Wilson Sons Limited (Wilson Sons) is in an advanced stage of analysis of the impacts of a fire which occurred in the Guarujá II shipyard warehouse on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The Company holds insurance policies covering the damage to the warehouse and materials inventory used in the shipbuilding process. The Company’s insurers were activated [...]
JGC Corporation, along with IHI Corporation and Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU), has finalized plans to invest in Estaleiro Atlantico Sul S.A. (EAS), one of Brazil’s largest shipbuilding companies, headquartered in the state of Pernambuco. JGC, IHI, and JMU will set up a special-purpose company, which is scheduled to sign a contract with EAS at [...]
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Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (IMF) sought shipyard volunteers to help overcome a staffing shortage of more than 600 mechanics, a result of the Navy-mandated hiring freeze. Despite being exempt from Defense Department-wide employee furloughs, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and IMF is struggling to minimize the hiring shortfall on planned availabilities for [...]
DNV has become the first class society to achieve the status of an Independent Laboratory (IL). This means it is authorised by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to evaluate and test technologies designed to treat ballast water on ships in order to prevent the spread of non-native aquatic species in lakes, rivers and coastal [...]
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GE announced today the appointment of Mr. Bo Liu as President for GE’s Power Conversion business in China. Mr. Liu was most recently the Regional Leader for GE Oil & Gas and has more than 15 years experience working for GE. In his new role, Mr. Liu will oversee the development of long-term business and [...]
Unison has received an order from Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), the supplier of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of two shipbuilders of nuclear-powered submarines for the US Navy, for an all-electric CNC machine capable of bending large-bore tubing and piping up to eight inches in diameter (219mm OD). The machine will be the first of [...]
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TOTE’s 3100 TEU LNG-powered containerships took home the Next Generation Award at Nor-Shipping 2013 on June 4 in Oslo, Norway. TOTE, Inc. and General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, jointly applied for the award. The Nor-Shipping Next Generation Award recognizes the ship project that demonstrates the greatest advances in design, as assessed [...]
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Rolls-Royce Plc. has signed a contract with Detroit Chile SA for the delivery of offshore cranes to four platform supply vessels (PSVs) under construction at Detroit Brasil Ltda. shipyard, in Itajaì, Brazil. The delivery from Rolls-Royce will include four ship sets of the award winning dual draglink crane – eight cranes in total. Upon completion, [...]
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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus hosted a ceremony today to celebrate the recent announcement that the next Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer will be named USS Paul Ignatius. USS Paul Ignatius will be 509 feet in length, have a waterline beam of 59 feet, displace approximately 9,496 tons, and make speed in excess of 30 [...]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District officially commissioned its newest shallow-draft dredge vessel – MURDEN – in a ceremony May 29 at the Engineer Repair Yard in Wilmington. The Murden is 156 feet long with a 35-foot beam and 11-foot depth, and can conduct dredging operations in waters as shallow as 5 feet. [...]
