Tag: shipbuilding

At Eastern Economic Forum, Russian Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex, owned by United Shipbuilding Corporation, signed a Term Sheet with South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. for creating a joint venture to manage projects for construction of Arctic shuttle tankers.

During SMM, LR announced a co-operation project with Hyundai Heavy Industries, to explore the value of blockchain when applied to shipbuilding. Namely, LR launched its prototype blockchain-enabled Class register. This registers ships into Class using blockchain technology.

The video, issued by Huntington Ingalls Industries, depicts the construction of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier 'John F. Kennedy' which has reached its midpoint at Newport News Shipbuilding, following the installation of one of the largest units on the ship.

The Inland Waterways Authority of India issued 13 standardised ship designs suitable for large barge haulage on river Ganga. This aims to serve as an enabler for domestic shipbuilding industry working on inland vessels and open possibilities for cargo and passenger movement on National Waterway-1.

In a bid to deal with significant labor shortages, Japan has unveiled plans to expand its immigration bureau for accepting arrivals of more foreign workers, including unskilled laborers, to several fields including shipbuilding. In 2014, Japanese shipyards reported production delays, claiming workforce shortage. 

Italian giant shipbuilder Fincantieri and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) have signed a MoU extending their already existing cooperation to all segments of merchant shipbuilding. Their current collaboration counts a joint venture dedicated to the first cruise ships ever built in China and others.

The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the US-based shipbuilding company Vigor Marine Inc. over 16 'willful and serious violations' following an inspection at its facility in Portland, Oregon. The company faces proposed penalties totaling $370,358.

The world’s first daughter craft based on surface-effect-ship technology, 'Sea Puffin', has started two months of sea trials at Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 1 and Ørsted’s Horns Rev 2 wind farms. Sea Puffin’s design aims to enable developers to operate daughter craft vessels in difficult weather conditions.

American Cruise Lines announced that the first modern riverboat in US history is almost complete. This week, 'American Song', under its own power moved from the East Outfitting Basin at Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, MD, to the yard’s outfitting bulkhead for the final outfitting touches.

In line with a downward trend in South Korean shipbuilding industry, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Samsung Heavy Industries Co., both ranking at the top of the world's largest shipbuilders, announced massive deficits in the second quarter of 2018.