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DredgeWire Exclusive The vessel BBC Rainbow has imported dozens of giant 230 foot long (about 75 m) blades for wind turbines destined for a huge new wind power project in Black Rock West Virginia by the Clearway Energy Group. The BBC Rainbow is pictured below docked at Rukert Terminal across the Patapsco river from the… Read More
News of the recent tug order for HaiSea Marine with Sanmar Shipyards also marks introduction of the ElectRA, Robert Allan Ltd’s (RAL) new range of battery electric tugs. There is clearly no turning back now with development of alternative fuel tugs with RAL progressing the concept of battery power head-on and offering a range of… Read More
An Advanced RotorTug (ART) designed for escort duties at the Port of Corpus Christi is the first U.S. commercial vessel to be designed, built and verified using an end-to-end 3D design process. The pioneering project is a cooperation between ABS, Robert Allan Ltd., Signet Maritime Corporation (Signet) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG). Designed… Read More
Crowley Maritime Corporation’s ship assist and harbor escort services group has taken delivery of Apollo, a powerful and maneuverable 78-foot long tugboat that delivers an estimated 94 tons of bollard pull and will operate on biofuel. The tugboat has completed final outfitting at shipbuilder Diversified Marine Inc. in Portland, Ore., and will deploy soon to… Read More
Three massive new cranes arrived at South Boston’s Conley Terminal on Tuesday morning, an important moment in the Massachusetts Port Authority’s years-long drive to make the terminal accessible to bigger ships and a key new trade route. The cranes came on a ship from China that had been at sea since mid-April. Two of them… Read More
The U.S. Navy has released video of the first scheduled explosive event in a series of Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). The Navy has not released details of about how much explosive was used, but the U.S. Geological Survey recorded the test as a 3.9 magnitude event… Read More
“We are proud to build another proven warship that allows our Navy to carry out missions around the world. All of us at Lockheed Martin, including our hardworking team in Marinette, Wisconsin, look forward to working with the U.S. Navy to continue delivering highly capable and adaptable Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ships to the fleet.” –… Read More
General Marshall Joins Callan Marine’s Premier Brownwater Dredge Fleet GALVESTON, TX – June 17, 2021 – Callan Marine is proud to announce the construction of its newest dredge, an 18” cutter suction dredge named The General Marshall. The General Marshall will join Callan’s fleet in 2022. At 194 feet in length and 41 feet wide,… Read More
Belle Chasse, LA based C&C Marine and Repair has delivered to Parker Towing Company, the m/v Olive Parker. This is the first vessel C&C Marine and Repair, LLC has built for the Tuscaloosa, Alabama based company. The 4,400-horsepower towboat measures 147.5’ x 34’ x 10’-9” with the pilot house eyeline measuring at 33’-0”. The m/v… Read More
A new floating offshore wind real-time, remote monitoring solution minimises in-person inspections. Designed by a consortium led by Fugro and including AS Mosley and the University of Strathclyde, the mooring line fatigue tracker safely and cost-effectively monitors offshore floating wind turbines. It works by fusing the motion and position measurements of floating hulls with a… Read More
Metal Shark’s Bayou La Batre, Ala., shipyard has delivered its third 120’x35′ river towboat for Florida Marine Transporters Inc. (FMT), Mandeville, La. The four-decked, welded-steel, USCG Subchapter M-compliant towboat Gianna Hull was designed by John W. Gilbert Associates Inc. The vessel’s twin Caterpillar marine diesel engines deliver over 2,000 hp each and turn 100″x69″ stainless… Read More
Guntersville Marine Services Inc., Guntersville, Ala., has recently commissioned a giant Sennebogen 860 R-HD material handler at its terminal at Mile 358 on the Tennessee River. The 860 is a 192,900 pound (87,500 kg) purpose-built material handler mounted on a crawler undercarriage. Powered by a 350 hp (261 kW) Cummins engine, the boom and stick… Read More
Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine Co., Ltd. (WOM) reports that it has completed construction of a semi-submersible foundation platform for the Three Gorges Guangdong floating offshore wind power project. Located in the offshore areas near Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province, the Three Gorges project is China’s pioneering offshore wind project. The 91-meter by 32-meter platform, rolled… Read More
Lockport, La., headquartered Bollinger Shipyards has submitted a proposal to the United States Coast Guard to build Stage 2 of the Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program. If chosen, Bollinger would construct and deliver a total of 11 vessels to the U.S. Coast Guard over the next decade, helping to sustain the Bollinger workforce through… Read More
ROHR-IDRECO, a leading designer and manufacturer of premium dredging vessels and equipment, is proudly launching its first workboat. The “iBoat,” a high-end vessel powered entirely by electricity, adds to the company’s range of zero-emission dredge systems and equipment. The iBoat can be used for a variety of applications, such as anchor handling, mooring and support…. Read More