The US Navy’s first John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, T-AO 205, has been launched at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Corporation (NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego.
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USS Delbert D. Black finished trials on March 12 allowing the U.S. Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey to review the ship’s crew performing a series of demonstrations prior to its planned commissioning.
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The Maritime Executive reports that Inchcape Shipping Services Holdings Ltd. and subsidiaries will pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit involving allegations that the company overcharged the U.S. Navy for supplies and services at ports around the world between 2005 and 2014. The contract rate discrepancies were exposed when whistleblowers at the company came forward with information. Read more of the
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