Private shipyards in the United States support $42.4 billion in gross domestic product and provide more than 107,000 direct jobs, according to new report released today by the U.S. Maritime...

Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark is marking its entry into the recreational yacht market with the introduction of a new 48-meter aluminum hull catamaran. The Metal Shark M48, named Magnet, is...

U.S. shipbuilder Philly Shipyard has started work on its first government contract, kicking off short-term repair work on the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration vessel SS Antares. The The...

The largest containership ship ever constructed in the United States arrived in Honolulu for the first time this week as part of its regular service connecting the U.S. mainland and...

By Rocky Marchiano – Conley Marine Services has announced Daniel Babin has been appointed President of Conley Marine Services following the completion of its acquisition of Kody Marine, including the...

American inland shipyard Jeffboat will be shutting its doors after more than 180 years in the ship and barge building industry, the shipbuilder confirmed Monday.  Located on the Ohio River...

General Dynamics NASSCO has christened and launched the Palmetto State, the final ship in an eight-ship ECO Class tanker program to be constructed at NASSCO. “What began nearly five years...

The U.S. shipbuilding industry is ready to work with Donald Trump to help realize his goal of a 350-ship Navy, the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) said Monday in a statement...

  The U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry supported more than 110,000 jobs and contributed $37.3 billion in overall annual gross domestic product to the U.S. economy in the year 2013,...

  The U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair industry issued a statement Monday slamming ‘shameful’ and ‘unfounded’ claims purporting a causal link between the Jones Act and the loss of the...

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (OSLO: AKPS) says that its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary, Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), has entered into definitive agreements Marathon Petroleum Corporation for the buy-out of APSI’s...

  General Dynamics NASSCO is getting ready for the launch of the second of two LNG-powered containerships being built for TOTE Maritime. The launching ceremony will be held next Saturday (August...

  Newport News Shipbuilding could layoff more 1,500 employees by the end of 2016, the company revealed this week. The layoffs were announced in a letter to employees by Newport...

General Dynamics NASSCO signaled the start of construction for the second of three 50,000 deadweight ton, 330,000 barrel cargo capacity product tankers for SEA-Vista Newbuild III LLC, a subsidiary of SEACOR Holding Inc.

  Harvey Gulf International Marine has launched a new affiliate, Harvey Shipyard Group, to manage its shipbuilding assets, which now includes Gulf Coast Shipyard (Gulfport, MS) and Trinity Yachts (New Orleans,...

The U.S. Maritime Administration says it has $900,000 in federal funding available to support the conversion of existing U.S. flag vessels to liquified natural gas propulsion. The administration says it...

The USNS Lewis B. Puller was captured earlier this month off the coast of San Diego during builders trials from the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard. Lewis B. Puller is the first...

On Thursday, U.S. Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, was in Oakland,...

Jones Act shipbuilder Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI) has delivered the second of two Liberty-class Aframax tankers to ExxonMobil U.S. marine affiliate SeaRiver Maritime.

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA says that its joint venture with Crowley Maritime Corp. has secured a US $325 million credit facility to help pay for a quartet of newbuild product...