u.s. shipbuilding

U.S. President Barack Obama looks at the bow sections of the USS John Warner before speaking at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia on February

Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) has announced that it has once again expanded its already massive U.S.-built, owned and operated newbuild program by a total

Crowley Maritime Corporation christened its newest tanker Wednesday during a ceremony at the Aker Philadelphia Shipyard and says it will soon put the

LEEVAC Shipyards in Jennings, Louisiana has announced that it has received an order to build two 270-foot diesel electric PSV’s for Aries Marine of

Ahhh, two of our favorite things… heavy lift and timelapse! On December 14, 2012 the 900 ton deckhouse for the U.S. Navy’s future USS Zumwalt (DDG

The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) announced Tuesday that its Executive Control Board has selected nine major research and development projects

Jackson Offshore Operators has awarded BAE Systems’ shipyard in Jacksonville, Florida a contract to build two new U.S.-flagged platform supply vessels

The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command on Wednesday accepted delivery of the Navy’s first joint high-speed vessel (JHSV), USNS Spearhead, at

The head of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII) said Wednesday that it is still looking for partners to convert a Louisiana naval shipyard earmarked

General DynamicsNASSCO on Wednesday delivered the USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14) to the U.S. Navy, marking the completion of a highly successful U.S.

American Petroleum Tankers (APT) announced today that it has signed a commitment to build two new state-of-the-art product tankers at the National Steel and

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), the sole operating subsidiary of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS), held a ceremonial keel laying today for

A fuel-shipping firm backed by Blackstone Group LP (BX) has ordered two $130-million tankers from a San Diego shipyard, but there is a catch: the firm

The office of U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.), acting as chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, announced Friday that the USCG has

Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), one of the industry’s largest, most diverse and dynamic marine transportation solutions providers, announced the addition

While the strength of American Shipyards has been in steady decline for decades, there are a few that remain profitable and, at least one, is expanding. BAE

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) announced Tuesday that it has expanded a massive U.S.-built, owned and operated OSV newbuild program and has

Foss Maritime on Tuesday announced plans to build the first three vessels of its new Arctic Class of tugs as the company responds to growing demand and new

The U.S. Navy is underestimating the cost of its proposed 30-year shipbuilding program by 19 percent, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said in a

The three new 64-car, 750 passenger ferries constructed by US Fab, a Vigor Industrial new-build subsidiary won the regional “Under Budget, Large