Shipbuilding News


ASRY Active in Bahrain Coast Guard Newbuilds

Oct 19, 2015

ASRY holds keel-laying ceremony as it starts landing craft construction. ASRY marked the commencement of erection of a new Landing Craft being constructed for the Bahrain Coast Guard (BCG) with a keel-laying ceremony. The event was attended…

No kickbacks in Scorpene Submarine Deal, Says Indian Government

Oct 19, 2015

No kickbacks were paid in connection with the purchase of Scorpene submarines for the Indian Navy in 2005 from French company Thales the government has told the Delhi High Court, reports PTI. Indian government was responding to a PIL, filed…

SSI CEO to Present at KORMARINE

Oct 16, 2015

SSI CEO Darren Larkins continues to consult with shipbuilders around the globe on how to leverage 3D Product Data Models using Autodesk technology. His next presentation on 3D Product Data Models will be October 22 at the shipbuilding and offshore show KORMARINE in Busan…

TOTE: World's First LNG-Powered Containership Delivered

Oct 16, 2015

General Dynamics NASSCO and TOTE announce the delivery of Isla Bella, the world’s first LNG-powered containershipThe culmination of a historic journey in U.S. shipbuilding history ended today with the announcment that General Dynamics NASSCO delivered  Isla Bella…

Sen. Sessions Visits Ingalls Shipbuilding

Oct 16, 2015

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) hosted Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) Thursday at its Ingalls Shipbuilding division, where he toured several areas of the shipyard and walked through the amphibious transport dock John P. Murtha (LPD 26). “The…

Louisiana Shipbuilder Fined for Worker Retaliation

Oct 16, 2015

The U.S. Department of Justice has reached an agreement with a Louisiana shipbuilder resolving a complaint filed with the department’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC), claiming the company…

Sevan, Cosco Agree Rig Delivery Delay

Oct 16, 2015

Norway-headquartered drilling contractor Sevan Drilling and Chinese shipbuilder Cosco Corporation have agreed to delay the end of the first deferral period for cylindrical ultra deep water drilling rig Sevan Developer from 15 October 2015 to 1 November 2015…

World Ship Owners Adopt Kalu as President

Oct 16, 2015

World Shipowners’ Association (WSA) has appointed Nigeria-born Forbes billionaire and President of Slok Group, Orji Uzor Kalu as interim president of the body. Kalu, an eminent businessman and former governor of Abia State will occupy the…

IRClass Academy Delivers Training for Naval Shipbuilding

Oct 15, 2015

IRClass Academy, the training arm of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), has delivered a six-day training program on naval shipbuilding for the officers and members of the Warship Overseeing Team of the Indian Navy and managers from India’s leading naval shipyards…

Editor's Desk: Cycles & Strategies

Oct 14, 2015

There are probably few industries that experience more dramatic up and down cycles than the collective businesses of energy exploration, production and transportation. If so, then one of those that do is shipbuilding. That’s because the most…

HHI Shows Smarter Way to Shipbuilding at KOMARINE 2015

Oct 14, 2015

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and a leading integrated heavy industries company, announced today it teams up with its shipbuilding affiliates, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI)…

SBI Hire Aims to Boost Foreign Military Sales

Oct 13, 2015

Joseph Abeyta, President of Allwater Marine Group, LLC, has joined SAFE Boats International (SBI) as Foreign Military Sales Business Development Consultant to help increase foreign military sales business development growth efforts, SBI announced…

HII’s Petters Honored by Coast Guard Foundation

Oct 13, 2015

HII president and CEO Mike Petters honored at the Coast Guard Foundation’s Salute to the United States Coast Guard in New York Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), was honored by the Coast Guard Foundation…

Groundwork Begins on Successor Subs in UK

Oct 13, 2015

Groundwork has started on the renovation of a central shipyard complex that be used for outfitting future Royal Navy Successor submarines, British Forces News said. BAE Systems had announced last year a $459 million modernization of the entire shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness…

Icon Terminates Shipbuilding Contract

Oct 13, 2015

Icon Offshore Bhd and its partner FOB Swath Malaysia A/S have agreed to terminate their shipbuilding contract with Denmark-based Danish Yachts AS.  Icon-FOB Holdings (L) Inc in which Icon Offshore holds a 51% stake while FOB Swath Malaysia owns 49%…

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