Shipbuilding News
Seaspan Lays the Keel for Canada's Biggest Domestically-Built Icebreaker
Seaspan's Vancouver Shipyards has carried out the keel-laying ceremony for the Canadian Coast Guard's next polar icebreaker, the f...
Read More >>South Korean Yard Completes Repairs for USNS Amelia Earhart
South Korea’s HJ Heavy Industries completed a larger-than-planned overhaul and repair project for the Military Sealift Command sup...
Read More >>Fincantieri Modernizes Wisconsin Yards with Investment by US Navy and MARAD
The U.S.-based division of Fincantieri reports it is moving forward with $10 million in new U.S. Navy and U.S. Maritime Administra...
Read More >>U.S. Navy Seeks Contractors for $15 Billion Puget Sound Shipyard Upgrade
The U.S. Navy is moving towards the selection of a contractor for its massive Bremerton naval shipyard overhaul, one of the larges...
Read More >>EU Sanctions Russian Shipbuilding Sector, From Top Yards to Small Suppliers
The European Union has released its largest-ever sanctions package on Russian defense-industry companies, a counterpoint to the Tr...
Read More >>First of Matson’s New Containerships Is Christened
Work is proceeding on three new large container ships being built for Matson as part of what the company reports is a $1 billion i...
Read More >>Morocco Cancels Concession Tender for Casablanca Shipyard
Morocco’s National Ports Agency (ANP) has reportedly cancelled the concession tender for Casablanca shipyard. ANP had launched the...
Read More >>Germany’s Rheinmetall Acquires Romania’s Mangalia Shipyard
The long-running battle over the future of Romania’s Mangalia Shipyard was settled with the court-appointed liquidator confirmed a...
Read More >>Kawasaki Heavy Industries Unveils Climb-Capable Shipyard Robot
Japanese conglomerate Kawasaki Heavy Industries is among the country's largest shipbuilders, and it also happens to have rare acce...
Read More >>MARAD, TOTE and Hanwha Philly Finalize Deal to Build MDA's Tracking Ships
U.S. maritime conglomerate TOTE has accepted a contract with MARAD to manage the Missile Range Instrumentation Vessel (MRIV) proje...
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