VIDEO: Newport News tests CVN 72 steam catapults

FEBRUARY 11, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has begun testing the updated catapult systems aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), which is nearing the

Sail training ship to have MAN 6L21/31 engine

FEBRUARY 10, 2016 —When not propelled by its 3,350 sq.m of sails, a 110 m cadet training ship under construction at Spain’s Freire Shipyard will be powered by a MAN 6L21/31 engine.

Optimarin BWTS picked for advanced U.S. built trawler

FEBRUARY 8, 2016 — An advanced stern trawler currently completing at the Dakota Creek Industries shipyard, Anacortes, WA (see earlier story), will be the first vessel in the fishing segment to be

Vigor Marine wins $14 million T-AKE 6 drydocking contract

FEBRUARY 6, 2016 —Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, OR, is being awarded a $13,993,129 firm-fixed-price contract for a 45-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE

Aqualis Offshore to do FMEA study for LNG bunkering barge

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 – Offshore marine and engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore, part of Oslo-listed Aqualis ASA, has been contracted by Gas Entec Co. Ltd to provide an engineering study for the 2,200

DEME orders new generation trailing suction hopper dredge

FEBRUARY 3, 2016 — Zwijndrecht, Belgium, headquartered dredging and hydraulic engineering specialist DEME has ordered a new generation trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) at Royal IHC, which will provide turnkey delivery of

Chinese yard to build Zentech-design liftboats

FEBRUARY 2, 2016—Zentech Incorporated, Houston, TX, has signed contracts with China’s CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company Limited for the construction of two Z-210 Mobile Offshore Units. These contracts were finalized based on

MSC Cruises orders two mega ships at STX France

FEBRUARY 1, 2016 — MSC Cruises has exercised an option at STX France added two 6,300 passenger cruise ships, worth a total $1.74 billion, to the two 4,500 passenger vessels it already

VIDEO: Fincantieri Marinette Marine launches LCS 11

FEBRUARY 1, 2016 — The Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) shipyard, Marinette, WI, hosted a christening and launch ceremony this past Saturday for the christening of the eleventh Littoral Combat Ship, the future

Balearia orders giant LNG fueled smart ferry at LaNaval

JANUARY 29, 2016 — Denia, Spain, headquartered ferry giant Baleària is to build a 232.2 m x 30.4 m LNG fueled “smart ship” at Spain’s LaNaval shipyard. It will be the largest

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