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Maritime Partners held a christening ceremony last month for the M/V Emily Webber towboat, the seventh of nine vessels the company is building at Intracoastal Iron Works in Bourg, La. The towboat is named for the late Emily Michelle Webber, friend of Maritime Partners’ Co-Founder and President Austin Sperry’s wife, Sally. Webber unexpectedly died last… Read More
Algoma Central Corporation (TSX: ALC), St. Catharines, Ontario, reports that NovaAlgoma is acquiring three cement carriers from KGJ Cement in Northern Europe and two handy-size bulk carriers from Swire Bulk Holdings Pte. Ltd. of Singapore. NovaAlgoma is a global short sea shipping joint venture between Algoma and Nova Marine Holding of Luxembourg. It has with… Read More
Caterpillar Marine reports that it has entered into an agreement with California-based Pacific6 Enterprises to pilot a parallel battery hybrid propulsion system for a first-of-its kind aquaculture farming vessel. Designed by Kirk Mullen at Oceantech Ltd., a South Island, New Zealand-based naval architecture firm, the aquaculture vessel will be constructed at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders… Read More
Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) has started construction of what will be the first Jones Act-qualified offshore wind farm service operations vessel (SOV) to be built in the United States. The Jones Act SOV, which will be named ECO Edison, is being built at ECO in-house shipyards located in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida, creating well over… Read More
Metal Shark, Jeanerette, La., has been awarded a contract to build a new vehicle ferry for Fire Island Ferries. Designed by Elliott Bay Design Group, the 70- by 23-foot vessel features a steel hull and aluminum superstructure. With its hydraulically operated bow ramp and reinforced decks designed to support fully loaded concrete trucks and general… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards LLC president and CEO Ben Bordelon joined senior U.S. Coast Guard officials yesterday at the Port of Tampa for the commissioning of one of the newest Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters, USCGC John Scheuerman. The cutter is the fifth of six FRCs to be home-ported in Manama, Bahrain, which will replace the aging 110-foot… Read More
The Coast Guard’s shipbuilding program, including the Polar Security Cutter, were among topics covered when Admiral Karl L. Schultz, commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, delivered the annual State of the Coast Guard Address, Thursday, at Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater. “Truly, the state of the Coast Guard is stronger than ever before because we are united… Read More
Two new azimuth stern drive (ASD) tugboats will be mobilised to British Columbia in Q2 2022 to start this new contract providing harbour towing services at the two Roberts Bank terminals, Deltaport and Westshore. Built to Damen’s ASD 2813 design, they will have 83 tonnes of bollard pull ahead, fire-fighting systems and engines compliant with… Read More
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has promoted Edmond Hughes to executive vice president and chief human resources officer. Hughes, formerly the vice president of human resources and administration contracts at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding since 2006, will replace William “Bill” R. Ermatinger, who will retire on April 1 after 35 years of service. Susan Jacobs will replace… Read More
Ocean Infinity, the Austin, Texas, company building an “armada” of robotic ships, has contracted Fincantieri’s Vard subsidiary for the design and construction of a new series of six multipurpose offshore vessels, all of which will be operated from shore and will eventually utilize green ammonia as fuel. The order for six, 85-meter, optionally-crewed robotic vessels… Read More
Marlink, the leading provider of smart network solutions, has signed an agreement to provide a global hybrid network solution to vessels operated by Subsea 7, a global leader in the delivery of offshore projects and services for the evolving energy industry, according to the company’s release. Subsea 7 operates one of the most capable and… Read More
MetalCraft Marine, which has yards in both Watertown, N.Y., and Kingston, Ontario, reports that its Watertown facility has delivered the seventh Medium Endurance Cutter in a 36-boat U.S. Coast Guard program to Pensacola, Fla. The Interceptor 7M is the smallest of the MetalCraft Marine Interceptor model line, but offers the same controlled, smooth ride as… Read More
C&C Marine and Repair, Belle Chasse, La., recently delivered M/V Zephyr, the final vessel in a series of three ordered by Nashville, Tenn.-based Hines Furlong Line Inc. Like the M/V Bowling Green, which was the previous boat in the series, the M/V Zephyr was delivered to Kirby Inland Marine LP, which is leasing it from… Read More
The Master Marine Inc. shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Ala., has delivered the 67- by 28-foot M/V Steel Skipper, the fourth of four towboats it is building for to LaPlace, La.-based Cooper Group company Plimsoll Marine, one of the Lower Mississippi River’s leading push boat operators. The four vessels have been designed by Entech Designs… Read More
New Dredge Tender Jesus F. Orion Marine Group has accepted the delivery of the JESUS F, the first of three new next generation dredge tenders being built to provide support for Orion’s dredging operations. The new dredge tenders are being built by John Bludworth Shipyard, LLC. The JESUS F is named after longtime employee Mr…. Read More