Keel laying ceremony for the Second New Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), indigenously designed and in–house built by Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) for the Indian Coast Guard, was held at GSL on 28th Jan 2013. The keel laying ceremony for the Second of the New Class OPV comes on the heels of commissioning of the [...]
Leading defence prime contractor Austal, and leading repair, conversion and maintenance shipyard Sembawang Shipyard Pte. Ltd. (a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, Singapore), have entered into a strategic partnership to provide market-leading sustainment capability to the US Navy. Austal and Sembawang Shipyard believe the partnership provides an important resource to the US Navy and other defence [...]
Sevmash shipyard recently marked a start of construction of a nuclear-powered deep-sea research submarine in Russia. Rubin Central Design Bureau designed the submarine which will be used for multi-purpose research missions in remote areas of the oceans and will also take part in a search and rescue operations, Eurasia Review informs. The main tasks which [...]
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Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo on Tuesday issued the following statement on the status of the negotiations between the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific (NAVFAC Pacific) and the Guam Shipyard on a long-term lease for a ship repair facility on Guam. “The U.S. Navy, NAVFAC Pacific in particular, has not been negotiating in good faith [...]
The keel-laying ceremony of Project 20183 salvage tug Akademik Aleksandrov developed by JSC Almaz Design Bureau (St. Petersburg) took place… Russian Navy, December 21, 2012; Image: Forum
The solemn keel-laying ceremony of Project 09852 nuclear-powered research submarine took place yesterday, on Dec 20, at Sevmash shipyard… Russian Navy, December 21, 2012; Image: Military Photos
Type 23 frigate HMS Portland is on her way home to Plymouth after a major refit at Rosyth shipyard. Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Portland has left Rosyth to return to her base port of Plymouth. The departure follows a 50-week, multi-million pound refit by Babcock at the Fife dockyard. With more than 260,000 [...]
Solemn keel-laying ceremony of the Project 21900M diesel-electric open-sea icebreaker was held today on Dec 12 at JSC Vyborg Shipyard… Source: Russian Navy, December 13, 2012; Image: JSC Vyborg Shipyard
Private sector shipbuilder ABG Shipyard today said it has bagged a Rs 485-crore order to build a cadet training vessel for the Navy. The order from the Defence Ministry to build the 110-meter vessel capable of carrying a light helicopter and achieving a top speed of 20 knots, is a repeat order, the company said [...]
Project 22010 oceanographic ship with unlimited operational zone was put afloat today at Yantar Shipyard… Source: Russian Navy, December 6, 2012; Image: Flot
