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Global shipping and energy supply chain leader Crowley has teamed with nuclear power leader BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) through a memorandum of understanding for a ship concept that has the potential to generate alternative, zero-carbon emission energy for defense and disaster needs by including a microreactor on board. The new memorandum of understanding with… Read More
Port Houston in Texas has ordered 5 Konecranes hybrid RTGs for its Barbours Cut Container Terminal to support its long-term improvement program covering channel development and land infrastructure investment. The order was booked in Q3 2023, with the cranes to be delivered at the beginning of 2025. Port Houston is continuing to hybridize RTG container… Read More
A U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) slide that was leaked online highlights concerns over a rapidly expanding Chinese navy and the country’s continued capability to produce ships at a faster rate than the United States. “The Chinese see this decade as a strategic opportunity,” Brent Sadler, senior research fellow for naval warfare and advanced technology in… Read More
Construction of a new ship that will help in the maintenance of a major offshore wind farm begins Wednesday morning at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding. The Sturgeon Bay shipyard is building the HAV 832, a 288-foot-long service operation vessel (SOV), for CREST Wind, a joint venture between maritime industry companies Crowley and ESVAGT. SOVs are purpose-built… Read More
We would like to share the pictures showing the progress in the construction of Towers Passage, that will accommodate the 24-ton tensioners for the 1500t carrousel. This carousel is part of the of the packages of equipment that Neptune Americas is suppling to Aliseo Empreendimentos e Participações, for the Petrobras Logistic Base located in Porto… Read More
Philly Shipyard, Inc. (“Philly Shipyard”), the sole operating subsidiary of Philly Shipyard ASA (Oslo: PHLY), today delivered the Empire State, the first of five new purpose-built, modern training vessels for America’s state maritime academies. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) new vessel program – known as National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMVs) – was designed… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards has christened the USNS Navajo, a towing, salvage and rescue vessel. The ship is the first in the Navy’s new class of towing, salvage and rescue ships. The vessels are named in honor of the Navajo tribe and its contributions to national defense. The Navajo is the first of nine planned ships. Bollinger… Read More
Maine-based shipyard Rockport Marine has begun construction on a custom, 29-metre sailing yacht known as Project Ouzel. Delivery is provisionally scheduled for July 2025. Project Ouzel’s owners are experienced sailors and previous owners of a 20-metre Baltic Yachts build. The brief was for a “modern interpretation of a classic pilothouse cutter”, which was assigned to Langan Design. The… Read More
Kirby Inland Marine, part of Houston-based Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX), has christened the first plug-in hybrid electric inland towing vessel in the U.S. A christening ceremony for the Green Diamond was held for the vessel on Friday in Houston, Texas. The vessel will be time chartered by Shell Trading (US) Company, which will use the boat to push barges throughout… Read More
Eastern Shipbuilding Group has been contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to design and construct a new medium-class hopper dredge (MCHD) for the Department of Defense and formally received the notice to proceed. The dredge will be constructed at Eastern’s Allanton and Port St. Joe facilities and is scheduled for delivery in 2027…. Read More
Residents will sound off on Nov. 7 as to whether the borough should spend slightly over $15 million, including bonding costs over a 20-year period, to dredge Mill Pond and restore water quality and improve water retention and recreational value. The Borough Council agreed, 5-0, on a resolution Aug. 8 to place the non-binding referendum… Read More
MORGAN CITY, AUGUST 24, 2023 – On August 14, 2023, Conrad Shipyard, LLC launched the first YRBM barge under construcion for the US Navy. The YRBM barges provide a temporary home away from home and workplace for our service men and women whose vessels are in port for repairs and maintenance. Conrad is currently under… Read More
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) applauds the completion of the New England Submarine Shipbuilding Partnership’s pilot Machinist Pipeline Program, which aims to train participants for skilled manufacturing jobs and connects them with local manufacturers seeking to hire additional personnel. Five New Hampshire residents graduated from the program and were offered jobs with Granite State Manufacturing… Read More
Methanol-fueled ships have eclipsed liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels, claiming the premier position for the highest number of environmentally friendly ship orders placed from January to July this year. South Korea’s shipbuilding sector, which has been cultivating its technological expertise in methanol-powered ships as its future growth engine for years, is at the forefront of… Read More
Ingalls Shipbuilding has been awarded a contract to build six additional destroyers for the U.S. Navy, the shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. announced on Monday. The contract includes options for additional destroyers to be built, along with engineering, design and post-delivery efforts. The dollar value of the contract was not disclosed due to “potential competitions for… Read More