BOLLINGER KICKS OFF CONSTRUCTION OF T-ATS 10 WITH STEEL CUTTING CEREMONYUSNS MUSCOGEE CREEK NATION is the fifth Bollinger-built T-ATST-ATS to replace the aging Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ships and Powhatan-class tugboats Pascagoula, MS — (March 7, 2023) – Joined by senior U.S. Navy officials at Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding, Bollinger Shipyards LLC (“Bollinger”) last week officially… Read More
On Thursday, March 9th, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) hosted the keel authentication ceremony at its Allanton Shipyard in Panama City, FL for a new 302-foot auto and passenger ferry (ESG Hull 228) for the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company. Steel cutting for ESG Hull 228 commenced in January 2023 and a delivery is… Read More
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass., has booked an order from the Florida-based St. Johns Bar Pilots for a new high-speed launch. Based on the successful 40-foot Resilient Class pilot boat introduced in 2005. Designed by Ray Hunt Design, the all-aluminum launch measures 35 feet overall. It has a 13-foot beam, including the foam collar, and a… Read More
Irish crew transfer vessel (CTV) owner and operator Farra Marine is bolstering its fleet with a contract for seven newbuilds at Singapore’s Penguin Shipyard. The vessels will be delivered in 2023 and early 2024. The newbuilds, part of the WindFlex-27 series, will when complete, see Farra Marine boast a fleet of 14 CTVs servicing the… Read More
Bleutec Industries Offshore Wind Services LLC (Bleutec) has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for the designs of its United States (U.S.) Jones Act compliant Binary Marine Installation Solution (BMIS) Bleutec’s BMIS is comprised of a Pile Installation Vessel (PIV) and a Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Light (WTIVL), and… Read More
Schmidt Ocean Institute launched today its newly refitted 110-meter global-class research vessel for use by scientists worldwide to dramatically advance marine science and push the frontiers of deep sea expedition. Funded by Schmidt Ocean Institute founders Eric and Wendy Schmidt, the research ship, Falkor (too), will embark on a series of expeditions and be available to… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards LLC (“Bollinger”) has delivered the USCGC Maurice Jester to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 178th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 52nd Fast Response Cutter (“FRC”) delivered under the current program. “We’re incredibly proud to deliver another Fast Response Cutter… Read More
Most ideas that start over a bottle of wine don’t go anywhere, but this one is different. Two Tulane University seniors in New Orleans, Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz, were drinking wine in their dorm when they started lamenting the fact that the bottle would end up in landfill after they threw it in the… Read More
According to a recent report in the peer-reviewed journal Science of the Total Environment, the Chesapeake Bay region could leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to track wetlands more accurately. Nonprofit Chesapeake Conservancy has developed an “AI deep learning” model to map wetlands with 94% accuracy. Tracking wetlands has long been a challenge, owing to the difficulty… Read More
The technology group Wärtsilä reached substantial completion on a 125-megawatt (MW) / 250-megawatt hour (MWh) energy storage system in Calexico, California, USA, for REV Renewables, to help stabilise and decarbonise the electric grid. The facility, called the LeConte energy storage project, is Wärtsilä’s second largest Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) project to date. Wärtsilä completed… Read More
Meet Glosten’s new cutter suction dredge design. This mid-size dredge is a modern take on US inland and coastal work vessels capable of running on alternative fuels—but our support of the dredging industry doesn’t stop there. Glosten engineers have tackled everything from the design and support of dredge tenders, to bucket dredges, to anchor barges… Read More
The marine industry is morphing into the world of smart, connected technology, based on the showings at the Miami International Boat Show, the largest boat and yacht show in the world held last week at the Miami Beach Convention Center. An entire section of the convention center was dedicated exclusively to all-electric watercraft including jet… Read More
One of our suction dredgers at work in the Southern United States. The DRAGA 3045 operates in a limestone quarry and dredges up to 30 meters deep. It also has a 450 mm/18-inch ROHR-IDRECO iPump® for optimal performance. ROHR-IDRECO Dredge Systems designs and manufactures premium quality deep digging electric dredging vessels and equipment for the… Read More
On February 15, Ingram Marine Group held a special christening ceremony for the M/V Steve Alley, a new vessel that now joins the fleet of the leading carrier on America’s inland waterways. The M/V Steve Alley is named after Ingram’s former Vice President of External Sales, Dry Cargo who retired at the end of 2021. Alley… Read More
American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) has signed a contract with Bayou La Batre, Ala., shipyard Steiner Construction Company for the design and construction of an innovative, environmentally friendly retractable-pilothouse towboat. It will be powered by the marine industry’s first EPA Tier 4 Mitsubishi engines, supplied by Laborde Products, Covington, La. “Investing in our future is a key part… Read More