But not all the news coming out of the shipyard this year was as upbeat. In September it came to light that 26 warships had "deficiencies" with welds while undergoing construction or maintenance at ...

Only a relatively small number of welders skipped a preheating step ... and were identified through either self-reporting or other shipyard reporting, Boykin said on 6 December during a media ...

The MV Glen Rosa is the second of two delayed ferries being built by the nationalised shipyard. The 102m (335ft) ship was named by newly-qualified welder Beth Atkinson. Beth Atkinson who launched ...

Boykin declined to say if any of the welders associated with the faulty welds still work at the shipyard. Watch: HII plans to acquire assets of SC-based W International to speed up Navy sub ...