shipbuilding
Moss Point Marine Awarded $40.7-Million Navy Contract To Build Four LSVs
Moss Point Marine, Inc., has been awarded a $40.7-million U.S. Navy contract to build four logistic support vehicles (LSV). According to John Dane III, president of the Escatawpa, Miss., yard, the contract is the largest the company has received since its founding in 1980.
M o n A r k Delivers U n i q u e Fireboat To N e w p o r t N e w s Shipbuilding
MonArk Boat Company of Monticello, Ark., recently completed its largest and most unique fireboat, a 45-foot, all-aluminum craft built for Newport News Shipbuilding of Newport News, Va. MonArk vice president of marketing and sales Charles W. Mann
McDermott Shipyard Delivers 1,475-Passenger Ferry
—Free Literature A v a i l a b l e— McDermott Shipyard, New Orleans, La., has delivered a 1,475-passenger ferry to the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority in Massachusetts. The 3,000-horsepower, twinscrew vessel, named the Eagle,
Sophisticated Cableship Launched At Swan Hunter's Wallsend Yard
One of the world's most modern and sophisticated cableships, the $49-million Sir Eric Sharp, was recently launched at Swan Hunter's Wallsend Yard, only 14 months after the order was placed by Cable and Wireless (Marine) Ltd. (CWM). Designed on computer,
First Of Four Exxon Tankers Delivered By China Shipbuilding
The Esso Mexico, the first of four 89,000-dwt f u e l - e f f i c i e nt t a n k e r s being built for Esso Tankers, Inc., Florham Park, N.J., at the Kaoshiung shipyard of China Shipbuilding Corporation, Taiwan, was delivered recently. The tanker
Davie Shipbuilding Buys Branch Lines, Operator Of Tankers
The board of directors of Davie Shipbuilding Limited, P.O. Box 130, Levis, Quebec, Canada, has announced that an agreement has been reached between their company and the shareholders of Branch Lines Limited for the purchase by Davie of all the outstanding shares of Branch Lines.
S.S. United States Sold To Seattle Firm As-Is For $5 Million
The S/S United States, fastest ocean liner ever to cross the Atlantic and the property of the Federal Government for more than five years, has been sold for $5 million to United States Cruises, Inc. of Seattle, Wash., according to an announcement by Robert J.
N e w p o r t N e w s A w a r d ed Contracts Totaling $ 3 . 7 Billion To Construct T w o Carriers
Newport News Shipbuilding has been awarded a $2.9-billion modification to an existing contract to provide for the construction of two Nimitz Class aircraft carriers. The total target price for the construction, including the original contract award of $724 million, amounts to nearly $3.
Approve $16-Million MarAd Title XI Guarantee For Coal-Carrying Barge
The Maritime Administration has approved the award of contracts totaling nearly $27 million for the retrofitting of pollution abatement and safety equipment aboard four tankers and two ore / bulk/oil (OBO) vessels owned by subsidiaries of the Berger Group, Lake Success, N.
ASTM Standards Committee On Shipbuilding To Meet In Seattle In November
The Seattle Hilton is the site for the November 29 to December 1, 1983, meeting of ASTM Committee F-25 on Shipbuilding. The committee's various subcommittees are currently processing hundreds of shipbuilding industry standards. Included is an