Lockport, La., headquartered Bollinger Shipyards has promoted Andrew “Andy” Naquin to vice president of sales, where he will lead the company’s sales team.
“Since joining Bollinger, Andy has been an invaluable addition to our team,” said Ben Bordelon, president and CEO of Bollinger Shipyards. “His deep experience and breadth of relationships in the maritime industry are second to none, and I know he’ll continue to deliver our customers the highest level of quality service and solutions that...
BAE Systems – Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., has been awarded a $87,284,916 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance, modernization, and repair of USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) fiscal 2024 docking selected restricted availability. Awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring its cumulative value to $92 million.
The competitively-awarded contract, for which NAVSEA received three offers will see the Norfolk-homeported dock landing...
The board of directors of Austal USA has named Michelle Kruger president of Austal USA, where she has been serving as interim president since August 2023.
Kruger joined Austal USA in 2022 as the vice president of global services and support. In that role she led Austal USA’s ship repair and warranty efforts including the development of business strategy and strategic alliances. She also oversaw the stand up of Austal USA’s San Diego repair yard including the delivery of a purpose-built...
Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) has announced its 2023 results and backlog. The company reported a net loss of $27.0 million and a loss per diluted share of $5.39 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023 compared to net loss of $17.4 million and loss per diluted share of $3.47 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022.
Conrad Industries’ backlog as of December 31, 2023 was $253.8 million, compared to $244.1 million at December 31, 2022, and $148.5 million at December 31, 2021.
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Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Oregon, and Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., have each been awarded contracts by Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Va., for work on fleet replenishment oiler (T-AO) vessels.
Vigor Marine has been awarded awarded a $24,215,951 firm-fixed-price contract for a 75-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187). The contract includes a base period and five options that, if...
“We are cautiously optimistic about the future of our vessel construction segment due to recent backlog additions for repeat builds in the ferry and barge markets for repeat customers,” said Johnny Conrad, CEO of Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD), as the company announced its latest results. “Our management team continues to focus on effectively executing our current backlog, securing new contracts, increasing efficiencies and controlling costs so that we can be well-positioned for...
Canada’s Seaspan Shipyards is making substantial investments to upgrade and expand its Vancouver Drydock infrastructure to help grow the company’s ship repair and maintenance operations.
Seaspan received permit approval from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) in October 2023 to extend its North Vancouver dry dock facilities to increase capacity and service additional vessels.
Seaspan says that consolidation of its ship repair and maintenance projects at Vancouver Drydock has resulted in...
Vigor Marine LLC, Seattle, Wash, has been awarded a $124,223,521 firm-fixed-price contract to furnish the material, support, and facilities; and provide the management, technical, procurement, production, testing, and quality assurance necessary to prepare and accomplish the repairs and alterations required to complete the fiscal 2024 drydocking selected restricted availability of the USS Barry (DDG 52).
The contract awarded Vigor includes options that, if exercised, would bring its cumulative...
The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA)has named Kevin Terry as its senior defense advisor, overseeing the organization’s national ship repair and security, as well as workforce development and education, initiatives. He is set to assume the role December 15, succeeding Frank Collins, who is now senior vice president of government and public affairs at Titan Acquisition Holdings.
With a career spanning nearly 40 years in the public and private sectors supporting ship material readiness for the...
General Dynamics NASSCO reports that it has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract for the maintenance, modernization and repair of two Arleigh Burke class destroyers, USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) and USS James E. Williams (DDG 95). The contract, for an initial $15.6 million, includes options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $753.8 million.
“NASSCO and our industry partners are looking forward to executing a pair of successful availabilities and are thankful the Navy has...