Shipyard News

General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $11,705,854 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-4410) for the USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) fiscal 2011 extended docking phased maintenance availability.  An extended docking phased maintenance availability provides for an extensive renovation and modernization of ...

Donjon Marine, Co., Inc. reports that Paul Deterding has been named General Manager of Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair, LLC, located in Erie, Pa.  Mr. Deterding will oversee the daily operations of the facility, including production, engineering, plant maintenance and administrative duties.Mr. Deterding has more than 25 years of experience in the marine, electrical ...

American Cruise Lines reports that its newbuild sternwheeler, the Queen of the Mississippi, was launched at Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Maryland on Sunday, July 17 - nine weeks ahead of schedule.  Immediately after the launching, tugboats skillfully nudged the new riverboat into Chesapeake Shipbuilding's Outfitting Basin Number 2 where the upper decks a ...

Netherlands-based IHC Merwede and BAE Systems have entered a cooperation agreement to meet the demands of the offshore construction vessel market in the U.S.  IHC Merwede will be responsible for the design and build of the vessels and its Houston office, IHC Merwede America Corp., will be responsible for sales and business development activities.BAE Systems will ...

Lévis, Québec, shipbuilder Davie Yards said yesterday that discussions that would have seen it acquired by Fincantieri are over. "The interested parties have concluded that it is not possible to reach an agreement within the time allowed to submit a bid on July 21 for the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy said the President and CEO of Davie, Mr. Gustav Johan Nydal. ...

Rear Adm. James Murdoch has been named the program executive officer for the newly established Program Executive Office, Littoral Combat Ships (PEO LCS).and E. Anne Sandel has been named as the executive director.The new PEO was established at a July 11 ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard, and provides a single program executive responsible for acquiring and maintai ...

Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit says it has been awarded a contract to build a heavy lift ship by Jumbo ShippingJumbo is one of the world's leading shipping company for transportation of heavy or large size cargo, and the ship being built in the Brodosplit shipyard will be the largest in its fleet with a length of 152 meters and breadth of 27 meters. It will be equippe ...

According to Braemar Seascope's latest Containership Fleet Statistics, 2012 looks set to be the biggest year for containership newbuilding deliveries in history, in terms of TEU capacity entering the cellular fleet. Boxship deliveries from world shipyards in 2012 are expected to reach 1.55 million TEU - beating the previous record of 1.52 million TEU achieved during 2007. Braema ...