VT Halter Marine Inc, a subsidiary of VT Systems Inc., announced the arrival of a 12,000 MT Floating Dry Dock transported by a heavy lift vessel from the Philippines. The dock dimensions are LOA ...

Jul. 16—The Navy floating dry dock USS Los Alamos is shown in Scotland in the 1980s. (Courtesy: U.S. Navy) A well-traveled floating dry dock built in the 1940s to service Navy vessels and ...

Austal USA began construction on the Navy’s Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Medium (AFDM) at the company’s Gulf Coast ship manufacturing facility last week.

BAE was so committed to its San Diego operation in 2015-16 it invested about $100 million to improve its facility and add a large floating dry dock.

Editor's note: This version corrects the explanation of how a dry dock functions. That enormous building being towed up the Thames River on Wednesday? It was actually a floating dry dock that was ...

Austal ‘s ship manufacturing business in Mobile, Alabama, will design and build a medium auxiliary floating dry dock for the U.S. Navy under a potential $128.1 million firm-fixed-price contract ...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — A 12,000-metric ton floating dry dock has arrived at VT Halter Marine's south yard in Pascagoula, Miss. Bill Skinner, CEO of VT Halter Marine, says in a news release ...

Jul. 16—A well-traveled floating dry dock built in the 1940s to service Navy vessels and relocated to the Port of Brownsville in the 1990s has been retired. The advanced base sectional dock ...