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As shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine prepares to start construction of the Navy’s newest class of ships — the Constellation class (FFG 62) guided-missile frigate — several key leaders were in Marinette, Wis., February 9 to mark the groundbreaking for the largest building in Marinette Marine history. “Building 34 is a key element to our Constellation-class… Read More
The U.S. Navy and Ameresco Inc. have broken ground on a project at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Portsmouth, Va., that is being performed under a $173 million energy savings performance contract (ESPC) and will expand on-site generation, strengthen reliability, and enhance resiliency at the yard. Because ESPC’s leverage the savings that they guarantee in order… Read More
Aiming to provide a single-source solution for U.S. offshore wind companies, Crowley is partnering with Pittsburg, Kan., headquartered transportation service and logistics specialist Watco Companies LLC to create a terminal and supply chain management solution to support the emerging offshore wind industry. “This partnership will provide turnkey services for the offshore wind industry in the… Read More
Crystal Lake, Ill.-based Torqeedo Inc. has appointment Patrick Bucci as senior director for business development for its electric and hybrid propulsion systems. In this new position, Bucci will have responsibility for driving sales growth for Torqeedo’s project sales segment in North America, focusing on r]opportunities primarily for the company’s high-power Deep Blue product line. He… Read More
Irving Shipbuilding, Halifax, Nova Scotia, has appointed Kevin Mooney as president. He succeeds former Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) commander Vice-Admiral Kevin M. McCoy, who will return to his family in Maine in April 2021. “Kevin McCoy has been President of Irving Shipbuilding since August 2013 and has done a great job building the organization… Read More
Excerpted from the WSJ, Feb 8, 2021 By Costas Paris Some container lines and their importing customers are looking for alternate paths to get around bottlenecks at the main U.S. trade gateways in Southern California, where an armada of cargo vessels is anchored offshore at the congested seaports. Shipping lines have started moving some operations… Read More
HOUSTON, Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD) today announced that it will release the financial results for its three and twelve months ended December 31, 2020 on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. C.S.T. A conference call with the Company will be held the same day… Read More
Shipping and logistics company CMA CGM Group will keep its North American headquarters in Norfolk and invest $36 million to expand its Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia operations, creating more than 400 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. The French company opened its first Virginia office in 2002 in Virginia Beach and in 2005 moved… Read More
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. and BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Parkson Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Axel Johnson Inc., is pleased to announce they have acquired the assets of Schreiber LLC of Trussville, AL. This acquisition of a well-respected water brand augments Parkson’s product portfolio with the addition of complementary pump, headworks, biological and… Read More
US news outlets have reported the confirmation of Amanda Lefton as the new director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The agency, housed within the Department of Interior, manages offshore wind renewable energy development. Lefton is employed as first assistant secretary for energy and the environment for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, in… Read More
WILMINGTON, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kris Ohleth, a 15-year veteran in offshore wind, has been named Executive Director of the Special Initiative on Offshore Wind (SIOW), a leading policy group providing expertise, analysis, information sharing, and strategic partnership support for key offshore wind stakeholders. Ohleth was Senior Manager of Stakeholder Engagement at Ørsted. “This is a pivotal time… Read More
Record wind power added in Q4 outpaces total for all of 2019 Solar and energy storage also post record annual installations WASHINGTON D.C. — The U.S. wind industry had its strongest year ever in 2020 as the amount of new wind power capacity added increased by 85 percent over 2019. The industry added 16,913 megawatts (MW) of… Read More
IHC America announces that it has successfully delivered and commissioned its “Osprey” Water Injection Dredge (WID) to the North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA). The dredge will perform maintenance in the main seaports of Wilmington and Morehead City for maintaining the depths at all berths, wharves and turning basins year-round, which will maximize the vessel… Read More
Michael Gabaldon, P.E. – Appointed as Principal, Water Resources at Anchor QEA.
Memphis, Tenn., headquartered Southern Towing Company (STC) reports that it has acquired Sulphur, La., headquartered Devall Towing from the Devall family. Founded in 1952, Devall is a towboat and barge operator for specialty chemicals along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and Lower Mississippi River. It operates a fleet of 36 towboats and 125 liquid tank barges… Read More