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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ newest hopper dredge, the Donnelly, is taking shape at Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Allanton Shipyard in Panama City, Florida. Built to replace the nearly 60-year-old dredge McFarland, the Donnelly is a ready reserve vessel designed to carry forward the Corps’ navigation mission and help keep America’s shipping channels open and… Read More
WESTMINSTER, Colo., Aug. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Trimble announced today Trimble Arc Agent, a purpose-built artificial intelligence (AI) agent designed to automate office work and eliminate manual processes for transportation and logistics organizations. By reducing reliance on multiple agents, Trimble Arc Agent frees teams to focus on high-level strategy where human decision-making matters most. Offered as a subscription-based… Read More
PANAMA CITY, FL – Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. (ESG) and Washington State Ferries marked the start of construction on three new 160-vehicle hybrid-electric ferries at a steel cutting ceremony in Florida. David Sowers, Program Administrator for System Electrification at Washington State Ferries, headlined the event and also announced that Washington state is accepting the option in… Read More
We couldn’t be happier to share this: we’ve signed the contract for NB 201 with Scripps Institution of Oceanography — a Coastal Class Research Vessel that will be built at our yard in Valdivia for the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) This one means a lot to us. Exporting a vessel of… Read More
GULFPORT, Mississippi, July 30, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SSA Marine and the Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport (Port of Gulfport) today announced the commissioning of a new Liebherr LHM 550 hybrid mobile harbor crane at the Port, along with $1.6 million in state grant funding that will enable the electrification of the crane. The crane has a lift capacity of… Read More
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of War expanded its undersea warfighting capabilities by awarding a five-ship contract modification to General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) for the construction of five Columbia Class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), a nine-ship contract to GDEB and HII-Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) for the construction of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 through FY… Read More
By Carlos Albero Rojas Manson Construction delivered its new hopper dredge Frederick Paup into service in January 2026, making it the largest self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge ever built in the United States. Shipbuilder Seatrium AmFELS, Brownsville, Texas, completed the vessel and handed it over to Manson Construction Co., Seattle. The Frederick Paup measures 420 feet long… Read More
By Mike Schuler The Republic of Korea and the United States have officially launched the Korea–U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Center (KUSPC) in Washington, D.C., establishing a new hub intended to accelerate joint efforts to rebuild the U.S. shipbuilding industry through investment, technology transfer, workforce development, and research collaboration. The center was inaugurated on last week by… Read More
This expansion builds on the proven success achieved through distributed shipbuilding in HII’s destroyer program, further strengthening the company’s commitment to increasing throughput and supporting the national industrial base. “Expanding distributed shipbuilding into the LPD program is a critical step in scaling capacity to meet rising fleet demand,” Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Blanchette said. “By shifting selected… Read More
Fraser Industries LLC is pleased to announce that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation for shipyard modernization with HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai’s shipbuilding division, to help revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry. Fraser Industries is proud to collaborate with HD Hyundai… Read More
By Prabhat Ranjan Mishra The global shipbuilding industry is entering a new era of digital innovation as HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) moves to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) across the entire shipbuilding process. Through a newly signed agreement with Siemens Digital Industries Software, the South Korean shipbuilding giant aims to build a… Read More
SEOUL, South Korea, July 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HD Hyundai shared on Saturday, July 25, that it recently signed a contract with Washington United Terminals Inc. (WUT) to supply four port cranes. HD Hyundai Samho, a shipbuilding subsidiary of HD Hyundai, is now launching the Korea-U.S. shipbuilding cooperation initiative, known as the MASGA (Make American Shipbuilding Great Again)… Read More
Following announcements made during the opening of the Korea-U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Center (KUSPC) in Washington, D.C., Conrad Shipyard is pleased to recognize a significant milestone in its collaboration with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI): the joint receipt of Approval in Principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for the design of a 12,000-cbm LNG… Read More
How the F126 Frigate contract collapse is reshaping Europe’s defense industry – Part II For Part 1, see DredgeWire By Peter Bowe Germany’s cancellation of the F126 frigate program was not merely the failure of a shipbuilding contract. It exposed a broader change in the way European governments evaluate defense companies, industrial capacity and multinational… Read More
By Matthew Paxton At the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, President Trump again stated that he wants reconciliation dollars spent on ships built overseas. But as Congress allocates those taxpayer funds, it and the White House should ask whether we’ve actually exhausted what American yards can do. The desire to build the Navy faster is… Read More