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Category: Bollinger Shipyards

  • USCG awards Bollinger and Finland’s RMC contracts for up to six Arctic Security Cutter icebreakers

    USCG awards Bollinger and Finland’s RMC contracts for up to six Arctic Security Cutter icebreakers The U.S. Coast Guard on Friday awarded two contracts to build up to six Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) icebreakers. The contracts were awarded to Rauma Marine Constructions Oy (RMC) of Rauma, Finland, and Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, LLC. of Lockport, La.…

  • Bollinger-led team picked to build six Arctic Security Cutters

    Bollinger-led team picked to build six Arctic Security Cutters Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed at the White House yesterday by President Trump and Finnish President Alexander Stubb, a team led by Bollinger Shipyards, in partnership with Rauma Marine Constructions, Seaspan Shipyards, and Aker Arctic Technology Inc., has been selected for the design and construction…

  • ULA’s SpaceShip will have full Schottel propulsion package

    ULA’s SpaceShip will have full Schottel propulsion package SpaceShip, the RO/RO cargo vessel under construction for United Launch Alliance by Bollinger Shipyards in Amelia, La., will be equipped with three Schottel SRP 460 LE RudderPropellers and two Schottel STT 1 TransverseThrusters STT 1. SpaceShip’s tailored electric system will be designed and supplied by Elkon Elelektrik…

  • DHS approves full production of first Polar Security Cutter

    DHS approves full production of first Polar Security Cutter The Department of Homeland Security this week approved full production of the first U.S. Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (PSC). The Coast Guard also received DHS approval for low-rate initial production of the Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC). The Coast Guard hailed the DHS decision as a…

  • Op-Ed: Change and opportunity in U.S. shipbuilding’s new era

    Op-Ed: Change and opportunity in U.S. shipbuilding’s new era For organizations looking to work with U.S. shipbuilding, understanding the requirements will be crucial to success, writes Darren Guillory, SSI ShipConstructor Will the next decade be a golden age for American shipyards? From the clouded perspective of 2025 it is hard to discern whether plans for…

  • Bollinger gets $951.6M modification to Polar Security Cutter contract

    Bollinger gets $951.6M modification to Polar Security Cutter contract Marking a major milestone in the Coast Guard’s heavy polar icebreaker program, Bollinger Shipyards has been awarded a $951.6 million contract modification that advances the Polar Security Cutter program to the detail design and construction phase. “Securing this contract modification has truly been a herculean effort…

  • Bollinger Mississippi hosts two key Navy officials

    Bollinger Mississippi hosts two key Navy officials Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding last week hosted Dr. Brett Seidle, acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition (ASN RDA), and Rear Adm. Tom Anderson, Program Executive Officer Ships, at its facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The visit underscored the critical role of American shipbuilding in enhancing…

  • Bollinger delivers FRC 58: USCGC John Witherspoon

    Bollinger delivers FRC 58: USCGC John Witherspoon Bollinger Shipyards yesterday announced the delivery of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) John Witherspoon at Coast Guard Sector Key West. This is the 58th Fast Response Cutter (FRC) delivered under the U.S. Coast Guard’s current program and the 184th vessel built by Bollinger for the U.S. Coast…