Exxon Mobil Corp.'s U.S. shipping affiliate, SeaRiver Maritime Inc., on Thursday signed a deal for construction of two double-hull tankers to carry Alaska North Slope crude oil. The agreement with ...

video: New hull coatings being developed by the US Office of Naval Research are showing promise in reducing the build-up of marine crustaceans -- namely barnacles -- on ships' hulls, optimizing vessel ...

Engineers have created a non-toxic "wrinkled" coating for use on ship hulls that resisted buildup of troublesome barnacles during 18 months of seawater tests, a finding that could ultimately save boat ...

The U.S. Navy has awarded separate contract modifications to General Dynamics‘ (NYSE:GD) NASSCO subsidiary and Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division to obtain ...

The FIBRESHIP project consortium held its second public workshop in June 2019 at partner company iXblue shipyard in La Ciotat (Marseille, France). There, it presented a demonstrator, a hull section of ...

WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy is seeking an analytical tool to predict problems with aluminum-hulled ships just months before it is due to announce the winner of the Littoral Combat ...