Meyer orders Metso automation for Quantum class trio
SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 — Meyer Werft has selected Metso DNA for the Integrated Alarm, Monitoring & Control System (IAMCS) for the three 167,800 grt, 1,141 ft (348 m) 4,180 passenger Quantum class
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Vard books PSV order for its Vietnam shipyard
SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 – Shipbuilder Vard Holdings Limited reports that it has secured a contract for the design and construction of a platform supply vessel for Carlotta Offshore Ltd., a newly established
Austal reports improved margins, record revenues
AUGUST 30, 2013 — Austal (ASX: ASB) CEO Andrew Bellamy said today that the company had taken major steps to deliver on its key objectives for the year as the shipbuilder reported
CVN 71 completes four-year RCOH at Newport News
AUGUST 29, 2013 — Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII), redelivered the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) to the U.S. Navy today. The redelivery
Leadership changes at Bollinger Shipyards
AUGUST 29, 2013 — Bollinger Shipyards’ Chairman and CEO Donald “Boysie” Bollinger has announced the appointments of Chris Bollinger as President and Ben Bordelon as Chief Operating Officer of Bollinger Shipyards, effective August
Damen Galati delivers second PSV 3300
AUGUST 28, 2013 — Damen Shipyards Group reports that its Galati, Romania, shipyard has handed over World Peridot, the second platform supply vessel in a series of six on order for Norwegian
Vietnam shipyard increases ship lift capacity
AUGUST 28, 2013 — Rolls-Royce announced today that the largest capacity Syncrolift ship lift to be built in Vietnam is now officially open for service. The Syncrolift has been installed as a
LCS 4 completes acceptance trials
AUGUST 28, 2013 — Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) says that the future USS Coronado (LCS 4) successfully concluded acceptance trials August 23, after completing a series of graded in-port and underway
Layoffs ahead at Halifax Shipyard
AUGUST 26, 2013 — Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding last week announced that it had awarded several contract to Nova Scotia and Canadian suppliers as part of the $300 million Halifax Shipyard Modernization Program.
P-63 FPSO heads for Campos Basin
AUGUST 26, 2013 — Petrobras reports that the P-63 FPSO was temporarily located in Ilha de Santana, in Macaé (RJ) on Friday. The unit is now on its way to its final