Shipbuilding Industry News

Full sail ahead for Maines 1st ship ... Virginia (The Times Record)
Fri 20 Nov 2009 7:26pm
EAST BOOTHBAY East Boothbay sailmaker Nathaniel Wilson has stitched sails for vintage or replica Greek and Viking vessels, as well as historical remakes of the Jamestown ships Disc......


Tariffs needed to sustain local shipbuilding industry (Victoria News)
Fri 20 Nov 2009 6:19pm
others also read... The federal government is proposing a plan to remove import tariffs on foreign-built ships. George McPherson, president of the Shipyards General Workers Federatio......


VIDEO: A rum do as ship sets sail early (EveningTimes Online)
Fri 20 Nov 2009 10:45am
GALE force winds and torrential rain delayed the launch on the Clyde of a patrol boat bound for the Caribbean. Frantic shipyard bosses at Scotstoun were forced to bring forward the c......


Northrop Grumman Employees Donate Over $2.4 Million to the United Way
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., AVONDALE, La. and PASCAGOULA, Miss., Nov. 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Shipbuilding sector has raised over $2.4 million f......


Primorye shipyards under construction provided with $5 bln orders (Itar-Tass)
Thu 19 Nov 2009 10:30am
VLADIVOSTOK, November 19 (Itar-Tass) -- Shipyards under construction in the Primorsky Territory are already provided with orders worth of five billion dollars....


Shore shipbuilding firm to add up to 125 jobs, expand property (Baltimore Sun)
Thu 19 Nov 2009 8:38am
Chesapeake Shipbuilding said Wednesday that it has signed a contract to acquire about three acres of property adjacent to the shipyard. The acquisition would allow the company to exp......


CMA CGM to restructure debts
Wed 18 Nov 2009 7:54pm
The world's third-largest container shipping line still needs an urgent restructuring of its debts and supplier contracts in spite of returning to profit on a key route, said a senio......


Tube Separation Assembly From Production Fastening Systems, LLC Addresses Crevice ...
Wed 18 Nov 2009 8:47am
Production Fastening Systems, LLC (PFS), a New Orleans based stud welding distributor, has launched its new Tube Separation Assembly (T-SEP) to help reduce and prevent crevice corros......


Tankers store oil as futures prices rocket
Tue 17 Nov 2009 10:25pm
A research by a London shipbroker reveals that one in 12 of the world's largest crude oil tankers are being used to store oil rather than move it from place to place...


Aecon Fabco gets council OK for ship dismantling (The News)
Tue 17 Nov 2009 3:03am
PICTOU  Two grey ladies of the Cold War will meet their ends in Pictou. Town council last night voted 4-1 to approve a bylaw amendment that would allow Aecon Fabco to dismantle the ......