DECEMBER 18, 2012 — The Executive Control Board of the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) has selected nine major research and development projects for award, as part of the program’s continuing mission
OCTOBER 24, 2012 —General Dynamics NASSCO today delivered USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14) to the U.S. Navy. The ship is the fourteenth and final ship of the T-AKE class of dry cargo-ammunition
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 — Barges are playing a key role in increasing the efficiency of a major shipbuilding program. On September 19, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division shipped
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 — About 1,200 non-union, salaried employees at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division are being offered buyout packages, according to media reports “We are offering a voluntary severance
AUGUST 28, 2012 — Responding to market demands for offshore construction support vessels (CSVs) for deep and harsh environments, Norway’s GC Rieber Shipping has placed a NOK 800 million order with Ulstein
OSX Brasil S.A. (Bovespa: OSXB3) has obtained financing of $1.3 billion for its Açu Shipbuilding Unit. Subsidiary OSX Construção Naval has entered into contracts with lending agents BNDES (National Development Bank) and
MAY 30, 2012 — Japanese shipbuilders Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. have signed a technological collaboration agreement on containerships. They aim to combine MHI’s technological capabilities in
MAY 16, 2012: ABB has won an order worth $18 million from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering to supply energy efficient propulsion and electrical power systems for two new deep sea pipeline
A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) subsidiary has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Korean shipbuilding giant Hanjin Heavy Industries. Under the agreement, Huntington Ingalls subsidiary AMSEC and Hanjin Heavy Industries and
IHC Merwede has put together the financing it needs to get started on a major shipbuilding export project. As we reported in March, IHC Offshore & Marine has signed two contracts with
