Navy awards Bath Iron Works funding for DDG 122
APRIL 1, 2015 —The U.S. Navy has awarded funding for the construction of DDG 122, the FY 2015 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer under contract at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. This $610.4 million
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$691 million mod to Austal LCS contract funds two more
APRIL 1, 2015 — Austal USA reports that the U.S. Navy has issued a modification to Contract N00024-11-C-2301 that funds the last two ships of the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Block
Northern Offshore delays delivery of jack-up newbuilds
APRIL 1, 2015 — Yesterday, Houston headquartered, Oslo listed, drilling contractor Northern Offshore reported it had negotiated a nine month delay in the deliveries of two high specification LeTourneau Super 116E Class
All American Marine delivers first of two King County cats
MARCH 30, 2015 — Bellingham, WA, based All American Marine, Inc. (AAM) has delivered MV Sally Fox, the first of two new 105 ft x 33 ft aluminum catamaran ferries ordered by
Stena Germanica back in service, burning methanol
MARCH 31, 2015 — Following a conversion in the Remontowa shipyard, Poland, that started in late January, Stena Line’s Stena Germanica is now back in service between Kiel, Germany, and Gothenburg, Sweden,
Ingalls Shipbuilding launches John Finn (DDG 113)
MARCH 31, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, Pascagoula, MS, launched the company’s 29th Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Aegis guided missile destroyer, John Finn (DDG 113), at first light
Gladding-Hearn building new Circle Line boats
MARCH 30, 2015 — In a keel laying ceremony held in celebration of the 70th anniversary year of New York City’s Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts, Inc., Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, recently began
Viking Ocean Cruises takes delivery of first ship
MARCH 30, 2015 — Viking Ocean Cruises took delivery Saturday of Viking Star, the first of the three 48,000 grt, 930 passenger cruise ships on order for the line at Fincantieri’s Marghera,
Rolls-Royce propulsion package picked for Polar ship
MARCH 27, 2015 — Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract by shipbuilder Fincantieri to supply a fully integrated propulsion system for Norway’s new Polar Research Vessel, which will carry out significant environmental
Carnival splits nine new ships between Fincantieri and Meyer
MARCH 26, 2015 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has signed two strategic memorandums of agreement that will add a total of nine new cruise ships to its fleet