Government of Canada has awarded a $2.7 million contract to Heddle Marine Service Incorporated for important refit and maintenance work for the CCGS Griffon. The CCGS Griffon is a high-endurance multi-tasked vessel and light icebreaker based in Prescott, Ontario. This year, the Griffon celebrates it
Australian Navy’s HMAS Sirius is currently providing replenishment support as part of Exercise TALISMAN SABRE on the back of successful trials of a new high-speed inflatable towed target system with an unmanned boat. The system was developed to meet the Navy’s need for a low-cost expendable towed ta
Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) divers and support personnel from Technical Support Detachment’s (TSD) Combined Explosive Exploitation Cell (CEXC) supported the 13th International Human-Powered Submarine Races June 22-26, at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division in West Bethesda,
L-3 Communications is being awarded a $7,5 million modification to previously awarded contract for the production of the first two shipsets of the Hybrid Electric Drive (HED) Electric Propulsion System (EPS) for DDG 51 class ships, as well as engineering services and associated provisioning items. L
LHD Adelaide Begins Sea Trials Australian Navy’s new Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) NUSHIP Adelaide left BAE Systems Williamstown on June 17 to begin sea trials. BAE Systems to Prepare HMNB Portsmouth for New Aircraft Carriers BAE Systems has been awarded a £5.5M contract to install a new Vessel Traf
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of PCU John Warner (SSN 785) June 25, the 12th submarine of the Virginia Class. John Warner is the second of eight Virginia-class Block III ships and the sixth to be delivered to the U.S. Navy by Newport News Shipbuilding. John Warner successfully completed the Navy’s
Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth’s mighty diesel generators have been powered-up marking a major milestone on the way to becoming an operational warship. The 65,000 tonne future flagship of the Royal Navy has undergone months of preparation work by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA) to start the fi
Detyens Shipyards Inc. received a $13,2 million contract for 55-calendar-day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry docking of USNS Lenthall (T-AO 189). Work will include general ship services for ship, hazardous waste disposal, ultrasonic thickness gauging, port and starboard upper
On Thursday 18 June 2015, Operation Atalanta warship, ITS Libeccio, responded to a distress call from an Italian-flagged merchant vessel, MV Roberto Rizzo, after it became adrift 55 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia. MV Roberto Rizzo had been en route to China when it developed serious engine
Sixteen new-build Patrol Boats for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) will be powered by Caterpillar Marine’s Cat® power solutions. Each Patrol Boat will be equipped with two Cat C32 main propulsion diesel engines and two Cat C9 ship service diesel generators. The first Patrol Boats will be construct
Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 conducted joint training at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story (JEBLC-FS) June 16. Sailors participating in the training are preparing for the salvage of the Civil War Ironclad CSS Georgia. Se
US Navy’s supply ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) will undergo regular overhaul and dry docking at BAE Systems’ San Francisco yard. The contract, worth $13,5 million, is for a 45-calendar-day shipyard availability. Work will include elevator fork truck guard deck and sump removal, upgrade FAS station oil
Canadian Navy’s HMCS Whitehorse responded to a request for assistance from Amora Mia, a 75-foot pleasure vessel, which had reported an engine room fire at approximately 1 p.m. on June 10, 2015. When HMCS Whitehorse arrived, the fire had been extinguished but the vessel was adrift with no propulsion.
General Dynamics NASSCO is being awarded a $7,2 million modification to previously awarded contract for USS George H.W Bush (CVN 77) fiscal 2015 planned incremental availability. The CVN multi-ship, multi-option contract addresses maintenance, repair and modernization efforts for CVN-68 class aircra
