Cruise program in July 2013 we again offer readers in 3 forms: a chronology, by ship and ports.

Canada'sshipbuildingprogram is too important to run aground on poor planningGlobe and MailWill we ever see steel cut on our promised new fleet of Arctic patrol craft and new warships for the Royal Canadian Navy? Yes, but it will require continuing political will in holding to schedules and budgets and resolve in the face of relentless...and more »

Navy tests program for 4Gship-to-shipcommunicationWashington Business Journal (blog)Enlarge. The Navy'sship-to-shipcommunications is going 4G. Staff Washington Business Journal. The Naval Air Systems Command is in the process of testing a pilot program that would equip twoshipswith 4G LTE, Government Computer News reports.

Workers at the Newport News Shipbuilding will now have access to Hampton Roads Transit's wildly popular GoPass365 program, which allows them to board the agency's buses by showing an employee ID.

The national shipbuilding procurement program -- with its $35-billion plan to build Canada's next fleet of combat and non-combat ships -- aims to end the boom and bust cycle of the industry and replace it with a steady flow of work to sustain highly skilled jobs over 20 to 30 years.