DECEMBER 8, 2017 — China’s first smart ship, the 38,000 dwt bulker Great Intelligence, has received cyber-enabled ship (CES) descriptive notes from classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR). The vessel is a modified
NOVEMBER 30, 2017 — General Dynamics NASSCO has started construction on an LNG-ready Kanaloa-class ConRo containership being built for Matson Navigation Company, Inc., as part of a two-ship contract. The Kanaloa Class
NOVEMBER 28, 2017 — The current and planned size and composition of the Navy, the rate of Navy ship procurement, and the prospective affordability of the Navy’s shipbuilding plans have been oversight
NOVEMBER 14, 2017 — Fincantieri is proposing to delist its 79.34% owned shipbuilding and design subsidiary Vard from the main board of the Singapore Exchange. The delisting is subject to, among other
NOVEMBER 10, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Group has entered into a share purchase agreement with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the acquisition of its majority share in Daewoo
NOVEMBER 8, 2017 — Pemamek Ltd., Loimaa, Finland, is delivering hi-tech PEMA welding automation systems to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS. The advanced automation solutions are being supplied as part of Ingalls’ “Shipyard
NOVEMBER 7, 2017 – Marseilles, France, headquartered CGM marked the opening of the 2017 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 23) to announce that it will equip its recently ordered next generation of
NOVEMBER 7, 2017 –CMA CGM, Marseilles, France, marked the opening of the 2017 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 23) by announcing that it will equip its recently ordered next generation of nine 22,000
NOVEMBER 6, 2017 —BAE Systems, Jacksonville, FL, was recently awarded a $22,459,901 modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise options for post shakedown availabilities (PSAs) for the Littoral Combat Ships, USS Little
OCTOBER 31, 2017—Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, AL, has filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Alabama, Mobile Division.