilding contract for a third next-generation cruise ship for its German market AIDA Cruises brand. Scheduled for

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