Mark I. Fox named NNS VP Customer Affairs

JULY 6, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII)  reports that Vice Adm. Mark I. Fox (U.S. Navy, Ret.) has been named corporate vice president of customer affairs for the company’s Newport News

Shock test prep costs put dent in Austal profits

JULY 5, 2016 — The good news from Austal is that there have been “favorable preliminary results” from the three Full Scale Shock Trials of LCS 6 — the first aluminum trimaran

Ingalls and NASSCO each land major Navy contracts

JUNE 30, 2016 — The Navy announced two significant shipbuilding contracts today, each potentially worth more than $3 billion. Huntington Ingalls Inc., Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Pascagoula, MS, is being awarded a $272,467,161

Wartsila opens new Canary Islands service center

JUNE 28, 2016 —Wärtsilä is participating in a new maintenance hub in the Canary Islands. The facility, operated by one of Spain’s largest shipbuilding and ship repair groups, Zamakona Shipyards, will provide

Gladding Hearn books another pilot boat order

JUNE 24, 2016 — Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, MA, reports that it has won an order from the Alabama Pilot, Inc., in Mobile, AL, for a Chesapeake Class pilot boat. Delivery

$2.9 million investment in B.C. shipbuilding training

JUNE 24, 2016 — The Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, in conjunction with Seaspan, has announced a multi-year, multi-million dollar investment in the future of British Columbia’s marine industrial sector. Totaling $2.9

Largest MAN B&W ever powers 19,437 TEU box ship

JUNE 24, 2016 — The largest and most powerful engine ever from MAN Diesel & Turbo has entered service. Built by Doosan Engine in Korea and rated at 75,570 kW (103,000 horsepower),

VIDEO: WinGD low pressure DF two-stroke passes milestone

JUNE 23, 2016 —The first dual-fuel two-stroke engine using the low-pressure X-DF gas admission technology developed by Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) has passed the final milestone in its passage from a

Austal adds three ferries to Philippines yard orderbook

JUNE 19, 2016 — Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) has won announce two new contracts worth a total A$30 million (about US$22.3 million) for three commercial passenger ferries. They will be built at

Palfinger plans to acquire TTS Group

JUNE 19, 2016 — Hard on the heels of its acquisition of Norway based lifesaving equipment specialist Harding Group, which closed May 30, Salzburg, Austria, based Palfinger AG, is making a NOK

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