Hyundai Heavy cuts management jobs, may close dry docks

MAY 9, 2016 — Shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) says it will “spur the efforts to enhance its competitiveness by implementing intense management reform plans including the voluntary retirement of manager-level employees.”

Wartsila power for first U.K-built dual fuel ships

MAY 9, 2016 — Two 102 m RO/RO passenger ferries being built at the Ferguson Marine Engineering shipyard in Glagow for Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) will be the first dual-fueled ships

Eastern delivers another towboat in long series

MAY 6, 2016 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.’s Allanton. FL, shipyard has delivered the 90 ft inland towboat M/V Lawrence Campbell to Florida Marine Transporters, LLC, Mandeville, LA. Built to a design

SENER to add Virtual Reality solution to FORAN

MAY 5, 2016 — SENER is partnering with Paris-headquartered ESI Group to develop its IC.IDO Virtual Reality solution and to integrate it with enhance the FORAN shipbuilding CAD/CAM system, resulting in an

Austal wins 19 vessel Pacific Patrol Boat contract

MAY 5, 2016 — The Commonwealth of Australia today awarded Austal an A$305 million (US$228.1 million) contract for the Pacific Patrol Boats Replacement (PPBR) Project, taking the shipbuilder’s Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard

NNS VP Jennifer Boykin receives YWCA award

MAY 2, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Jennifer Boykin, vice president of engineering and design at its company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, has received a 2016 YWCA Women of

Lockheed Martin and DSME team on corvette size MCS

MAY 2, 2016 —  Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) have signed a teaming agreement to partner on the Multi-mission Combat Ship (MCS), which is based on

Schottel products benefit from new gearbox technology

APRIL 29, 2016 — Schottel has developed a new HTG (high-torque gears) gearbox that it describes as “a highly-efficient, robust and reliable gearbox with an ideal gearing geometry.” It has low maintenance

Korea seeks stronger shipyard “self rescue” moves

APRIL 26, 2016 — As the Korean Government’s Financial Services Commission announced its plans for  restructuring vulnerable industries, including shipbuilding, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), reported that, after nine consecutive red-ink quarters, it

NASSCO christens Kinder Morgan LNG-ready tanker

APRIL 25, 2016 — General Dynamics NASSCO hosted a christening ceremony at its San Diego, CA, shipyard Saturday for the second ECO Class Jones Act tanker under construction for Kinder Morgan subsidiary

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