AUGUST 5, 2016 — Fincantieri subsidiary Vard Holdings Limited has increased its ownership stake in its indirect subsidiary in Brazil, Vard Promar, to 95.15%. Vard Promar was previously held 50.5% byVard’s wholly-owned
AUGUST 2, 2016 — Swiftships, LLC, Morgan City, LA , has partnered with ICS Nett Inc. (ICS), a Virginia-based technology solutions company, to continue research and development efforts that will transform a
AUGUST 2, 2016 – Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.Panama City, FL, recently launched Impala Soledad, the first in a series of four inland river towboats under construction at its Allanton shipyard for IWL
JULY 28, 2016 — In what it says is a breakthrough finding for ultra-large containerships, ClassNK has concluded that the minimum required brittle crack arrest toughness for extremely thick brittle crack arrest
JULY 27, 2016 — South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries stayed in the black in the first half of the year by bringing in an operating profit of 882.4 billion won
JULY 27, 2016 — General Dynamics NASSCO marked a milestone Monday by delivering its seventh ship in the span of just over a year. The Garden State, an ECO Class tanker built
JULY 26, 2016 — The world’s largest shipbuilder, South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) reports that accountancy firm Samil PwC has told it that its 3.5 trillion won worth management improvement plan
JULY 25, 2016 – Earlier this year, defense media reported Navy officials as saying that 16 ships remained contaminated with low levels of radiation five years after taking in part in relief
JULY 21, 2016 — Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp, Salisbury, MD, has delivered the Fort McHenry, the twelfth ocean going tugboat it has built for Vane Brothers of Baltimore, MD. Chesapeake Shipbuilding has five
JULY 20, 2016 — Capt. Joseph J. Leonard (U.S. Navy, Ret.) has joined shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) as corporate director of customer affairs, large surface combatant program. Prior to joining HII,