PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- VT Bollinger in Escatawpa on Tuesday launched the ocean-going articulated tug barge Denise A. Bouchard. Construction of the 112-foot vessel began in March 2013, and the keel was laid in May 2013 at VT Bollinger’s Moss Point Marine facility in...
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Ingalls buys Moss Point space
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding has bought the 12.26-acre former 84 Lumber property with 94,000 square feet of warehouse space, officials said today. Ingalls President Irwin Edenzon said it’s "another component of our strategy to consolidate facilities." The...
Refinery getting new GM
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Bruce Chinn has been named general manager of the Chevron Pascagoula Refinery, effective March 1. Chinn, who currently works as a deputy upgrader manager in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, for Chevron Global Technology Services Co., will succeed...
LHA 6 back at shipyard
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The amphibious assault ship America, LHA 6, returned to Ingalls Shipbuilding Friday after successful acceptance sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Ingalls' test and trials team demonstrated more than 220 test events to the U.S. Navy's board of...
Last Avondale ship leaves yard
The USS Somerset, expected to be the last Navy ship built at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Avondale shipyard, left Monday headed to Philadelphia for a March 1 commissioning. The 684-foot amphibious transport dock ship is the third ship named after the Sept. 11, 2001...
Pascagoula economic growth No. 3
Pascagoula's economy grew 6.2 percent in 2013, making it the third fastest growing local economy in the nation. That's based on data published by the Conference of Mayors and produced by IHS Global Insight. Pascagoula's employment was up 3.1 percent, 23rd best in...
Plant adding to product lineup
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Mississippi Phosphates plans to add to its product line. Beginning in mid-February the company will add Monoammonium Phosphate to take advantage of broader market opportunities. The company already produces Diammonium Phosphate, sold through...
Global Hawk big budget winner?
The Global Hawk unmanned aerial system, made in part in Moss Point, Miss., could be a big winner in the Air Force's fiscal 2015 budget submission. That would mark a change in fortune for a program the service has tried to kill since 2012. The Northrop...
Ingalls to award STEM grants
Ingalls Shipbuilding on Friday will award grants totaling more than $107,000 to Gulf Coast school districts for educational projects related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It happens at 9:15 a.m. at Ingalls Shipbuilding's Visitor Control Center,...
BAMS-D hits milestone
The Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator (BAMS-D) unmanned aircraft system has completed 10,000 combat hours in the six years it has been deployed in the Central Command area of responsibility, the US Navy disclosed. The RQ-4 Global...
Global Hawk safety record tops
Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial System has been designated as the platform with the best safety record in the U.S. Air Force in 2013. The combat-proven Global Hawk has logged more than 100,000 flight hours and carries a variety of intelligence,...
VT Halter lays barge keel
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- VT Bollinger laid the keel for one of two articulated tug barge units being built for Bouchard Transportation Co. Construction of the two units began in April at VT Bollinger's Pascagoula facility, with delivery scheduled for mid 2015. The barge...