Shipbuilding News


NSRP Risk Management Panel and SCA Joint Meeting

Jul 31, 2014

The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) Risk Management Panel will be meeting jointly with the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) November 5-6, 2014 in Virginia Beach, Va.Those who plan to attend are required to complete the registration form: http://surveys…

Bollinger Fourchon: 13 Years Without a Lost Time Accident

Jul 29, 2014

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. announced that their Bollinger Fourchon, L.L.C. facility has worked 13 years without a lost time accident.Building on a philosophy that starts at the top, Bollinger Shipyards strives for zero accidents. Workforce…

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA: Purchase of own shares

Jul 29, 2014

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard AKPS), a leading U.S. commercial shipyard constructing vessels for operation in the Jones Act market, has on July 25, 2014 purchased 1,465 shares in the Company on Oslo Axess at an average price of NOK 158.68 per share…

ABS to Class the World's First CNG Ship

Jul 28, 2014

ABS announced it has been chosen to class the world's first compressed natural gas (CNG) carrier ordered by Pelayaran Bahtera Adhiguna, a subsidiary of Indonesia's state-owned power company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PT PLN).The award for the precedent-setting ship…

Danos Adds Environmental Services

Jul 25, 2014

Danos recently added an Environmental Services Division to the company’s collection of oilfield related services, which includes production workforce, construction, fabrication, coatings, instrumentation and electrical, and shorebase and logistics…

Bollinger to Build 6 More FRCs for the USCG

Jul 24, 2014

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., Lockport, Louisiana, announced the award of six additional USCG Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs).The U. S. Coast Guard (USCG) awarded a $255 million contract option to Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport…

MES Gets First Order for ME-GI Marine Engine

Jul 24, 2014

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) has received the first order of electronically controlled gas injection diesel engine (ME-GI) for MES.MAN B&W 8S70ME-C8.2-GI will be installed on two 2,400 TEU + 400 vehicles ConRo ships to be built by U…

Saab Completes Acquisition of TKMS (Kockums)

Jul 24, 2014

Defence and security company Saab's acquisition of the Swedish shipyard Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems (TKMS, formerly Kockums) has now been completed. The acquisition strengthens Saab's position as a comprehensive supplier of naval military systems…

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…

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