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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
Canada-based Waterfront Shipping Company (WFS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Methanex Corporation, has placed an order for eight new methanol dual-fuel vessels with South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. The vessels will add to WFS’s existing fleet of 11 methanol-fuelled ships, which have been recognized by the marine industry for their use of clean-burning methanol as… Read More
The making of a dredge is no simple feat, and the planning and design of the largest self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge in the USA has certainly been no different. For more than a decade, the new vessel – which is set to be christened the FREDERICK PAUP – has been an inkling in the… Read More
By Judith Powers, Special Correspondent to DredgeWire A reclamation project in coastal Louisiana has facilitated creation of 2,252 acres of vegetated land in what had been deep open water. The process combines a river diversion into the bay with direct deposit of maintenance dredged material from Southwest Pass. It is believed that the land masses in West Bay will continue to grow and that most of the bay will… Read More
Morgan City, Louisiana (November 19, 2020): Conrad Shipyard (OTC Pink: CNRD) today announced that it has delivered two 30,000 BBL Asphalt Barges to Parker Towing of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. “We are pleased to announce the delivery of the tank barges PTC 2001 and PTC 2002 to Parker Towing,” said Conrad CEO Johnny Conrad. “Our two companies… Read More
Underscoring the advantages of building in series, Vane Brothers has taken delivery of the 3,000 hp Cape Fear, the seventeenth Maryland-built tugboat to join the Baltimore-based company’s expanding fleet. Since 2008, fifteen 3,000 hp, model-bow tugboats have been delivered to Vane Brothers by Chesapeake Shipbuilding and Naval Architects of Salisbury, Md. The shipyard has also… Read More
IHC America is pleased to announce receipt and delivery of a contract with the Port of Portland to design and have installed a state of the art spud hoisting system on the Port’s dredge, ”The Oregon.” The “Oregon” was originally built in 1965, IHCA’s spud hoist system refit is the latest overhaul of the dredge… Read More
Belle Chasse, La., based C&C Marine and Repair has delivered to Hines Furlong Line Inc. the 170’x50′ towboat Scarlett Rose Furlong, the first in a three-boat series that C&C Marine and Repair is building for the Nashville, Tenn. based company. The triple-screw 6,600-hp towboat’s pilot house has an eyeline measuring 39’3″. Scarlett Rose Furlong was… Read More
The Armstrong Marine USA shipyard in Port Angeles, Wash., recently delivered the 45-foot, 8-inch by 16-foot semi-displacement catamaran, Serac, to the National Park Service (NPS) for use in the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The NPS selected Armstrong Marine’s proposal to build the Jutson Marine design vessel in a competitive solicitation process… Read More