Shipyard News

KAUST orders Saudi Arabia’s first regional class research vessel

KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) announced that Freire Shipyards, which has over 100 years of shipbuilding experience, will build its new research vessel, R/V Thuwal II, at its yard in Vigo, Spain. Upon its expected completion in 2026, R/V Thuwal II will be the first regional class research vessel for Saudi Arabia and enable complete access to the Red Sea, including coastal waters and the deep sea.  

R/V Thuwal II will be the flagship of the Saudi research vessel fleet...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/kaust-to-build-first-regional-class-research-vessel-in-saudi-arabia/

Bollinger gets $7.6M mod to unmanned MCM vessel contract

Bollinger Shipyards Lockport LLC, Lockport, La., has been awarded a $7,677,970 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-22-C-6305) to exercise options for Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicles (MCM USV) engineering support.

Work will be performed in Lockport (37%); Portsmouth, Va. (34%); Dallas, Texas (14%); Slidell, La.(10%); Orrville, Ohio (3%); and Hudson, Wisc. (2%), and is expected to be completed by September 2025. Naval Sea Systems Command,...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/bollinger-gets-7-6m-mod-to-unmanned-mcm-vessel-contract/

BAE San Diego and Vigor get NAVSEA contracts worth $254M

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Washington, D.C., yesterday awarded two shipyards contracts worth a total of $253,923,531 for work on Arleigh Burke class destroyers. Both contracts include options that, if exercised, could substantially increase their value.

BAE Systems – San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, Calif., has been awarded a $177,821,136 firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract modification to a previously awarded undefinitized contract action N00024-24-C-4423 for the repair,...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/bae-san-diego-and-vigor-get-navsea-contracts-worth-254m/

Austal USA pleads guilty to accounting fraud and obstruction of DoD audit

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that Austal USA LLC, a subsidiary of Australian shipbuilder Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) yesterday entered a guilty plea and agreed to pay $24 million to resolve an investigation by the Justice Department related to an accounting fraud scheme and efforts to obstruct the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) during a financial capability audit.

The Justice Department’s criminal resolution was coordinated with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)....

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/austal-usa-pleads-guilty-to-accounting-fraud-and-obstruction-of-dod-audit/

BAE Jacksonville gets $26.2M mod to LCS 29 contract

BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair LLC, Jacksonville, Fla., has been awarded a $26,225,607 cost-plus-award-fee modification to exercise an option to a previously awarded contract (N00024-20-C-2320) for the accomplishment of a post shakedown availability (PSA). The PSA is for one Freedom variant littoral combat ship (LCS 29).

Work will be performed in Mayport, Florida, and is expected to complete February 2026. Fiscal 2024 Shipbuilding and Conversion (Navy) funding in the amount of $4,911,885...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/bae-jacksonville-gets-26-2m-mod-to-lcs-29-contract/

Conrad Shipyard awarded $18.2 million YRBM contract mod

Within two-weeks of celebrating a First of Class Recognition ceremony for YRBM-57, the first in a new class of yard, repair, berthing, messing (YRBM) vessels, Conrad Shipyard,Morgan City, La., has been awarded an $18,185,672 firm-fixed-price contract modification covering the detail design and construction of one additional YRBM with delivery to Norfolk, Va.

Work will be performed in Amelia, La., and is expected to be completed by June 2026.

VIDEO: Conrad celebrates First of Class Recognition...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/conrad-shipyard-awarded-18-2-million-yrbm-contract-mod/

Bardex wins contract for new 27,000-tonne Irving Shipbuilding shiplift

Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding Inc. has awarded Bardex Corporation a contract for a 165-meter shiplift with a capacity of over 27,000 tonnes. The Bardex OmniLift shiplift will include fifty-six 575-tonne chain jack lift stations and, according to Bardex, will be the largest shiplift in North America and South America.

The system will support Irving’s River-class destroyer shipbuilding program, awarded under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy.

“It’s a pleasure to welcome Bardex onto the...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/bardex-wins-contract-for-new-27000-tonne-irving-shipbuilding-shiplift/

USCG extends Birdon America’s 47-foot MLB SLEP contract

Birdon America Inc. reports that the U.S. Coast Guard has exercised “Option Order 1” under the 47-foot MLB (Motor Lifeboat) Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) contract it was awarded in 2019. This modification extends the term of the contract through order years 6-10 and will allow up to another 72 MLBs to receive significant overhauls and upgrades.

“The unilateral contract modification speaks to the Coast Guard’s confidence in Birdon’s abilities as a major contractor,” said Birdon’s MLB...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/uscg-extends-birdon-americas-47-foot-mlb-slep-contract/

Austal USA christens EPF 15

With the smash of a champagne bottle on the bow of the ship, Mrs. Elizabeth Asher christened the future USNS Point Loma (EPF 15) at a ceremony held Saturday at Austal USA’s Mobile, Ala. shipyard.

EPF 15 is the second EPF Flight II ship built by Austal USA.

EPF Flight II provides a Role 2E (enhanced) medical capability which includes, among other capabilities, basic secondary health care built around primary surgery; intensive care unit; ward beds; and limited x-ray, laboratory and dental...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/austal-usa-christens-epf-15/

Seatrium AmFELS retires dry dock after 28 years of service at Port of Brownsville

After over 20 years of service in Seatrium AmFEL’s shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, the Solomon P. Ortiz floating dry dock was retired in May and the contract for its dismantling and recycling was awarded to neighboring SA Recycling-SteelCoast.

The dry dock helped AmFELS land important projects supporting thousands of jobs in the Rio Grande Valley and solidifying the company as the leading offshore shipyard on the Gulf of Mexico capable of designing, constructing, and repairing mobile drilling...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/dry-dock-retires-after-28-years-of-service-at-port-of-brownsville/

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