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Master Boat Builders has begun construction of Crowley’s eWolf, the first all-electric ship assist tug in the U.S., at its shipyard in Coden, Ala. “Initiating construction of the first-ever fully electric U.S. tugboat, the eWolf marks a historic moment for Crowley and Master Boat Builders,” said Garrett Rice, president of Master Boat Builders. “Today is… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the 400- by 100-foot ocean transport barge Holland to General Dynamics-Electric Boat’s Groton, Conn., shipyard. The Holland will support the construction and maintenance of the Navy’s Columbia Class ballistic missile submarines and Virginia Class fast attack submarines. General Dynamics-Electric Boat is the prime contractor on the design and build of… Read More
Neptune Americas & Marine, Houston, Texas, recently delivered The Tidal Pioneer (EuroCarrier 2611), a 26- by 11-meter (85- by 36-foot) workboat that is to be used for the growing Canadian renewable energy market. The company says the Bureau Veritas-classed, Canadian-flagged workboat will be used in the building and maintenance of tidal energy projects in Nova… Read More
Late last month, Montreal headquartered CSL Group, the largest owner and operator of self-unloading ships in the world, completed the world’s longest-running trials of B100 biodiesel on marine engines, accumulating nearly 30,000 running hours. Conducted on one half of CSL’s Canadian fleet, the tests resulted in a 23% total fleet life cycle reduction of CO2… Read More
SECOND OLLIS CLASS VESSEL IS EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK HARBOR PORT ST. JOE, FL – Today, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) announced the completion of the second Ollis Class Staten Island Ferry for the City of New York Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) Staten Island Ferry Division. The Sandy Ground, Hull 220, departed ESG’s Port… Read More
In a ceremony held this past Friday, December 3, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., shipbuilder Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding delivered the 340 foot long, 5,500-cubic-meter LNG bunkering barge, Clean Canaveral, to Polaris New Energy. The vessel is the largest ATB bunkering barge thus far built in the U.S. and will soon be followed by a second of similar… Read More
On November 24 at the Yellowknife Geosciences Forum, which is the largest mining and petroleum conference in the Northwest Territories, Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd President and CEO Rory Moore outlined how the company is going to trial Underwater Remote Mining as a way of taking the Ekati operations forward into the future, as current… Read More
Four new offshore wind farm crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to be built at Blount Boats for American Offshore Services (AOS) will be powered by quad Volvo Penta IPS drives. Each 30-meter (99-feet) catamaran CTV will be powered by four IPS900 propulsion drives, two in each hull. The fully integrated system will also include Volvo Penta’s… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District welcomed home the Dredge Jadwin and crew Nov. 18, 2021, to the Vicksburg Harbor just in time for the holidays. The dredge and crew of around 50 set out May 3, 2021, for their annual season of dredging on the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers as well as… Read More
Coinciding with the WEDA conference in Mobile, Alabama, ROHR-IDRECO Dredge Systems (Netherlands/USA, Germany, France) is pleased to announce two new cutter suction dredge models, the “Hawk” and “Falcon,” to its product line-up. Group CEO Fulco Vrooland Löb explains: “With our roots in the wet mining industry, we have been building electrical dredges for decades and… Read More
Warren, R.I., shipbuilder Blount Boats has won an order to build four hybrid-ready crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for delivery in 2023 – 2024 to American Offshore Services (A-O-S). A-O-S said today that it has secured its first contracts with clients in the U.S. Starting in third quarter 2023, the company will provide CTVs and equipment… Read More
Ellicott has just delivered and started up a Series 370 Dragon® dredge for a shrimp farm in Mexico’s Pacific Coast. The Ellicott 370 dredge includes a 12” x 10” pump, installed power of 416 HP and can reach a maximum dredging depth of 10 meters (33 ft). The dredge was acquired by an established shrimp… Read More
The Canadian Coast Guard is set get a fourth interim icebreaker converted from a former icebreaking offshore vessel. Earlier this week it reported that, following a competitive process, it had purchased “a commercial light icebreaker” from New Brunswick-based Atlantic Towing Limited at a cost of CAD 45,203,547 (about US$36 million). The vessel is identified as… Read More
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A small idea could one day have a big impact on Louisiana’s eroding coastline. A group of Tulane University scientists is turning to recycled glass bottles to help fight land loss. “We were a bit fed up that we couldn’t recycle our glass, that all of the wine bottles we were… Read More