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, an ST Engineering business, has secured a $39M contract option to design and build a fourth temporary accommodation barge for the U.S. Navy.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 and the Potomac Institute of […] More

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 the next several months that […] More