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Bollinger Shipyards Acquires Gulf Island Fabrication’s Shipyard Facilities
April 19, 2021 GMT
LOCKPORT, La. (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 19, 2021
Bollinger Shipyards (“Bollinger”), a privately-held leading designer and builder of steel military and commercial vessels for the past three quarters of a century, today announced that it has acquired Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.’s (“Gulf Island”) (NASDAQ: GIFI) Shipyard facilities, expanding Bollinger’s new construction and repair capacity and capabilities to better serve its key defense and commercial customers. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
BMT Wins US Navy Cable Ship Replacement Study Contract
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USNS Zeus (T-ARC 7) (Photo: Fincantieri Marine Group)
Marine engineering firm BMT has been awarded a prime contract to conduct industry studies for the U.S. Navy’s T-ARC(X) cable ship replacement program.
The Navy’s only operational cable ship, the nearly 40-year-old USNS Zeus (T-ARC 7), is approaching the end of its service life, and the Navy is interested in recapitalizing its undersea cable installation and repair capabilities, as well as adding the new mission sets of acoustic, hydrographic, and bathymetric survey; and deploying and recovering unmanned underwater vessels.
Coast Guard Ship Modernization Under Full Steam MARITIME SECURITY
3/3/2021
Coast Guard photo by PAC Tom Sperduto
As work continues on replacing its fleets of outdated ships, the Coast Guard is kicking off the development of two new programs a vessel for Arctic operations and a family of boats that will ply inland waterways.
“We have a lot going on. We’re doing more acquisitions than we’ve done since World War II,” said Rear Adm. Mike J. Johnston, assistant commandant for acquisition at the service.
Progress continues on the Coast Guard’s top shipbuilding priority, the Offshore Patrol Cutter, he said at the Surface Navy Association annual meeting in January.
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Panel: Future Fleet Numbers Not As Important As Capabilities Like Sealift, Unmanned
March 1, 2021 3:03 PM
Terrance Wells, from San Diego, ties straps for a containment project on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on Oct. 26, 2020. US Navy Photo
A panel of Navy experts is hopeful that discussions around the future naval fleet will focus on big-picture questions – how will the Navy and the nation pay for modernizing the sealift fleet, do unmanned craft count as ships, and how does the sea service balance the needs of small and large shipyards as it builds and maintains the fleet – instead of getting stuck on debates over exactly how many ships of each class the Navy needs for its future force design.