NNS lays Keel For First Of Nine Double Eagle Product Tankers
Jan 19, 2025 · On April 22, Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Tenneco, laid the keel for Despotico, the first of nine double-hulled commercial product tankers the shipyard is building for two...
Eletson Signs letter Of Intent To Build Tankers At Newport News
5 days ago · Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) and Eletson Corporation announced that they have signed a letter of intent on four 46,000-ton double hulled product tankers designed by Newport News and...
SHIPYARD TO CHRISTEN DOUBLE EAGLE TANKER - Daily Press
Jan 22, 1999 · Newport News Shipbuilding and Hvide Marine Inc. will christen the yard’s second-to-last Double Eagle tanker today. The HMI Ambrose Channel will join four other yard-built double-hull...
Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. -- Company History
Triggered by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, the law stipulated that all ships carrying petroleum products in U.S. coastal waters be double-hull vessels by 2015, which gave birth to Newport News' 'Double Eagle' program.
Maritime Contracts Newport News Shipbuilding Pushes Full Speed …
5 days ago · The Making Of A Commercial Success Newport News Shipbuilding won a contract to build five, 45,300-dwt Double Eagle product tankers for Hvide Van Ommeren Tankers of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
New double-hull tanker sets sail - Design News
May 17, 1998 · The American Progress is one of a class of petroleum tankers, called the Double Eagle, having a cargo body with two hulls separated by a distance of two meters. Seven pairs of cargo tanks plus two slop tanks are contained within the inner hull.
DOUBLE EAGLE TANKER CONSTRUCTION STARTS IN AUGUST
The DOUBLE EAGLE will feature a conventional double-skin hull with centreline bulkheads in the cargo tanks and a cargo capacity of 55,500m3 or 56,000m3, depending on whether a separate pump room or deepwell pumps are chosen.
NEWPORT NEWS TRYING TO WIN DEAL TO BUILD MORE TANKERS
Newport News Shipbuilding has been aggressively marketing a 600-foot tanker design known as the Double Eagle. The tanker is the giant Peninsula shipyard's first step back into commercial shipbuilding since the late 1970s.
CEREMONY BRINGS DOUBLE EAGLE CLOSER TO ITS END - Daily Press
Oct 3, 1998 · Bringing the troubled Double Eagle program closer to a close, Newport News Shipbuilding and Hvide Marine Inc. christen three tankers today in a private ceremony at the yard.
Ship Simulators Newport News Signs Letter Of Intent For Live
Jan 12, 2025 · Newport News Shipbuilding, a unit of Tenneco, announced that it has signed a letter of intent with Van Ommeren Shipping (USA) Inc., to build five 46,000 ton Double Eagle product tankers, with...