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Ingalls starts fabrication of DDG 117

OCTOBER 1, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division yesterday marked the start of fabrication for the future Aegis-guided missile destroyer Paul Ignatius (DDG 117). Paul Ignatius, the ship’s namesake,

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Astilleros Gondan wins passenger boat order

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 — Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan has won an order to build a 60 passenger tourist vessel that will operate on the waters of the Azután reservoir near Toledo. With

Marcon brokers its 300th tug

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 — Marcon International, Inc. of Coupeville, WA, has brokered its 300th   tug with the sale of the U.S. flag, twin screw tug Pacific Patriot (ex-Pacific King) from Kirby Marine

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Saab Kockums gets submarine overhaul contract

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 — Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to overhaul the submarine HMS Halland. The order covers the period 2014-2015 and is valued at

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Ulstein books contract for Van Oord rock installer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 — Ulstein has been awarded a design and equipment contract for the subsea rock installation vessel recently ordered from Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group’s Ningbo shipyard in China by Rotterdam headquartered

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Astomos Energy orders third LPG carrier at MHI

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 — Japan’s Astomos Energy Corporation has ordered a third 83,000 cu.m very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Identical to two ships Astomos already has

Eastern cuts steel for dredge ATB

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding reports that on September 15 it cut steel to start construction of the trailing suction hopper dredge articulated tug barge on order for Great Lakes Dredge

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DDG 1000 marks another milestone

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 — NAVSEA reports that the Navy’s Zumwalt class (DDG 1000) destroyer program continues to achieve key shipbuilding milestones. The first-of-class ship, the future USS Zumwalt, completed ship generator light-off

Siem to acquire German shipbuilder FSG

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 — German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) said yesterday that it has a new owner: Norwegian controlled, Cayman Islands registered Siem Industries, Inc. The transaction is subject to certain conditions,