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Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. is proud to announce the successful delivery of the vehicle-passenger ferry FALCON to the Fisher Island Community Association (FICA). The FALCON will provide reliable and modern transportation service to the Fisher Island community. The FALCON successfully completed trials prior to delivery and has entered service supporting daily operations between Fisher Island… Read More
SAN DIEGO – General Dynamics NASSCO has christened and launched the USNS Thurgood Marshall (T-AO 211), the seventh ship in the fleet oiler program built for the U.S. Navy. The ship is named in honor of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, serving from 1967 to 1991. He was a prominent civil… Read More
By Tabitha Reeves NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — The Navy’s fiscal year 2027 budget request calls for $65.8 billion in shipbuilding funds — a nearly 50 percent increase from the year before — to procure 34 vessels, bolstering the nation’s readiness at sea. “Let it sink in — a historic budget request like we have not seen in… Read More
The first Marauder hull moved from initial design to on-water trials in under a year, a pace not seen in American shipbuilding since World War II, validating both Saronic’s development approach and the integrated production model by which it was built. “I’m incredibly proud of our team for achieving this milestone. Designing, building, and launching… Read More
By Malte Humpert Canada’s Seaspan Shipyards said it has completed the first major construction block for the Canadian Coast Guard’s new heavy polar icebreaker, highlighting rapid progress on one of the world’s most advanced conventional icebreakers as Western nations race to expand Arctic capabilities. The Vancouver-based shipbuilder said more than 49 blocks are now under… Read More
A new tug ordered by Maritime Partners was recently launched at Master Boat Builders’ facilities in Coden, Alabama. Titan is the second in a planned series of eight tugs. The first tug, Marauder, was delivered in May 2026 while the remaining eight are scheduled to be handed over by 2027. Master Boat Builders President Garrett Rice said… Read More
By Sam Lagrone The Coast Guard and Eastern Shipbuilding are negotiating the end of the Offshore Patrol Cutter program at the Florida shipyard, the service confirmed in a statement to USNI News this week. Eastern Shipbuilding stopped work last year on the first two cutters in the class — Argus (WMSM-915) and Chase (WMSM-916) — in November after announcing… Read More
The Trump administration has launched a major push toward nuclear-powered commercial shipping, aiming to transform the U.S. maritime industry significantly. On May 7, Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and the US Maritime Administration (MARAD) unveiled a new initiative focused on developing Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMR) for commercial shipping. The initiative is part of an… Read More
Summary Senators say China working to ‘decimate’ US shipbuilding US, China paused tit-for-tat port fees until November Trump to meet China’s Xi Thursday-Friday WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Monday urged President Donald Trump to hold fast to trade remedies proposed by his administration to rebuild U.S. shipbuilding and not offer… Read More
WESTMINSTER, Colo., May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Trimble today announced its continued support of Project Pressure by providing advanced GNSS positioning technology and research funding for the nonprofit organization’s latest expedition to map the disappearing tropical glaciers of Puncak Jaya in Papua, Indonesia. Project Pressure has released a centimeter-accurate, 3D model of the receding ice, created using Trimble positioning… Read More
May 10 (Asia Today) — South Korea and the United States are moving to strengthen industrial and energy cooperation centered on shipbuilding, nuclear power and strategic investment projects, as Seoul pushes to build a broader long-term economic alliance with Washington. According to South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Saturday, Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan… Read More
RUSSELL, MANITOBA CANADA – Ellicott Dredge Enterprises (EDE) delivered and commissioned an innovative electric manned Mud Cat 30E potash brine mining system for PADCOM (Potash and Agri Development Corporation of Manitoba) in March. The site uses a selective solution mining process called polythermic selective solution mining. A brine solution is injected into the ground to dissolve… Read More
Northstar Marine, Inc. has announced the construction of a new heavy lift twin boom derrick barge capable of lifts up to 600 tons. The vessel, which will be known as the NORTHSTAR 600, is currently under construction and scheduled for delivery by the end of Q3 2026. The NORTHSTAR 600 will be built on an… Read More
By Mike Schuler Matson’s $1 billion Aloha Class fleet renewal program reached another major milestone Tuesday as Hanwha Philly Shipyard advanced construction on the second and third LNG-powered containerships destined for the Jones Act trades. The latest milestones build on the program’s October 2024 steel-cutting ceremony for the first vessel, which marked the return of commercial containership construction at… Read More
By Sam Barnes In a welcome turnabout, south Louisiana’s fabrication industry is enjoying an unexpected renaissance, thanks to a proliferation of government shipbuilding contracts for everything from ice cutters to autonomous military vessels. It has revitalized existing fabricators and attracted new ones, while leaving behind a decades-old dependence upon the offshore oil and gas market. And while… Read More