Shipbuilding News


COSCO Chairman Expects Shipping Slump to Persist

Nov 07, 2014

The global shipping market is unlikely to see a recovery during the next two years as it grapples with an oversupply of vessels, the chairman of China's largest shipping group said on Wednesday.The sector has been battling overcapacity since…

SENER Presents Computer Aided Design Evolution

Nov 07, 2014

SENER attended the 53rd edition of the Naval Architecture Congress in Spain, from October 8-10. It was organized by the Naval Architecture and Oceanic Engineering Association of Spain, this time in Cartagena.SENER's Rodrigo Pérez presented a work about the computer aided design evolution…

Navy Christens Littoral Combat Ship Montgomery

Nov 07, 2014

The Navy will christen littoral combat ship (LCS) Montgomery Nov. 8 during a ceremony at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michelle Howard, will deliver the principal address at the ceremony…

Seaspan's Vancouver Shipyard’s Modernization Complete

Nov 06, 2014

Today, Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards officially celebrated the completion of its two-year, $170M Shipyard Modernization Project ahead of schedule and under-budget.Funded entirely by Seaspan, this project has transformed Vancouver Shipyards…

Morgan Promoted to VP for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions

Nov 06, 2014

Glenn Morgan has been promoted to vice president of nuclear materials operations for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, a joint partnership between Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, Fluor Corp. and Honeywell…

Nerbovik Named CEO of Aker Philadelphia

Nov 05, 2014

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA announced that its board of directors has appointed Steinar Nerbovik as president and CEO of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA effective today. Nerbovik has served as the company's managing director for the past seven…

Evergas & INEOS Expand Dragon Vessel Series

Nov 05, 2014

Evergas has reached an agreement with INEOS to expand its new-building series of ethane/multigas vessels from six to eight units. In January 2013, Evergas announced for the first time that it had secured shipping agreements of up to 15 years…

Port of Tallinn Orders Four Ferries

Nov 05, 2014

The Port of Tallinn has signed contracts with Remontowa Shipbuilding and Sefine Shipyard shipbuilding facilities for the construction of four new car-passenger ferry boats to be used on the lines between the mainland and major Estonian islands…

Propeller Design Software Upgraded

Nov 04, 2014

HydroComp PropCad 2014 released HydroComp PropCad is software for geometric modeling of marine propellers for design and manufacture that provides automatic preparation of 2D design drawings, 3D offsets, thickness classification reports and CAD/CAM data…

Fire-stricken Shipbuilder Enters Voluntary Administration

Nov 04, 2014

Brisbane-based shipbuilders Aluminium Boats Australia Pty Ltd has been placed into voluntary administration after a shipyard fire in August has set the company toward financial instability.The fire, which occurred at the company’s Hemmant dockyard 11 weeks ago…

General Dynamics Lands $84 Million Naval Award

Nov 02, 2014

The U. S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $83.8 million contract modification to continue development of the Common Missile Compartment for the Ohio replacement submarine and the United Kingdom's Successor ballistic-missile submarine…

ClassNK Registered Al Kout Delivered to KOTC

Nov 01, 2014

Leading classification society ClassNK announced that it has completed work on the 165,178GT VLCC Al Kout, built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) as part of a series of vessels constructed for the Kuwait Oil Tanker Company S…

Mitsubishi Exits Cruise Business; Books $357m Loss

Oct 31, 2014

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) announced its decision to book an extraordinary loss from its cruise ship business in the company's consolidated financial results for the first half (1H) of the current fiscal year (FY) 2014 (ending March 31…

Wärtsilä Propulsion Equipment for 2 Fishing Vessels

Oct 31, 2014

Two new 78 metre purser/trawler fishing vessels being designed and built at Karstensen Shipyard in Denmark will feature Wärtsilä's main propulsion and control equipment. The ships have been contracted by Lunar Fishing, the Scotland based fishing company and will operate in the North Sea…

MHI to Change Name of Group Company

Oct 31, 2014

Effective November 1 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will change the name of its group company in Singapore from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering & Services Private Ltd. (MIES) to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific Pte…

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