Another $1.82 billion for second and third Zumwalt class destroyers

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $1,825,665,914 fixed-price-incentive contract for the construction of Zumwalt-class destroyers DDG 1001 and DDG 1002. The contract includes options, which, if

STX Finland to complete and outfit two well intervention vessels

STX Finland Oy and Norway’s Eide Marine Semi AS, a subsidiary of Eide Marine Services A/S, have signed a contract worth more than EUR 300 million for the outfitting, completion and delivery

TransAtlantic takes delivery of ice class AHTS

Sweden’s Rederi AB TransAtlantic has taken delivery of Magne Viking, the third in a series of four newbuild AHTS vessels from the Astilleros Zamakona S.A shipyard in Spain. The vessel will be

Fujairah shipyard launches wave piercing crew boat

Incat Crowther reports the launch of Topaz Zenith. Launched by Topaz Shipbuilding’s Fujairah, UAE, shipyard, this innovative 27.6 m wave piercing catamaran crew boat has been designed to support offshore energy installations.

VT Halter Marine to add floating dock

VT Halter Marine is planning to expand its Pascagoula shipyard, adding a floating dry dock. It has started the process rolling by applying for a coastal wetlands permit. PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION

Conrad Industries copes with flooding threat

Morgan City, La., based Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) provided an update today on the impact of the rising waters of the Mississippi River and the Atchafalaya River on its

Kleven Maritime books seismic ship contract

Norway’s Sanco Shipping AS has signed a contract with Kleven Maritime for one seismic ship with an option for a second. The contract takes Kleven Maritime’s order reserve to 11 ships worth

Seabourn takes delivery of third ship from Mariotti

Carnival Corporation & plc’s Seabourn cruise brand took delivery of the new 450-guest Seabourn Quest yesterday at the T. Mariotti shipyard in Genoa, Italy. The intimate, all-suite ship is the third vessel

Conrad Industries braces for Mississippi River flooding

Conrad Industries, Inc.(OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK), which has three shipyards in southern Louisiana and one inTexas, said today that rising water levels had forced it to temporarily discontinued operations at its Morgan

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding still planning capacity expansion

China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding today reported record high quarterly earnings for the three months ended March 31 2011 … and made it clear that capacity expansion is still very much part of its