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Two Chinese yards have completed deliveries of an offshore installation ship and a large river and coastal dredger while US and Russian operators have placed orders for new dredgers. Chinese-built large crane ship enters service Chinese shipbuilder Zhenhua Heavy Industry has delivered a new large crane vessel to China Communications Construction Company (CCCC). Haifeng 2001 has… Read More
The hopper dredge FREDERICK PAUP is officially on the water. The vessel was transferred from the erection site site at the AmFELS (a member of Seatrium Group) shipyard to floating dry dock Solomon P. Ortiz. Once complete, the self-propelled hopper dredge will be the largest in the U.S.A. Transfer of Manson Hopper Dredge FREDERICK PAUP,… Read More
Crowley has entered into its fourth long-term charter for its newest Tier IV ship assist tug, Artemis, with Brusco Tug & Barge. The powerful, state-of-the-art vessel reinforces the company’s commitment to sustainability while providing high performance. The 77-foot tug will deliver 7,000 horsepower with a bollard pull of 96 tons using two Caterpillar Marine 3516… Read More
HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a fixed-price incentive, multi-year procurement contract for the construction of six Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyers for the U.S. Navy. The contract includes options for additional DDG 51 ships and for engineering, design and post-delivery efforts. Due to potential competitions for the option ships, the cumulative dollar… Read More
The world’s biggest shipping companies are plowing their pandemic windfalls into orders for new vessels on an unprecedented scale, making an industry known for hair-raising cycles of boom and bust more vulnerable in the latest downturn. Container carriers like MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co., A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, CMA CGM SA and Hapag-Lloyd AG — all backed by… Read More
HII‘s (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division will help the U.S. Navy maintain Nimitz- and Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers under a potential five-year, $528.4 million contract. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award will include repair and modernization of the nuclear-powered ships visiting or stationed in San Diego, HII said Monday. NNS, which designed the Nimitz- and Gerald Ford-class ships, will also respond to Chief… Read More
Explore the largest military shipbuilding companies, building the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard fleet and ensuring maritime strength and security. Strengthening maritime presence has consistently remained a key priority of the U.S. federal government. In pursuit of this objective, the military engages in contracts with the largest shipbuilding companies to build world-class naval ships equipped… Read More
HOUSTON, July 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, announced that President Biden attended the steel cutting ceremony today and initiated the first cut of steel for the construction of the Acadia Great Lakes’ first offshore wind rock placement… Read More
In a speech before hundreds of unionized Philly Shipyard workers on July 20, President Joe Biden reaffirmed his longstanding support for the Jones Act by declaring “Not on my watch!” to the idea that foreign-flag vessels would take jobs from American ships and mariners. Biden was in Philadelphia for the steel cutting on the first… Read More
The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) today announced Conrad Shipyard received both SCA’s 2023 “Excellence in Safety” and “Improvement in Safety” awards. SCA, the national association representing the U.S. shipyard industry, honors shipbuilding and repair facilities with annual safety awards for the enhancement of operations and promotion of safety and accident prevention. Through its proactive… Read More
Eastern Shipbuilding Group has been contracted by Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. to convert a 280-foot offshore supply vessel (OSV) to a service operation vessel (SOV) to meet the growing demand of the U.S. offshore wind market, as well as to serve the demands of the petro-energy flotel market. The vessel was constructed by Eastern Shipbuilding… Read More
Louisiana-based shipbuilder Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC has secured a $624.6 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to construct cutting-edge oceanographic research vessels. This contract includes the development of at least two state-of-the-art ships, with an option for two additional vessels, to enhance NOAA’s existing fleet and address the need for modernization…. Read More
Westlake, Louisiana-based, family-owned dredging company Mike Hooks has taken delivery of a new cutter suction dredger (CSD). Named Lorraine Hooks after the wife of company founder Mike Hooks, the non-self-propelled, 300- by 50-foot (91.4- by 15.2-metre) vessel was designed and built by SPI/Mobile Pulley Works (SPI/MPW) of Mobile, Alabama, with the cooperation of Netherlands-based C-Job Naval Architects… Read More
Cranford, New Jersey-based marine projects company Weeks Marine (WMI) recently took delivery of a new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) built by the Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) of Panama City, Florida. R.B. Weeks was designed by Dutch engineering firm Royal IHC in compliance to Lloyd’s Register rules and is the second TSHD in a series to… Read More
The City of Valdez, AK just took delivery of a Mud Cat^^® 40E for their wastewater lagoons. The dredge is pumping bio-sludge with a 1.1specific gravity sitting at 7% solids in-situ, a distance of 600 ft. (183m)with 4 ft. (1.2m) of terminal elevation at a maximum flow of 900gpm into geotextile filter bags. The 40E… Read More