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Demand from the emerging offshore wind sector and the need to build and maintain Jones Act compliant ships is driving new opportunities and investment interest in U.S. shipyards. Libra Group, an international investment company announced the acquisition of Florida-based St. Johns Ship Building and the formation of a maritime subsidiary American Marine to support and… Read More
Bay Island Drainage District of New Boston, Illinois recently took delivery of a brand-new IMS Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge for annual drainage canal maintenance. This is the district’s second 5012 LP. Their previous 5012 LP is approximately 25 years old and still functions well, but the district wanted to upgrade to a newer model. The material… Read More
The U.S. Navy announced Thursday that Fincantieri Marinette Marine is on contract to build a third Constellation-class Frigate, the future USS Chesapeake. This announcement follows last month’s successful critical design review of the first-in-class FFG-62, which is nearing the start of construction. The value of this contract option is approximately $536 million. According to a… Read More
Master Boat Builders Inc. (MBB) recently announced the construction of a new 4,000-hp tug for PNE Marine Holdings LLC. The new tug is the sistership to Polaris, which was delivered to Polaris New Energy LLC earlier this year. “Master Boat Builders is humbled by the vote of confidence from Polaris New Energy to request construction of a sister ship to Polaris, which… Read More
A keel-laying ceremony for the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration’s new oceanographic research ship was held Wednesday in Houma, Louisiana at the Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors shipyard. During the ceremony, the initials of the ship’s sponsor, Linda Kwok Schatz, wife of U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii, was welded onto a steel plate that will be… Read More
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) successfully launched the R.B. WEEKS, the second trailing suction hopper dredge the shipbuilder has constructed for Weeks Marine, Inc. The R.B. WEEKS, (ESG Hull 258) is named in honor of Richard B. Weeks, a co-founder of Weeks Marine and married to Magdalen Weeks, the namesake of the sister vessel MAGDALEN… Read More
Eastern Shipbuilding Group is pleased to announce that the R.B. WEEKS Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge will launch Friday, June 17, at 1:00 PM Central / 2:00 PM Eastern, at its Allanton Facility. The christening ceremony and launch is open to the public.
The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), which operates the San Francisco Bay Ferry fleet, has taken delivery of M/V Dorado. It is the fastest vessel in WETA’s fleet with a service speed of 36 knots and is also the first boat built for WETA that can safely dock at any of the… Read More
The Mobile Bar Pilots (Alabama Pilot Inc.) Mobile, Ala., has awarded a new contract for a second Chesapeake-lass high-speed pilot boat to Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corp. Delivery of the 53-footer is set for mid-2023. Delivery of its first Chesapeake-class launch for the Mobile Bar Pilots, Dixey, was in 2017. The 53.6’x17.8’ all-aluminum pilot boat will have a draft of 4.6’. The Ray Hunt Design deep-V… Read More
What may look like regular old dirt to most is gold to the city of Lorain, or at the very least, dirt that you might one day buy to place in your garden. In a site along the Black River, the city launched a pilot program in 2020 where they created what’s called a GeoPool…. Read More
Public Services and Procurement Canada says that the Government of Canada is to begin negotiations with Chantier Davie [Davie Shipbuilding] of Lévis, Quebec, aimed at reaching an umbrella agreement that would see the yard become the third strategic shipbuilding partner under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy. The agency said that, pending successful negotiations, an agreement is expected… Read More
Ingalls Shipbuilding christened the Legend-class national security cutter Calhoun (WMSL 759) Saturday in Pascagoula, Miss. The Calhoun, the 10th NSC, is scheduled to be delivered early next year. “Today’s christening is an acknowledgement of an important and valued partnership between our shipyard and the United States Coast Guard,” Ingalls Shipbuilding President Kari Wilkinson said in his remarks. “We consider it a privilege to build… Read More
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