As CENTCOM completed new rounds of attacks on Iranian targets and stepped up blockade enforcement actions, including vessel boardings, Kpler reported today that Strait of Hormuz traffic continued to weaken on July
The Navy is installing the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic missile on three ships and plans to add it to some future submarines. The Army is also buying the missile. Together, the
The new NSMV training ship State of Maine arrived at Maine Maritime Academy’s Castine, Me., campus for the first time this past Sunday. And while most of our coverage of the NSMV
On July 14, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously approved H.R. 9497, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026. On July 15, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee also
With three Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding pilot boats already in their fleet, the Lake Charles pilots have taken delivery of the Calcasieu Pilot from the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. The pilots, who took delivery of
Autonomous vessel innovator Saronic Technologies has selected Brownsville, Texas as the future home of Port Alpha, its next-generation shipyard designed to help restore American maritime strength and significantly expand U.S. shipbuilding capacity.
TKMS (formerly ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems) reports that the German Bundestag’s Budget Committee this month approved the procurement of four MEKO A-200 DEU-class frigates, along with an option to procure additional vessels. This
![Shipbuilders at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division secure the unit during installation of a grand block for Thad Cochran (DDG 135). The block is one of several units built by Gulf Copper and Eastern Shipbuilding as part of Ingalls’ distributed shipbuilding initiative. [Photo: HII]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/grandblock-300x225.jpg)
HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has reached a key milestone in its distributed shipbuilding initiative. It has installed the first grand blocks, made up of three units constructed by partner facilities,
Registration is now open for Marine Log’s FERRIES 2026 Conference, taking place November 10-11, 2026, in Seattle, Wash. Now in its 39th year, FERRIES is North America’s premier conference dedicated to the
Bollinger Shipyards has opened a new, 7,200-square-foot Workforce Training Center, located at its Gulfport, Miss., facility. Developed in partnership with the Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) Program Office and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community
