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Avikus, a subsidiary of Hyundai, has successfully completed the first transoceanic voyage of a large merchant ship using autonomous navigation technologies, the company said in a press release. With the increase in computational capabilities, autonomous navigation solutions are being tested in various fields of transportation. Autonomous cars are expected to bring in a new era of… Read More
Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) -The Coast Guard received the Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Denman, the 24th Fast Response Cutter built by Bollinger Shipyards, during a May 26th ceremony at Coast Guard Sector Key West; the ship is to be homeported in Ketchikan. The cutter is 154-feet long and has a crew complement of 24. The Douglas… Read More
Our shipbuilders successfully transferred the R.B. Weeks to the launch way. We look forward to hosting the Weeks Marine, Inc. team and community leaders for the christening and launch of this trailing suction hopper dredge on June 17th. Check out the time lapse video: Source
The technology group Wärtsilä, in collaboration with WEC Energy Group, (WEC), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Burns & McDonnell (B&McD), have been contracted to carry out hydrogen fuel testing at the A.J. Mihm power plant in Michigan, USA. The project supports WEC’s ambition to reduce the CO2 emissions from its electric generating fleet… Read More
Insights into Future OSV Designs and Operations lays out a vision for future OSV designs and operations which is carbon neutral, fully digitalized, highly automated and configured to provide clear operational visibility and the ability to track vessels, cargo, equipment, and people around the clock. The future OSV will also be multi-functional and evolve to… Read More
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding (Duclos Corp.), Somerset, Mass., has started construction on its first crew transfer vessel (CTV) for Patriot Offshore Maritime Services LLC, New Bedford, Mass.. The CTV will operate year-round, roundtrip service from New Bedford for 24 wind farm technicians and cargo to support Vineyard Wind’s construction, operation and maintenance of an 800-MW wind farm 15 miles off the coast… Read More
ISS is soliciting proposals from U.S. shipyards for the construction of up to four fully-electric towboat hulls, the first zero-emissions towboats to serve North American waters. The bespoke design eliminates diesel engines onboard the vessel, with 100% of power supplied by high-energy-density battery cells. The towboats will be constructed for New York-based Zeeboat, LLC, who… Read More
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is seeking proposals from U.S. shipbuilders for the design and construction of new ships for the agency. The new vessels will primarily support NOAA’s coastal, continental shelf and deep ocean data collection requirements. The solicitation, which opens today and closes on August 16, 2022, is for a firm, fixed-price… Read More
General Bradley Joins Callan Marine’s CSD Fleet in Morgan City Ceremony GALVESTON, TX – May 18, 2022 – Callan Marine ceremoniously christened its newest fleet asset, the 28” cutter suction dredge named The General Bradley in Morgan City, Louisiana this Tuesday, May 17, 2022. The General Bradley will immediately commence work at the Port Bolivar… Read More
Over the next 11 days, Australia in cooperation with the United States and the United Kingdom is conducting joint exercises at sea and its naval college, HMAS Creswell, testing the newest technologies in autonomous warfare. This Royal Australian Navy (RAN) led Exercise will test and evaluate uncrewed, robotic and autonomous systems in Jervis Bay, in… Read More
As America’s Polar Security Cutter Program faces increasing delays, the U.S. Coast Guard is seeking to buy a commercially available icebreaker. Envisioned as a short-term gap-filler as the Coast Guard’s last remaining heavy icebreaker, the 46-year-old USC SC -1.7%GC Polar Star (WAGB-10) ages out, the Coast Guard is eying the used icebreaker market. Though the used icebreaker market is vanishingly small,… Read More
All American Marine (AAM) has completed construction, launched, and delivered the Skana, a 150-passenger hydrofoil-assisted catamaran for Major Marine Tours. This is the second delivered to Major Marine Tours by All American Marine in two years, and a sister ship to the Spirit of Matushka, delivered in the Spring of 2021. This vessel will also operate out of… Read More
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, has awarded a long-term service operations vessel charter agreement to US marine transportation provider, Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO). The plug-in hybrid service operations vessel (SOV) will be the first in the US offshore wind sector capable of sailing partly on battery power. The… Read More
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) today announced that MOL has agreed a contract to provide the funds for Clean Air Engineering Maritime, Inc (CAEM; Head office; California, U.S.A), a ship-auxiliary generator exhaust treatment company, to develop a new-generation Marine Exhaust Treatment System (Drawing 1) for use on MOL operating car… Read More
Vigor has completed a comprehensive modernization of USS McCampbell (DDG 85) at Swan Island, sending the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer on to its new homeport at Naval Station Everett, Wash. The 18-month, more than $155 million project was the largest ever completed by Vigor’s Ship Repair team, and the largest of its kind at Swan… Read More