PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- VT Bollinger has secured a $350 million contract with Crowley Maritime Corp. to build two container roll-on/roll-off ships. The vessels, designed by Wartsila Ship Design, will be built in Pascagoula with construction beginning the first half of...
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Another MQ-8C delivered
Northrop Grumman has delivered the second MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the U.S. Navy after completing final assembly at the company's unmanned systems center in Moss Point, Miss. The aircraft is joining the first one delivered to Naval Base Ventura County,...
Signal backlog adds two rigs
MOBILE, Ala. -- Signal International announced it’s been awarded a contract to repair two oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. The company is now scheduled to repair six offshore oil rigs, a backlog that will boost hiring at the company, officials said. Headquartered in...
County poised for growth
MOSS POINT, Miss. -- Jackson County was hit hard by the recession, but residents can expect a positive future, economics consultant Loren Scott told about 150 participants at Thursday’s Jackson County Economic Development Foundation's investors meeting....
LHA 6 back from builder’s trials
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding division's multipurpose amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6) returned Saturday from successful builder's sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Ingalls' test and trials team started with dock trials Monday and then spent five...
Port wants money for export facility
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Port of Pascagoula commissioners agreed to ask the Jackson County Board of Supervisors to borrow up to $24 million to be used in building a $30 million specialized wood pellet exporting facility on Bayou Casotte. Florida-based Green Circle Bio...
First Federal wins kudos
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- First Federal Savings and Loan has been named the top bank on American Banker magazine's list of the "Best Banks to Work For." First Federal won in the under $3 billion in assets category. Thirty-five banks were listed in the inaugural program....
Expo highlights career paths
An idea that began in Jackson County two years ago will come to life Wednesday and Thursday at Biloxi’s Mississippi Coast Convention Center when some 6,000 students from 27 south Mississippi schools explore career pathways. Pathways2Possibilities is a career expo for...
AF buying more Global Hawks
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $114 million advance procurement contract in preparation to build three more RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems and associated sensors. The advance procurement of items associated with three Block 30 aircraft...
Floating dry dock open
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- VT Bollinger Inc. said its new floating dry dock is now open for business and already has its first customers. The 546-foot long dock is part of an overall expansion plan at the south yard in Pascagoula. This is where VT Bollinger is adding a...
Ingalls gets exemption gift
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Pascagoula Mayor Jim Blevins read a proclamation celebrating Ingalls Shipbuilding's 75th anniversary, gave company President Irwin F. Edenzon a key to the city, then the City Council voted to give the company a 10-year exemption on ad valorem...
Training center has formal opening
PASCAGOULA, Miss. – Ingalls Shipbuilding officially opened the 70,000 square-foot Haley Reeves Barbour Maritime Training Academy today with a ribbon-cutting. The building, named for the former governor of Mississippi, will provide training for future Ingalls workers....