Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Donny Dorsey has been appointed as vice president of operations at its Ingalls Shipbuilding division. Dorsey, formerly ship program manager for all DDG waterfront efforts at
The Virginia Pilot Association has ordered a high-speed, harbor pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. It will be the pilots’ tenth launch built by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. Delivery is scheduled
Under a contract signed last month with China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI), two newbuild 218-meter roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) will be fitted with Wärtsilä exhaust gas cleaning systems. The contract will see Wärtsilä
Leaders from Fincantieri Marinette Marine, the U.S. Navy, and Wisconsin-based Miron Construction dedicated a new facility at the Marinette, Wis., shipyard with a small ceremony on March 8. Employees and guests gathered
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that United Steelworker members at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division voted in favor of a new labor contract. The new contract took effect Monday and will
Helen Polychronopoulou, president of HEMEXPO (Hellenic Marine Equipment Manufacturers & Exporters) gave Marine Log some insight into how the Greek shipping industry, primarily the Greek marine manufacturing sector, is addressing sustainability. HEMEXPO
Viking Cruises reports that its 386-guest Viking Mississippi river cruise vessel was floated out today at Edison Chouest Offshore’s LaShip shipyard in Houma, La. Set to debut in June 2022, the Jones
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems – San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, Calif., a $125,517,541 firm-fixed-price contract for the execution of fiscal 2022 docking selected restricted availability of the Wasp-class
Caterpillar Marine reports that it has entered into an agreement with California-based Pacific6 Enterprises to pilot a parallel battery hybrid propulsion system for a first-of-its kind aquaculture farming vessel. Designed by Kirk
The zero-emission freight ferry on order for Scandlines at Cemre Shipyard in Turkey will feature a Kongsberg Maritime (KM) propulsion and control system package. Designed by LMG Marin AS in Norway, the