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A draft defense spending bill that sailed through Congress last week would fund continued ship and infrastructure construction at Maine’s two major military shipyards, as well as research and development by small businesses and improved housing assistance for U.S. Coast Guard personnel. The Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act passed the House (310-118) and… Read More
The United States is home to the largest and finest shipyards in the world, enabling the construction of the sturdiest and most seaworthy vessels. Presently, the nation boasts 154 private shipyards, categorised as active builders, which are scattered across 29 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Additionally, there are over 300 shipyards which engage in ship… Read More
APM Terminals Elizabeth announces the commissioning of two new ZPMC super-post Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) cranes. The cranes have a 23-container outreach designed to accommodate both ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) and Neo-Panamax Vessels. The cranes have completed all testing and are ready to handle the largest ships calling U.S. east coast ports, capable of carrying up… Read More
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 15-megawatt (MW) / 30-megawatt hour (MWh) energy storage system to Tampa Electric Company (TECO), which will be co-located with a 25 MW solar plant in Dover, Florida. The project will ensure grid reliability as the utility scales up its portfolio of solar energy. The order was booked to Wärtsilä’s… Read More
A senior Coast Guard officer overseeing the Offshore Patrol Cutter program indicated he’d be open to working with either Austal or Eastern Shipbuilding Group for the third phase of the program, potentially setting up a rematch between the two companies with billions of dollars in work on the line. “It’s very urgent we get those OPCs out… Read More
Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a strategic partnership agreement to provide its Fleet Electrification and Systems Integrator Services for a project to build the first zero-emission high speed ferries in the USA. The fully electric vessels will be built for San Francisco’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), the operator of the San Francisco Bay Ferry system. The… Read More
The U.S. Navy has awarded significant contracts to two major shipbuilders for the DDG 51 destroyers, enhancing the country’s defense capabilities and ensuring steady work for the shipbuilding industry. Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII), and Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE:NYSE:GD), are the recipients of these new contracts…. Read More
Trimble announced today its next generation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver for marine construction and drilling and piling operations—the Trimble MPS566 Modular GNSS heading receiver. With built-in dual GNSS antenna ports and constellation-agnostic Trimble ProPoint™ technology, the MPS566 delivers highly accurate positions and orientation for work that demands precise heading. With a ruggedized and… Read More
Eastern Shipbuilding Group christened and launched USCGC ARGUS (WMSM-915), the U.S. Coast Guard’s first Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC). The ceremony was held at Eastern’s Nelson St. Shipyard in front of more than 3000 dignitaries and guests. Admiral Linda Fagan, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, delivered the keynote address. Ship Sponsor, Captain (Ret.) Beverly Kelley, had… Read More
Transport by air and sea depends on engines that usually run on fossil fuels, increasing CO₂ emissions. Even though road transport emissions remain more significant, shipping and aviation account for 12% and 11%, respectively, according to an analysis by GlobalData, Offshore Technology Focus’s parent company. The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) aviation tracking data found that around half of… Read More
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced the successful launch of the Navy’s third America-class amphibious assault ship Bougainville (LHA 8) into the Pascagoula River over the weekend. On September 9, Bougainville was translated from land to the company’s floating dry dock using translation railcars to support the ship. While in the dry dock, the Ingalls team completed the final prep work… Read More
Covington, La., headquartered Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. is to complete the two multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) that had been at the center of its recently settled lawsuit with Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI) subsidiary Gulf Island Shipyards LLC (GIS). Hornbeck Offshore said today that it has now entered a final agreement that will see the surety… Read More
MOBILE, Ala. – Members of Austal USA’s EPF team and representatives of the Navy’s Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Gulf Coast were present in Austal’s module manufacturing facility to watch the router begin cutting aluminum for the U.S. Navy’s final Expeditionary Fast Transport, EPF 16. This is the third EPF Flight II ship built by Austal USA in… Read More
Meet our new line-haul tug: the CT-120. At 120’×39’×23′, and with 95 tons of bollard pull, the CT-120 is a sizeable oceangoing tug intended for long-distance and emergency towing, as well as offshore anchor handling. The design is optimized for constructability and low operational costs, and can be outfitted with either ASD or conventional twin-screw… Read More
Crowley and ABS, a leading provider in maritime classification and advisory services, have entered an agreement to jointly explore how to advance the use of augmented and virtual reality technologies for vessels and other marine environments. The ABS partnership agreement builds on Crowley’s new service network using augmented reality on select vessels. Crew wear goggle… Read More