LCS Team Completes First Phase of Hull Test Series
The Lockheed Martin-led Littoral Combat Ship team is continuing the development of its semi-planing seaframe design through a new series of tank tests that will…
Lockheed Martin Opens LCS Concept and Development Center
Lockheed Martin is opening a multi-media Concept and Development Center in Washington, DC, to showcase its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project and team attributes for this transformational U.S.
Short Sea Shipping Conference Scheduled for November
MARAD is sponsoring the Marine Transportation System (MTS) Second Annual Short Sea Shipping Conference which will be held in Sarasota, Fla. on November 4-6, 2003.
Pipes, Pumps, Values: Employees' Invention Improves Valve Process
As Avondale Operations valve supervisor Bubba Thornton mounted and checked the 68 valves on Polar Endeavour, he set out to improve the process of installing and…
Pipe, Pump, Values: Walform M Plus : Leak Free pipe connections
The Walform M Plus pipe connector system developed by GKN Walterscheid in Germany and marketed exclusively in Great Britain by Stauff UK is designed to deliver a…
Orion Awarded Contract
Orion Construction L.P., Houston, Texas, was awarded on Sept. an $8,743,850 firm-fixed-price contract for offshore and inshore Bird Islands. 2004. Contract funds…
Lockheed Martin Signs $59M Contract for Antisubmarine Weapon
Lockheed Martin announced today that Japan has purchased a seventh lot of Vertical Launch Antisubmarine (VLA) rockets valued at $59.8 million. Lockheed Martin will…
Fred.Olsen Gets New Austal Ships Ferry
Even a cursory analysis of the performance and capacity specifications of the Auto Express 66 catamaran “Bocayna Express” makes it obvious that Austal Ships has provided Fred.
Austal HSV First Registered and Flagged as a U.S. Commercial Ship
Having already completed two years of service supporting the operations of the US Marine Corps’ Third Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) in the Western Pacific theatre…
Pilot Boats: Long Beach Pilots Go Far Out With New Boat
Jacobsen Pilot Service Inc., Long Beach Calif. Received a new 54-ft. (16.4-m) welded aluminum pilot boat from Hike Metal Products Ltd. in Wheatley, Ontario, Canada this past July.
Port of Tacoma Awards Largest Contract in its History
The Port of Tacoma has been awarded the largest single capital improvement contract in its history. ICON Materials of Kent, Wash., the low bidder, will manage construction…
Profile: A Legacy Spanning Three Generations
Mention M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc. (MR&S), to anyone who has been involved with the marine industry since the mid-20th Century and one would think of the naval architecture…
Investment in Design: Integrity in a New Era
As the first containerships officially credited with capacities topping 8,000-TEU, the series of newbuilds ordered at the start of the year by Vancouver-based Seaspan…
Opinion: ABS President Discusses Bulk Carrier Safety
ABS President and CEO, Robert Somerville recently discussed Bulk Carrier Safety at a conference in London. His speech, in part, follows. It was in the tumultuous…
CAD/CAM
Scheduled for a September 2003 release, the next major revision of the 3-D product modeling software for shipbuilding and offshore platforms from Albacore Research Ltd.…
Repair Technology: Climax Portable Machine Tools New Tooling, Training Solutions Target Shipbuilding
A common thread found in shipyards — across the nation and around the world; among builders of the most massive oceangoing ships to builders of the smallest inland…
Repair Technology: SPS Overlay: Fix Steel Decks Faster
Despite the quality of protection and commitment to maintenance, a certainty in the marine business is that metal structures eventually corrode and wear. Whether it is 25 months or 25 years…
Repair Feature: SENESCO Becomes Senesco Marine
The Southeastern New England Shipbuilding Corporation (SENESCO) has capped years of progress and strong growth with a change in name and investment in the future.
Repair Feature: Bollinger Completes Major Conversion of Ned Ferry
Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., has completed a major conversion of the Crescent Towing tug, Ned Ferry that transformed the boat from a single engine vessel with 3,500 hp…
Repair Feature: Financier Calls for a New Approach on Standards
Calls for a new Maritime Standards Board came from ship financier Paul Slater, speaking at the Maritime London event. Addressing the IMarEST and RINA debate on the single / double hull issue…
