Type 26 to get fully automated ammunition system for Mk45 gun as Type 23 is upgraded with enhanced torpedo launch systems Royal Navy surface combatants including the Type 26 frigate and Type 23 frigates are to be the recipients of new weapons handling technology. BAE Systems Inc has received a US$219 million contract to equip […]
Quebec, Canada-based Chantier Davie Canada has exercised an exclusive option to acquire the assets of Finland’s Helsinki Shipyard Oy (HSO). Exercising the option does not mean an acquisition is completed. It is subject to the successful execution of thorough due diligence, including financial, regulatory and legal considerations, as well as final decision making by Davie. […]
Classification society DNV has awarded Viridis Bulk Carriers an approval in principle (AiP) for an ammonia-fuelled short-sea bulk carrier design. The certificate was presented during the Nor-Shipping trade fair. The bulk carrier design, developed by Kongsberg Maritime, is for 5,000dwt short-sea vessels that offer a 3,000nm range and safety levels equivalent to conventionally fuelled vessels. […]
Amogy, the US-headquartered ammonia power solutions company, has opened operations in Singapore in a move to expand to its maritime and power generation business in Asia. “With our sights set on reducing overall global carbon emissions, we’re thrilled to expand our presence in Asia,” says Seonghoon Woo, CEO and co-founder of Amogy. “Singapore is a […]
Fincantieri has signed a contract with Marc-Henry Cruise Holdings, joint owner/operator of Four Seasons Yachts, for the construction of a second ultra-luxury Four Seasons vessel. This second vessel’s order is worth more than €400 million, and the ship will be delivered in 2026. Fincantieri landed the order for the first 207m-long, 27m-wide, 180-guest ship of […]
Huntingdon Ingalls Shipbuilding (HII) says its Newport News Shipbuilding division recently received approval as a vendor to provide additive manufacturing components to Naval Sea Systems (NAVSEA) platforms. Certification enables NNS to use additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, to fabricate pipefittings or other potential components for use on aircraft carriers, submarines and other NAVSEA platforms. In […]
The Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division marked a major milestone in the new DDG(X) Land Based Test Site (LBTS) during a ribbon cutting ceremony on 21 March 2023. The test site will be used to support and improve reliability and capability and will also assist with risk reduction […]
The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) completed an 18-month docking planning incremental availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility on 21 March 2023. Work completed during the availability, which began on 10 September 2021, included a variety of regularly scheduled maintenance as well as modernization upgrades. The project […]
The US Navy’s latest Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, USNS Cody (EPF 14), was launched at Austal USA’s shipyard on 20 March 2023. Capable of transporting personnel and cargo up to 1,200 nautical miles at a speed of 35 knots, each EPF vessel has a flight deck to support day and night aircraft launch and […]
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract for the sale of six sets of controllable pitch propellers to Hyundai Heavy Industries. The propellers will be installed on six new 94-metre offshore patrol vessels for the Philippine Navy. Each propulsion set will consist of twin Kongsberg Kamewa controllable pitch propeller 86 A/5 D-B systems, as well as […]
In early April 2023, UK Minister for Defence Procurement Alex Chalk attended the ceremony to officially begin construction on the future HMS Birmingham at BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard in Glasgow. The steel cutting, marking the official start of build on the fourth of eight Type 26 frigates, was carried out by apprentice burner, Ciaran Baillie, […]
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) held a launching ceremony in April 2023 for the Korean Navy’s first ‘3,600-ton class’ frigate, Chungnam. The ceremony took place at the company’s Ulsan headquarters. Chungnam is the first ship of six Ulsan-class Batch-III frigates. The vessel is 129m long with a breadth of 15m. It is equipped with a multi-function […]