First two Multi Cats built by C&C Marine will be delivered to Callan Marine C&C Marine and Repair Belle, Chasse, La., has awarded Netherlands based Damen Marine Components (DMC) its first multi-vessel order in the U.S. DMC will supply C&C Marine with equipment packages for four newbuild Multi Cat 3013 workboats. Each package is comprised of… Read More
The largest dredgers in the world for the construction of canals or ports different types of dredgers such as cutter suction dredger, trailing suction hopper dredger, bucket dredger, hydraulic dredgers or backhoe dredgers Huge vessels with different dredgers types and giant dredgers like TSHD dredgers or CSD dredgers industrial machines such as mechanical dredgers or… Read More
A Reservation Terrace resident has been so inspired by the sand dredging near his home off Plum Island that he created a unique memento of the work with a one-eighth model of the 220-foot dredger Oyster Bay. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the midst of a $9 million project that will see… Read More
From a vision to reality. The new renderings of the lead vessel of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter Program, USCGC ARGUS (WMSM-915), and what she looks like under construction at Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.’s Nelson Shipyard by the most talented team of shipbuilders. #SemperParatus Source
Carnival Corporation took delivery on its eight LNG-powered cruise ship, all of which have been delivered in the past four years. It also marked the thirteenth cruise ship fueled full-time by LNG to be delivered as the cruise sector continues to adopt LNG. DNV calculates that there are as many as 27 additional LNG-fueled cruise… Read More
Snow & Company, Inc. of Seattle, Wash., has recently started construction of the R/V Resilience, a 50-foot plug-in hybrid research vessel being built for the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). To be based at the PNNL-Sequim campus, in Sequim, Wash., it will be the first hybrid vessel in the U.S. Department of Energy fleet…. Read More
Production has commenced at Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala., in support of its strategic partnership with General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) to support the U.S. Navy’s recapitalization of its nuclear submarine fleet. Leveraging Austal USA’s lean manufacturing techniques and modern steel production line facilities, a focus factory approach is being used to expand the production capacity… Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded Bellingham, Wash., based All American Marine (AAM) a contract to build a research vessel for the NOAA Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS), located 19 miles off Sapelo Island, Ga. The 52 foot long by 19 foot long research vessel will be constructed inside AAM’s covered building facility… Read More
The Castor Initiative has announced that global energy major TotalEnergies has become the eighth partner in the worldwide coalition committed to making zero-emission shipping a reality. The international coalition was established in January 2020, and its most recent project milestone was the April 2022 memorandum of understanding for a pair of zero-emission deep-sea tanker vessels. “Among… Read More
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Texas based Bleutec Industries. The agreement covers Wärtsilä’s role as the system integrator for Bleutec’s innovative Binary Marine Installation Solution (BMIS). The BMIS is a cost-effective, Jones Act compliant alternative to the more expensive heavy-lift jack-up Wind Turbine Installation Vessels currently being utilised by… Read More
The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), the national association representing the U.S. shipbuilding, maintenance and repair industry, today announced Frank Collins as Senior Defense Advisor, overseeing the organization’s national ship repair and security, as well as the industry workforce development and education initiatives. Frank Collins is an accomplished strategic business consultant with over 36 years… Read More
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2022.11.29 – IJmuiden – Windcat, Europe’s market-leading offshore personnel transfer company is pleased to announce an order for the construction of a series of hydrogen-powered Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (“CSOVs”), with Damen Shipyards, a global provider of maritime solutions. The “Elevation Series” CSOVs have been designed by Damen Shipyards in cooperation with Windcat and CMB.TECH…. Read More
On 28 November, Arnout Damen of Damen Shipyards, Derrick York of Caterpillar Inc and Kees-Jan Mes of Pon Power signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint development of a series of dual-fuel methanol / diesel powered tugs. This follows Damen’s recent delivery of its first, all-electric RSD-E Tug 2513, Sparky, to Ports of Auckland, New… Read More
Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), Seattle, and Miller Marine Inc., Deltaville, Va., will design and build a fully electric truckable tug. The tug is purposefully designed as a multifunctional utility boat servicing marine construction sites, tending dredges, tending buoys, short range ferry operations and other near shore operations such as crew transportation or line handling, EBDG said. EBDG will incorporate an… Read More