The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $1.35 billion contract modification that provides funding for the construction of the eighth Virginia-class submarine and advance procurement for the ninth and 10th ships of the class.
SeaMobile says that it has signed an agreement with Oceania Cruises, the world’s largest upscale cruise line, to provide communication solutions for its guests throughout the world.
Kaohsiung Harbor, the world’s sixth-largest container port, is inviting international tenders for building a deep-water container terminal to boost its volume, a port official said yesterday.
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Overcoming challenging ice conditions, a ship has safely delivered cargo needed to supply National Science Foundation research stations in Antarctica through the coming austral winter and into the next research season.
All of the competitors are waiting to find the best moment to pounce back in this fight. There continues to be practically the same difference from the most northerly and southerly positioned boats, as from the first to sixth placed vessels.
UltraStrip’s robotic technology will perform high speed coating removal services to the shipyard’s customers, including U.S. Navy vessels, oil tankers, cruise ships, bulk carriers, and container ships.
The heavy-lift ship MV Rickmers Hamburg recently called at the port of San Francisco with a unique cargo – a shipment of windmill blades manufactured in Europe for GE Energy, one of the world’s leading wind turbine technology companies.
American Superconductor’s technology can propel a magnetically levitated train to speeds of more than 300 mph, create a motor for a Navy ship that is smaller by two-thirds but generates the same amount of power
K Suresh, chairman of the Chennai Port Trust, said the port did a feasibility study and had sent the proposal to the Union ministry of shipping seeking in-principle approval for the project.
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ABN AMRO TWO endured a gruelling first 24 hours at sea as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet makes the sprint across the Tasman Sea from Melbourne to Wellington. The kids on ABN AMRO TWO encountered a number of frustrating setbacks.
The new chief of naval operations understands the importance of shipbuilding and especially the destroyer programs at shipyards in Mississippi and Maine, says U.S. Sen. Trent Lott.
When she was 10 years old, Cathy Forst watched her mother christen the third USS Gridley with champagne as hundreds of spectators cheered. It was a bright, sunny day at Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Co. in Seattle. The year was 1961.
