Shipbuilding News


Taylor Named GM at MPE Interiors

Jul 23, 2014

A construction  industry specialist with more than 40 years’ experience has joined Birkenhead-based fit-out contractor MPE Interiors.Phil Taylor, aged 59, will help drive MPE's wide-ranging work in three main sectors: maritime, commercial property and residential property…

GE, LR Study Gas Turbines for Commercial Ships

Jul 23, 2014

GE Marine and Lloyd’s Register Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Collaborate on Applying Gas Turbines to Power Commercial ShipsGE Marine and Lloyd’s Register report they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to identify potential gas turbine-powered commercial ship projects…

Eastern to Build Offshore Vessel for Harvey Gulf

Jul 22, 2014

Eastern Shipbuilding announced that on, Wednesday July 16, 2014, Harvey Gulf International Marine, Inc. (HGIM) and Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) entered into a contract to construct a new Robert Allan, LTD. (RAL) RAmpage 6400 Multipurpose…

HII’s AMSEC Employee Named VSRA Senior Tradesperson of the Year

Jul 22, 2014

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced today that an employee at its AMSEC subsidiary was selected as the Senior Tradesperson of the Year by the Virginia Ship Repair Association (VSRA). Garrett Barber, a senior master tradesperson mechanic…

Baden Joins CBMM as Shipwright Apprentice

Jul 21, 2014

Chris Baden of St. Paul, Minnesota has joined the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) as a shipwright apprentice. Baden begins his apprenticeship working on the 1889 sailing log-bottomed bugeye, Edna E Lockwood. Baden recently attended…

Great Lakes Towing Hosts Networking Event

Jul 18, 2014

The Great Lakes Towing Company hosted a WIRE-Net networking event at Great Lakes Shipyard in order to celebrate manufacturing and innovation in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.More than 100 attendees gathered on the banks of the Cuyahoga River to connect with other manufacturing professionals…

DMC Builds the Smallest Ever Nozzle

Jul 18, 2014

Damen Marine Components (DMC), part of Damen Shipyards Group, announced it has smashed its propeller nozzle world record by 33 percent downwards. This downsizing to an inside diameter of 665 millimeters only - from the previous 1,000 mm ‘entry…

RS Develops Engineering Capacity, Implements AIP Service

Jul 17, 2014

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has implemented the Approval in Principle (AIP) service as part of a project to enhance the rules for the technical supervision during construction of ships and manufacture of materials and products for ships…

McDermott to Auction Fabrication Yard Assets

Jul 16, 2014

A joint venture of five industrial auction companies will sell the physical assets of the 300-acre McDermott fabrication facility in Amelia, La. McDermott continues to operate its other fabrication facilities at multiple locations worldwide…

Victor Technologies' Student Welding Contests

Jul 15, 2014

Victor Technologies has informed of its 2014 Student Cutting and Welding contest, which offers students cash prizes. Even better, schools associated with student winners will each receive an equipment package valued at more than $4,000. Victor Technologies will award more than $30…

TOTE’s Marlin Class Ships Enter Next Build Phase

Jul 15, 2014

Engine and LNG Tanks Delivered to NASSCOThe arrival of the world’s first dual-fuel slow-speed engine to General Dynamics’ NASSCO Shipyard marks the next phase of construction for TOTE’s Marlin Class vessels, projected by TOTE to be the world’s safest and cleanest containerships…

Green-ship Certification Center Opens in Korea

Jul 14, 2014

Announced in 2012 as the world’s first green-ship equipment certification center, The Korean Register – an IACS member class society, and founding partner in the project –announced that the center has opened for business earlier this month in Gunsan…

Dry Dock Conference Slated for December

Jul 14, 2014

Dry Dock Conference 2014 will be held December 1-2, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. This year’s event is the eighth in a series of international conferences held every 2-3 years.  Among the highlights of the upcoming New Orleans'…

Holton Tours Newport News’ Apprentice School

Jul 10, 2014

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) hosted Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton Wednesday for a tour of The Apprentice School at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding division.Danny Hunley, Newport News' vice president of operations…

AEU Hires Ruizas as Loss Control Manager

Jul 10, 2014

The American Equity Underwriters, Inc. (AEU) recently hired Ray Ruizas Loss Control Manager.Ruizas’ safety experience includes five years at a large shipyard in Port Arthur, Texas, where he implemented management systems, conducted incident investigations…

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