STX Finland to get order for third Oasis class cruise ship?

OCTOBER 3, 2012 — Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat reports today that STX Finland’s Turku Shipyard could be near to getting a contract to build a third Oasis-class cruise ship for Royal Caribbean.

VT Halter teams with DCNS for OPC program bid

OCTOBER 2, 2012 —  VT Halter Marine, Inc. has announced a partnership agreement with France’s DCNS to submit a proposal to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the design and construction

STX OSV books order for cable layer

OCTOBER 2, 2012 — STX OSV Holdings Limited reports that it has secured a contract for the design and construction of one cable laying vessel for an international client. The vessel will

ABB to supply systems for Russian icebreaker

OCTOBER 1, 2012 — ABB reports it has won an order worth $35 million from the Baltic Shipyard Ltd. to supply propulsion and electrical systems for a new icebreaker vessel under construction

Gibdock completes complex box ship crane refurbishment

OCTOBER 1, 2012 — Gibraltar ship repairer Gibdock has completed a complex containership deck crane refurbishment job that called for certification of strict welding procedures by Lloyd’s Register (LR), which approved all

First of new AGOR class to be named Neil Armstrong

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 — Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today that the first Armstrong-class Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) ship will be named Neil Armstrong. Mabus named the future R/V

BIW gets another $38.9 million for DDG 1000 work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 — General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $38,936,397 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee Navy contract (N00024-11-C-2306) exercising options for DDG 1000 class

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard to have new micro panel line

AUGUST 24, 2012 — Finland’s Pemamek Oy Ltd was recently awarded a contract by Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, for construction and delivery of a new micro panel welding robot line. To be commissioned

New $31 million assembly hall opens at Alaska Ship & Drydock

AUGUST 16, 2012 — Vigor Industrial’s expansion plans kicked into the next phase with the opening of a new $31 million assembly hall and production center at Ketchikan Shipyard at Alaska Ship

Cochin Shipyard launches advanced PSVs

AUGUST 6, 2012 — Government of India owned Cochin Shipyard Limited last week launched two platform supply vessels that it is building for a European client. Bearing the shipyard Hull Nos. BY

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