Austal receives $368 mln LCS 8 contract from US Navy

WASHINGTON (BNS): US Navy has awarded a USD$368.6 million contract to Austal for the construction of a fourth 127-metre trimaran Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS 8).

Recently, Austal has received a USD$3.5 billion contract from US Navy for the construction of additional 10 Littoral Combat Ships in five years.

Once commissioned, these 10 ships will join the Austal-built USS Independence (LCS 2) which was commissioned in January 2010.

TBS International takes delivery of fifth ‘Roymar Class’ tweendeckers

TBS International announced today that it has taken delivery of the newly-constructed vessel M/V Comanche Maiden from China Communications Construction Company/Nantong Yahua Shipbuilding Group.

The M/V Comanche Maiden is the fifth in a series of six “Roymar Class” 34,000 dwt multipurpose tweendecker vessels that the Company ordered at a purchase price of $35.4 million per vessel. This vessel, like her sister ships, has box-shaped holds, open hatches and fully retractable hydraulic tweendecks, is geared with 35 and 40 ton cranes combinable up to 80 tons, and has a modern fuel-efficient engine enabling the vessel to operate effectively at 15 knots.