ST Engineering North America’s shipbuilding business has received a $1.7M grant from the Department of Transporation’s Maritime Administration to procure and install a new 1,250-ton press brake.
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VT Halter Marine Lands Navy Option to Design, Build Fourth Berthing Barge
VT Halter Marine, an ST Engineering business, has secured a $39M contract option to design and build a fourth temporary accommodation barge for the U.S. Navy.
Read More »VT Halter Marine, Q-LNG Hold Naming Ceremony for LNG Tug & Barge Unit; Tom Vecchiolla Quoted
ST Engineering North America’s VT Halter Marine business and Q-LNG Transport held a naming ceremony for the first U.S.-made offshore liquefied natural gas bunkering barge and tug unit in Pascagoula, Miss.
Read More »VT Halter Marine Taps Bronswerk for USCG Polar Security Cutter Heating, Ventilation Services
VT Halter Marine has contracted Bronswerk Marine to design and install heating, ventilation air conditioning and refrigeration systems for the U.S. Coast Guard’s polar security cutter program, Marine Executive reported Thursday.
Read More »VT Halter Marine’s Ron Baczkowski Describes Proposed USCG Polar Icebreaker
Ron Baczkowski, CEO of VT Halter Marine, said the company’s proposed heavy polar icebreaker for the U.S. Coast Guard is based on a hull of German research vessel Polar Stern II, USNI News reported Wednesday.
Read More »VT Halter Marine Coating Facility Promotes Eco-Friendly Process; Tom Vecchiolla Comments
VT Systems' shipbuilding business incorporates environmentally responsible business practices and modern technologies into marine construction efforts at a blast and paint facility located in Pascagoula, Miss., MarineLink reported Friday.
Read More »VY Halter Marine Completes Dry Dock Launch of Two Navy Berthing Barges
ST Engineering North America's shipbuilding arm VT Halter Marine has launched the first two berthing barges as part of the U.S. Navy's Auxiliary Personnel Lighter–Small program.
Read More »VT Systems Subsidiary to Design, Build Additional Berthing Barge for Navy
Vision Technologies Systems' shipbuilding arm has received a $39.8M contract option to design and build an additional barracks barge for the U.S. Navy.
Read More »ST Engineering Subsidiary to Support Navy Surface Vessel Design Analysis
ST Engineering North America's VT Halter Marine subsidiary has partnered with Gibbs & Cox to develop a concept for the U.S. Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Vessel as part of a design analysis contract that will run through August 2021.
Read More »ST Engineering Subsidiary Starts Maritime Apprenticeship Program; Tom Vecchiolla Comments
VT Halter Marine, a U.S. subsidiary of ST Engineering, has teamed up with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to introduce an apprenticeship program to help prepare students for careers in the shipbuilding industry. "The partnership between Halter Marine and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is another demonstration of Halter’s commitment to job creation and our community," said Tom Vecchiolla, chairman and CEO of ST Engineering North America.
Read More »Gibbs & Cox Adds Navy Vet William Landay to Board of Directors
William Landay III, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and president of WE LANDAY Consulting, has joined the board of directors at Arlington, Virginia-based maritime engineering and design company Gibbs & Cox. Gibbs & Cox said Friday the more than 35-year Navy veteran also currently holds a senior adviser role at Avascent International …
Read More »Lockheed, Saudi Officials Talk Potential Naval Fleet Sales; Patrick Dewar Comments
Lockheed Martin executives met with Saudi Arabian defense officials Wednesday at the Dubai Airshow to discuss the Middle Eastern nation’s multibillion-dollar naval expansion effort, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal-Esa writes Saudi Arabia is considering purchasing either Lockheed’s Littoral Combat Ship or the General Dynamics‘ DDG 51 class destroyer. “We’re hopeful in …
Read More »Navy Narrows Oiler Development Project to 3 Shipbuilders; Frank McCarthey Comments
General Dynamics‘ NASSCO subsidiary, Huntington Ingalls Industries and VT Halter Marine have been picked to draft proposals for a new class of U.S. Navy fleet replenishment oilers, the San Diego Union Tribune reported Wednesday. Gary Robbins writes the Navy plans to acquire 17 oilers and it will give the companies seed …
Read More »Report: General Dynamics Shipyards Competing Separately for $8.1B Coast Guard Program
Two General Dynamics subsidiaries are among the interested parties in an upcoming U.S. Coast Guard shipbuilding program potentially worth $8.1 billion for up to 25 ships, Defense News reports. According to Christopher Cavas’ report, the San Diego-based NASSCO subsidiary and Maine-based Bath Iron Works are both interested in the Offshore …
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