Ships

HII gets $1.5B contract for LPD 27

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yes
Country/Region/International Authority: 
United States
Company: 
Huntington Ingalls Industries
Contract Amount: 
1,500,000,000 USD
Announcement Date: 
07/31/2012
Source Link(s): 
United Press International Article

Huntington Ingalls Industries is designing and building the U.S. Navy's LPD 27 amphibious transport dock.

The fixed-price incentive contract for detail design and construction is worth $1.5 billion.

"This contract validates our proven performance in building amphibious ships," said LPD program Vice President Doug Lounsberry. "Our shipbuilders have the necessary and unique skills to build these extremely complex warships and meet all Navy expectations.

Submitted by DTW on Tue, 2012-08-07 11:54

Britain ordering tankers from Daewoo

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yes
Country/Region/International Authority: 
United Kingdom
Company: 
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Contract Amount: 
700,000,000 USD
Announcement Date: 
02/23/2012
Source Link(s): 
United Press International

LONDON, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Britain plans to order four 35,000-ton fuel tankers for the British navy's auxiliary fleet from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering of South Korea.

The order, announced by Britain's Ministry of Defense, is worth $700 million and is the third-largest defense export-related order for the Asian nation order.

It did not come, however, without dissent. The British Labor Party's shadow Defense Secretary Jim Murphy called the order a loss for British industry.

Submitted by DTW on Sat, 2012-03-10 22:53

USS Abraham Lincoln set for overhaul

Active: 
yes
Country/Region/International Authority: 
United States
Company: 
Huntington Ingalls Industries
Contract Amount: 
383,000,000 USD
Announcement Date: 
02/27/2012
Source Link(s): 
United Press International

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln will receive refueling complex overhaul services from Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., parent company of NNS, said company work will involve planning, design, engineering, material procurement, pre-fabrication and shipboard inspections.

The value of the cost-plus-fixed fee, level-of-effort contract option is $383 million.

Submitted by DTW on Sat, 2012-03-10 22:50

US Navy orders more JHSVs from Austal

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yes
Country/Region/International Authority: 
United States
Company: 
Austal
Contract Amount: 
321,700,000 USD
Announcement Date: 
02/27/2012
Source Link(s): 
United Press International

MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Austal USA is building the eighth and ninth Joint High Speed Vessels for the U.S. Navy under contract options worth $321.7 million.

The JHSV is a 337-foot, diesel engine-powered catamaran with a flight deck and seating for more than 300 troops, plus cargo.

The Navy gave Austal a contract to build the first JHSV in 2008, with options for nine more. The total value of the contract with the exercise of all options is $6.1 billion.

Submitted by DTW on Sat, 2012-03-10 22:47

Brazil orders BAE Systems patrol boats

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yes
Country/Region/International Authority: 
Brazil
Company: 
BAE
Contract Amount: 
172,000,000 USD
Announcement Date: 
01/03/2012
Source Link(s): 
United Press International

 

LONDON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- BAE Systems of Britain is supplying the Brazilian navy with three ocean patrol vessels, which will be delivered this year and next.

Submitted by DTW on Sun, 2012-01-15 11:36

Daewoo wins Indonesian submarine deal

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yes
Country/Region/International Authority: 
Indonesia
Company: 
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Contract Amount: 
1,100,000,000 USD
Announcement Date: 
12/23/2011
Source Link(s): 
United Press International

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has landed a contract worth around $1.1 billion to build three submarines for the Indonesian navy.

DSME said in October that it was getting close to winning the contract, the first time the company will export submarines. It also is the largest defense contract for any South Korean firm, a report in The Korea Herald newspaper said.

Each submarine will be just more than 200 feet long, displace 1,400 tons, carry a crew of 40 and have eight torpedo tubes.

Submitted by DTW on Sun, 2012-01-15 11:33

Navy gives DDG advance purchase award

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yes
Country/Region/International Authority: 
United States
Company: 
Huntington Ingalls Industries
Contract Amount: 
46,000,000 USD
Announcement Date: 
12/06/2011
Source Link(s): 
United Press International

PASCAGOULA, Miss., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has given Huntington Ingalls' shipbuilding division an advanced procurement award for work on the third Zumwalt class destroyer.

The contract is valued at $46 million. The company said the majority of the work would be performed at its Composite Center of Excellence in Gulfport, Miss.

"Strategically, this is a very important contract to our company and specifically to the composite shipbuilders working in Gulfport," said Karrie Trauth, Ingalls Shipbuilding's DDG 1000 program manager.

Submitted by DTW on Fri, 2011-12-16 21:29

DSME, KOTC ink shipbuilding contracts for 2 Aframax tankers

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yes
Country/Region/International Authority: 
Kuwait
Company: 
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Contract Amount: 
300,000,000 USD
Announcement Date: 
07/12/2010
Termination Date: 
06/30/2012
Source Link(s): 
DSME Press Release
ShippingOnline.cn Article

DSME signed a $300 million contract with KOTC (Kuwait Oil Tanker Company) to build two Aframax size petroleum product tankers. The company is scheduled to deliver the vessels by the first half of 2012.

Submitted by DTW on Thu, 2010-11-18 18:39

DSME Secures Order from Malaysia's AET

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yes
Country/Region/International Authority: 
Malaysia
Company: 
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Contract Amount: 
440,000,000 USD
Announcement Date: 
07/20/2010
Termination Date: 
10/31/2013
Source Link(s): 
DSME Press Release
SteelGuru.com Article

On July 20th, DSME won a new order to build four 320,000 DWT very large crude oil carriers (VLCCs) valued at US $440 million from Malaysia's AET (American Eagle Tanker Inc. Ltd.).

At a length of 333 meters long and a width of 60 meters, each of the VLCCs will be able to carry 320,000 tons of crude oil. The company is scheduled to deliver the vessels by October of 2013.

Submitted by DTW on Thu, 2010-11-18 18:18

DSME bags 10 boxships

Active: 
yes
Country/Region/International Authority: 
Singapore
Company: 
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Contract Amount: 
1,200,000,000,000 KRW
Announcement Date: 
07/21/2010
Termination Date: 
11/30/2013
Source Link(s): 
DSME Press Release
TradeWinds.no Article

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has won an order worth almost $1bn for ten containership newbuildings.

The South Korean yard has remained tight-lipped, however, on the identity of the owner behind the mommoth order for 8,400-TEU vessels.

A well-placed shipbroking source has, however, told TradeWinds that the $975m order is from Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines (NOL).

There are understood to be no optional contracts with the order. Delivery is set to be split between 2012 and 2013.

Submitted by DTW on Thu, 2010-11-18 18:11
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