OPC 1 drive shaft was out of conformity

Eastern Shipbuilding files GAO bid protest of Stage 2 OPC award

Panama City. Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. (ESG) has filed a bid protest with the GAO contesting the U.S. Coast Guard’s decision to award Stage 2 of the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC)

Three promoted at Newport News Shipbuilding

Newport News Shipbuilding promotes three

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has made several promotions designed to optimize its shipyard operations. “We have been on an aggressive journey to transform the

Master Boat Builders tug

Bay Houston orders fourth new tugboat at Master Boat Builders

Coden, Ala., based Master Boat Builders, Inc. reports that it is to construct a fourth new tugboat for Bay Houston Towing Co. of Houston, Texas. Master Boat Builders is currently building three

YRBM barge

Conrad Shipyard awarded $34.8 million for two more YRBM barges

Conrad Shipyard LLC, Morgan City, La., has been awarded a $34,872,992 modification to a previously awarded contract covering the detail design and construction of two additional Yard, Repair, Berthing, and Messing (YRBM)

offshore patrol cutter Keel laying

Eastern Shipbuilding lays keel for third Heritage class OPC

Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. (ESG), Panama City, Fla., hosted the keel authentication ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard’s future Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), USCGC Ingham (WMSM-917) on July 15. The vessel is

Gladding-Hearn launch has a top speed of over 37 knots.

Lake Pilots take delivery of third Gladding-Hearn launch

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has delivered a new pilot boat to the Lake Pilots in Port Huron, Mich., by road transport. The Resilient Class high-speed launch is the pilots’ third boat built

Steel shipbuilding

Austal USA starts construction of its first steel ship

Mobile, Ala., based Austal USA today celebrated the start of construction on its first steel ship: a U.S. Navy Navajo Class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship (T-ATS 11). The milestone was observed

July 2022 Marine Log - Shipyards

July 2022

This issue dives into vessel construction at U.S. shipyards and repair facilities, along with the latest in marine paints and coatings technology.

Newport News Shipbuilding marks CVN 79 construction milestone

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has reached a significant milestone in the compartment and systems construction of aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). The

Dirk Lesko

Dirk Lesko named president of Irving Shipbuilding

Dirk Lesko, whose retirement as president of GD’s Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard in Bath, Maine, in April caught many by surprise, is to assume the role of president of Canada’s Irving

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