Safe Boats completes Israel Marine Police 10-boat pact

DECEMBER 21, 2016 —Safe Boats International welcomed members of the Israel Marine Police to its Bremerton, WA, shipyard this week to inspect and sea trial the last three of ten patrol boats

Shipbuilders Council endorses Navy’s 355 ship FSA

DECEMBER 19, 2016 — The Shipbuilders Council of America has given the just released 355 ship Navy Force Structure Assessment (see earlier story) its strong endorsement. “The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA)

Busy year for Caribbean’s largest shipyard

DECEMBER 18, 2016 — The largest shipyard in the Caribbean, Grand Bahama Shipyard Limited, (GBSL) carried out work on 20 cruise ships during 2016 and looks set for an even busier 2017

MGBW building new compact, robust yard tug

DECEMBER 16, 2016—Shipyards that build and repair oceangoing vessels often employ their own small yard-tug to maneuver in and around yard structures, reposition hulls in dry docks or to control newly launched

Siem cancels dual-fuel PSV on order at Polish shipyard

DECEMBER 14, 2016 — Norway’s Siem Offshore today said that it had canceled the third in a series of four dual fueled platform supply vessels of VS 4411 DF design on order

Shipbuilders Council congratulates President-elect Trump

DECEMBER 12, 2016 — The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) today released the following statement regarding President-elect Donald J. Trump and the members of the 115th Congress: “We congratulate President-elect Trump, his

DNV GL to class MV Werften expedition yachts

DECEMBER 12, 2016 — German shipbuilder MV Werften has contracted DNV GL to classify the three 20,000 gt Endeavor-class vessels that it is building for Crystal Yacht Expedition Cruises. Being built according

U.K. awards BAE contract for two more OPVs

DECEMBER 10, 2016 — BAE Systems welcomed U.K. Minister for Defence Procurement Harriet Baldwin to its Govan shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland, December 8, to announce a £287 million (about $361 million) contract

Two trawlers to have Rapp all-electric deck packages

DECEMBER 9, 2016 — Bodø, Norway, headquartered Rapp Marine A/S has secured two new contracts for delivery of complete all-electric deck machinery packages to two trawler newbuilds: Clipperton, owned by Sweden based

New dry dock arrives at BAE San Diego

DECEMBER 9, 2016 — BAE Systems yesterday received a new 950-foot-long, 55,000-ton lift capacity, floating dry dock at its San Diego shipyard. The Chinese-built floating dry dock arrived at the yard towed

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