Shipbuilding

Famatta Cole, left, and Bill McCormick will be recognized for their military service and contributions to HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division during the Armed Forces Classic basketball game on the NNS-built USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on Veterans Day. Lexi Whitehead/HII photo

NCAA basketball game to be held aboard aircraft carrier

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The Capt. Joseph Bisso. Bisso Towboat photo

Bisso Towboat to build 5,000-hp tug at Main Iron

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The 418.2'x82' Grand Canyon III offshore. Norwegian Electric Systems AS photo construction vessel.

Battery pack to be installed on offshore construction vessel

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All six battery-hybrid-electric-island-class ferries have arrived at BC Ferries. The ferries carry 47 vehicles and are double-ended for easy loading and unloading. BC Ferries photo

New hybrid-electric ferries provide bridge to zero emissions

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The new purpose built shipboard RIBCRAFT RIBs renewed the CAFW’s aging and varied fleet. RIBCRAFT photo

RIBCRAFT fulfills contract with California fish and wildlife

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The yacht Coral Ocean is hauled out of the water for service at Derecktor Ft. Pierce. Measuring 239.4' long and weighing nearly 1,300 tons, Coral Ocean is the largest yacht ever to be hauled using strap lift technology anywhere in the world. Tom Serio photo

Derecktor sets record for largest strap lift yacht haul-out

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The 104’ foot passenger/vehicle ferry is designed by Gilbert Associates. ECS Federal - Marine and Engineering Division rendering

Steiner Shipyard to build new 104' ferry for Maine

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Matson has contracted with Philly Shipyard Inc. to build three 3,600-TEU Aloha-class container ships for $1 billion. Matson image.

Matson contracts with Philly Shipyard for three ships at $1 billion

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The Beluga24 has a capacity of 147 passengers and 28 bicycles. New York Cruise Lines rendering

Spring launch scheduled for first zero-emissions passenger ferry in NYC

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The Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has a new vessel in the lineup of the floating plant that will replace the derrick boat McCauley — the derrick boat Kolber. Andre' M. Hampton/Corps of Engineers photo

Corps of Engineers christens new derrick boat

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The amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6) returned to Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding following successful acceptance sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico in 2014. Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding photo

Ingalls awarded $2.4 billion contract to build another amphibious assault ship

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The company performed field tests on the ground and at height using a suite of Sarcos solutions. Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp. photo

Robots that do shipyard work

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A welder from Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors welds the initials of Discoverer's sponsor, Second Gentleman Douglas C. Emhoff, onto a steel plate that will be incorporated into the ship in keeping with maritime tradition. NOAA photo

Keel-laying ceremony held for NOAA oceanographic research vessel

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