NASSCO Bremerton gets $33.7 million for Nimitz work

JANUARY 22, 2015 — General Dynamics NASSCO-Bremerton, Bremerton, WA, is being awarded a $33,725,621 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-14-C-4321) to accomplish the repair and alterations for the nuclear aircraft carrier USS

Chesapeake Shipbuilding wins tugboat order

JANUARY 22, 2015 — Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, MD, has signed a contract with Vane Brothers of Baltimore, MD, to build two new tugs. They will be the thirteenth and fourteenth tugs built

GTT and Conrad Shipyard ink LNG licensing agreement

JANUARY 21, 2015 — Paris, France, headquartered LNG membrane containment system specialist GTT reports that its U.S. subsidiary, GTT North America, and Conrad Shipyard, a major U.S. shipbuilder, have signed a Technical

ABB books $60 million order for Star Cruises newbuild duo

JANUARY 19, 2015 — ABB has won orders worth $60 million to deliver complete electrical power plant and propulsion systems for two cruise ships to be built for Star Cruises  by Meyer

Hyundai Heavy merges after sales service units

JANUARY 19, 2015 — The world’s largest shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), has launched the Hyundai Marine Service Center in Ulsan, South Korea, by merging the after sales service units of three

Anchor handlers to have MacGregor deck packages

JANUARY 16, 2015 — Cargotec subsidiary MacGregor  has won a contract from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China to supply deck equipment packages for two 78 m anchor-handling/offshore support vessels under construction for

Nichols Brothers to build ferry superstructure

JANUARY 16, 2015 — Vigor Industrial has awarded Ice Floe, LLC dba Nichols Brothers Boat Builders a contract to construct the superstructure portion of the third Olympic Class 144-car Washington State Ferry,

Three rescued in China tugboat capsize

JANUARY 16, 2015 — Xinhua reports that rescuers saved three people yesterday after a tugboat capsized at about 3 pm local time while on trials in the Fubei Channel, near Jingjiang city,

Skangass commissions LNG bunker/feeder vessel newbuild

JANUARY 15, 2015 — Development of an LNG bunkering infrastructure in Northern Europe continues to move ahead. Sirius Veder Gas AB has ordered a state of the art 5,800 cu.m LNG bunker

First X-Stern has 100th X-Bow

JANUARY 14, 2015 — Ulstein’s order for its first X-Stern vessels — two offshore wind service vessels for Bernhard Schulte/WINDEA Offshore (see earlier story) —also brough the 100th sale of its X-Bow

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