Category: Shipbuilding

USA - another nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be scrapped

USA - another nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be scrapped

Gepostet von | 8 Aug 2025 | , , | 0

A company from the US state of Vermont has been awarded a fixed-price contract worth around 460 million euros for the scrapping, recycling and disposal of the former USS "Enterprise" (CVN-65). The work in Mobile, Alabama, is due to be completed by November 2029. When it entered service in 1961, the historic "Enterprise" was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the only ship in its class for cost reasons. With a length of 343 metres, it was also the longest warship ever to serve in the US Navy. The aircraft carrier was decommissioned in 2012 and decommissioned in 2017. According to the Naval History and Heritage Command, "The Big...

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Peene shipyard delivers customs vessel

Peene shipyard delivers customs vessel

Gepostet von | 11 Jul 2025 | , , | 2

Another customs vessel has been delivered to the NVL site in Wolgast, meaning that another of a total of three new customs vessels has been handed over to the Directorate General of Customs as planned. The 55-metre-long vessel is equipped with a low-emission LNG drive and will be deployed in the Baltic Sea in future. The Directorate General of Customs had commissioned the Peene shipyard to design and build three new customs vessels with climate and environmentally friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion. The first customs vessel of this type was handed over to the customer on schedule at the end of March. "Thanks to the outstanding teamwork of all partners involved and the close coordination with our customer, we...

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NVL opens expanded training centre in Hamburg

NVL opens expanded training centre in Hamburg

Gepostet von | 5 Jul 2025 | , , , | 0

Modernisation at the Blohm+Voss NVL site In order to get more young people interested in a career in shipbuilding, the industry is working hard to promote its image and recruit young talent. In the annual report of the VSM (Verband für Schiffbau und Meerestechnik e. V. - German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association), recruitment is a central concern. Good training is also part of the attractiveness of the industry. And this is where the NVL has now set an example: At the Blohm+Voss NVL site in Hamburg, around half a million euros has been invested in modernising the training centre. Young trainees from Blohm+Voss, the neighbouring Norderwerft shipyard and Lürssen Yachts & Refit Services receive qualified training in various apprenticeships at Steinwerder. ....

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