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We are all increasingly sensitive to the need for economic development compatible with environmental protection in managing our behaviour in relation to ecosystems. Approximately 80% of world trade by volume and over 70% of world trade by value is transported by sea and managed from ports around the world. Countries are increasingly faced with the… Read More
The new dredge boasts two unique characteristics: 1) Electric Powered, and 2) A Chain Ladder cutting system. The electric powered dredge will greatly reduce or eliminate Air pollution, Noise pollution, Water pollution, and ongoing Maintenance requirements. The Chain Ladder cutting system will allow the dredge to mine effectively and efficiently in the presence of large… Read More
The new electric powered Cutter Suction Dredge being assembled at Legacy Materials in Booneville, IA Custom Dredge Works (CDW) is pleased to announce the delivery of a new 14″ Electric powered Chain Ladder Dredge to Legacy Materials in Booneville Iowa We choose CDW because of their reputation of quality and being the overall best value… Read More
Vessel deliveries demonstrate synergy with Damen Shipyards Group Five Damen vessels have made their way across the Atlantic Ocean on a unique voyage to Canada. Early this year, Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract with Ontario-based Doornekamp Construction for the delivery of a Shoalbuster 3209. The vessel was formerly part of Damen Marine Services’ charter… Read More
Moran Iron Works and Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Watermaster North America have partnered to manufacture the Finnish-engineered AMD 5000 amphibious dredging machine in North America. The Watermaster machine has been sold worldwide for 30 years but not in the U.S. due to the Jones Act. Because the AMD 5000 is now made in the U.S., it… Read More
Marking the start of a new era in U.S. maritime education, TOTE Services, LLC and Philly Shipyard, Inc. today cut steel for the first National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) at Philly Shipyard. The purpose-built, state-of-the-art diesel electric NSMVs are being built to provide world-class training at America’s state maritime academies and will also will be… Read More
Moran Iron Works, Onaway, Mich., has partnered with Ann Arbor, Mich., based Watermaster NA to manufacture a Jones Act compliant version of the Finnish-engineered AMD 5000 amphibious dredging machine. The video embedded below gives an insight into the capabilities of the machine, which has been successful worldwide for 30 years. The first American-manufactured Jones Act… Read More
Among the first vessels in the U.S. to be powered with the new 300 hp diesel outboards from Cox Powertrain is likely to be a new series of 87 foot long by 30 foot beam landing craft currently under development by St. Johns Ship Building, Palatka, Fla. The Cox Powertrain CXO 300 diesel outboard successfully… Read More
The Canadian Coast Guard has taken the delivery of the CCGS Jean Goodwill, the second of three medium interim icebreakers created by Davie Shipbuilding in Lévis, Quebec, through the conversion of a former icebreaking AHTS, Davie acquired the three former offshore industry ships — Viking II, Balder Viking and Vidar Viking —for the interim icebreaker… Read More
The Greenbrier Gunderson shipyard in Portland, Ore., has now delivered the 204,000 barrel capacity oil and chemical tank barge OSG 205, to Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. This is the second tank barge that Greenbrier Marine has delivered to OSG this year, after delivering its sister barge OSG 204 in May. OSG 205 was sponsored by… Read More
Unusual weather patterns that produced sustained high water along inland rivers and severe hurricanes in the Gulf have put extra stress on locks and dams and flood control infrastructure and caused extreme shoaling in many areas of the Mississippi River system. The situation has required the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its private contractors… Read More
Who wants to win the contract for one of the Navy’s cheapest warships? The U.S. Navy’s Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear aircraft carrier is the most expensive warship in the world, weighing it at an estimated $12 billion per ship — and that’s just the cost of the ship itself. Factor in the cost of the… Read More
ASSIUT, EGYPT – Orascom Construction PLC (OC:NASDAQ Dubai), one of the top ten engineering, procurement and construction contractors in Africa, recently commissioned a custom-built radio remote controlled Mud Cat MC 25EC E-Series dredge at Assiut Supercritical Steam Power Station in Assiut, Egypt. Assiut Supercritical Steam Power Station is a 650-megawatt power station located within the vicinity… Read More
— Represents critical step forward for US renewables and offshore wind industry — State-of-the-art vessel design in cooperation with Ulstein — First step in establishing US-based rock supply chain for the offshore wind industry — Vessel to be built by US shipyard and expected to be operational as early as Q1 2024 HOUSTON, Dec. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/… Read More
Derecktor Shipyards of Mamaroneck, N.Y., has started construction of a 64-foot aluminum catamaran research vessel. Ordered by the University of Vermont for its Rubenstein School of Environmental and Natural Resources, it will be based at the Rubenstein Science Ecosystems Laboratory on Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vt. Consistent with the Rubenstein School’s strong commitment to the… Read More