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Eastern Shipbuilding Group has been contracted by Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. to convert a 280-foot offshore supply vessel (OSV) to a service operation vessel (SOV) to meet the growing demand of the U.S. offshore wind market, as well as to serve the demands of the petro-energy flotel market. The vessel was constructed by Eastern Shipbuilding… Read More
Louisiana-based shipbuilder Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC has secured a $624.6 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to construct cutting-edge oceanographic research vessels. This contract includes the development of at least two state-of-the-art ships, with an option for two additional vessels, to enhance NOAA’s existing fleet and address the need for modernization…. Read More
Westlake, Louisiana-based, family-owned dredging company Mike Hooks has taken delivery of a new cutter suction dredger (CSD). Named Lorraine Hooks after the wife of company founder Mike Hooks, the non-self-propelled, 300- by 50-foot (91.4- by 15.2-metre) vessel was designed and built by SPI/Mobile Pulley Works (SPI/MPW) of Mobile, Alabama, with the cooperation of Netherlands-based C-Job Naval Architects… Read More
Cranford, New Jersey-based marine projects company Weeks Marine (WMI) recently took delivery of a new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) built by the Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) of Panama City, Florida. R.B. Weeks was designed by Dutch engineering firm Royal IHC in compliance to Lloyd’s Register rules and is the second TSHD in a series to… Read More
The City of Valdez, AK just took delivery of a Mud Cat^^® 40E for their wastewater lagoons. The dredge is pumping bio-sludge with a 1.1specific gravity sitting at 7% solids in-situ, a distance of 600 ft. (183m)with 4 ft. (1.2m) of terminal elevation at a maximum flow of 900gpm into geotextile filter bags. The 40E… Read More
An American contractor welcomes a new dredger to its fleet as construction is underway on rock installation vessels and a heavy transporter for operations in Asian waters. A Dutch engineering firm has meanwhile been selected to build a large capacity hopper dredger for a local customer. Mike Hooks christens newest dredger Westlake, Louisiana-based dredging company… Read More
Honored to make the news all day yesterday in Lake Charles, LA – thank you KPLC-TV’s Andrea Robinson and Ana Barras for the amazing coverage! Special shout-out to Mike McMahon and Leonel Silva, Jr. CSHO, CSST, SSH, a.k.a. “Sticker,” for explaining what the Dredge Lorraine Hooks means for the Hooks family of employees and what she will do for Southwest Louisiana. Source
Austal USA began construction on the Navy’s Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Medium (AFDM) at the company’s Gulf Coast ship manufacturing facility last week. AFDM is the third program to begin construction on Austal USA’s state-of-the-art steel assembly line following T-ATS 11 and 12 – the first two of four U.S. Navy Towing, Salvage, and Rescue… Read More
ONAWAY, MICH. – Moran Iron Works (MIW) and Ann Arbor-based Watermaster North America (WMNA) continue their partnership to manufacture a second Finnish-engineered AMD 5000 Amphibious Multipurpose Dredging machine. The Watermaster has been sold worldwide for over 35 years but not in the U.S.A. until 2020 when MIW fabricated the first one for WMNA, making it… Read More
New tugs have been delivered to a South African port operator and a Dutch towage company. Orders have meanwhile been placed for vessels to support harbour operations in Australia and offshore renewables activities in the Netherlands. South African port operator takes delivery of dredging tug South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) recently took delivery… Read More
The event took place on 24 May 2023 at the Bollinger shipyard in Houma, Louisiana. Bollinger shipyards is under contract to build four more Navajo-class T-ATS while Austal USA (located nearby in Mobile) is set to build five ship of the class. The T-ATS platform replaces and fulfills the capabilities that were previously provided by the Powhatan-class Fleet… Read More
𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗦 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖&𝗖 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝘄𝗼 (𝟮) 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀. MOTAS Dredging Solutions is proud to announce that it has received orders from C&C Marine and Repair, LLC to provide engineering and dredging components for the construction of two (2) 28-inch Cutterhead Suction Dredges. Both dredges… Read More
Oregon State University has released video showing last Thursday’s launch of the R/V Taani, the first of three new oceanographic research vessels being build under the Regional Class Research Vessel (RCRV) project, funded by the National Science Foundation and supported by more than $390 million in grants. The three nearly identical ships will be delivered by Bollinger… Read More
The Navy has awarded Fincantieri Marinette Marine a $526,293,001 contract for detail design and construction of the fourth Constellation-class guided-missile frigate, FFG 65. FMM received the contract for the first-in-class Constellation-class frigate in April 2020. Construction on the first frigate began in late August last year in Marinette, Wis., and FMM is scheduled to deliver that ship,… Read More
Austal USA was awarded a contract with a potential value of $3.195 billion for the detail design and construction of up to seven TAGOS-25 class ocean surveillance ships. Austal, as the prime contractor, has teamed with L3Harris Technologies (L3Harris), Noise Control Engineering (NCE), TAI Engineering (TAI), and Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors (TMC) for execution of the… Read More