The Navy is U.S. shipbuilding’s largest customer
From the July issue of Marine Log magazine There’s a reason why the larger U.S. shipbuilders have government relations offices, usually staffed up with a goodly number of retired U.S. Navy admirals.
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July 2021
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Detyens wins $8.7 million MSC contract
Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., has been awarded an $8,762,834 firm-fixed-price contract for a 50-calendar day shipyard availability. The work to be performed provides for services for the mid-term availability of
Bio-UV to design new BWTS for U.S. Navy ships
French UV-based ballast water treatment specialist Bio-UV Group and its U.S. engineering and servicing partner, the Columbia Group, have been selected to develop a ballast water treatment system for the United States
VIDEO: Ford comes through first shock trial
The U.S. Navy has released video of the first scheduled explosive event in a series of Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). The Navy has
VIDEO: Iranian boats flee after USN fires warning shots
U.S. 5th Fleet has released video of a further incident of harassment of U.S. naval vessels by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN). In this incident, more than a dozen IRGCN
U.S. Navy vessel fires warning shots at IRGCN fast attack craft
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) continues to engage in potentially dangerous close approaches to U.S. vessels. Within weeks of the April 2 incident in which IRGCN vessels harassed two U.S.
Bipartisan measure seeks $25 billion boost for shipyards supporting Navy fleet
With infrastructure spending on the agenda in Washington, D.C., a bipartisan group of legislators has introduced a measure aiming to provide $25 billion to make investments needed to optimize, improve, and rebuild
VIDEO: Iranian vessels interfere with USCG patrol boats
The U.S. Navy today released photographs and video of an April 2 incident in which Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRCGN) vessels harassed two U.S. Coast Guard patrol boats. On April
Bollinger buys Gulf Island’s shipyard division for $28.6 million
Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI) today reported that it has sold the assets of its Shipyard Division along with certain long-term vessel construction contracts to Bollinger Shipyards LLC for approximately $28.6