New Orleans-based marine transportation company Quality Liquefied Natural Gas Transport (Q-LNG) has received United States Coast Guard design basis acceptance and regulatory approvals to move forward with construction on two variants of its current design. The designs, each for a 5,400 cbm and 8,000 cbm articulated tug and barge (ATB), are both variants of the… Read More
Facility Management Models Visualize your facility in its real-world context. Collaborate with the design team, stakeholders, and the public. Incorporate model to engineer retrofits, evaluate scour, or assess safety. View Video Digital Twins for Marine Surveys Arc Surveying & Mapping, Inc. leverages survey data acquisition technologies including High Definition Multibeam Sonar, Terrestrial LiDAR, and Geophysical… Read More
Bellingham, Wash., based All American Marine, Inc. (AAM) has completed construction and launched an innovative aluminum catamaran that will serve an integral role patrolling both Texas state and federal waters for the law enforcement division of Texas Parks and Wildlife. The 80 foot x 27 foot Captain Murchison is powered by twin CAT C18 ACERT… Read More
Two of the largest very large ethane carriers (VLECs) ever ordered are now under construction to American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) class at Jiangnan Shipyard following a successful joint development effort, the classification society said. The two 99,000cbm dual fuel B-Tank vessels ordered by Pacific Gas are the world’s largest VLEC vessel type. Designed to… Read More
Baltimore, Md., headquartered Vane Brothers has taken delivery of the Annapolis, the second of four 3,000-horsepower Salisbury Class push tugs under construction for the company by Chesapeake Shipbuilding Shipbuilders and Naval Architects in Salisbury, Maryland. The Annapolis has a design that is identical to sister tug Salisbury, delivered in 2019. With a length of 94… Read More
Quebec-based Ocean Industries Inc. has ordered eight MAN 12V175D-MM, IMO Tier III-compliant engines to power four 24-meter ASD tugs on order the Royal Canadian Navy. Under the contract, MAN Energy Solutions will also provide SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) technology for the engines, facilitating Tier III compliance, along with ship service diesel-generator sets. MAN 12V175 propulsion… Read More
Originally posted on 10/3/2019 Arc Surveying & Mapping, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida presents game changing geophysical surveys and user friendly Demco Aquares 3D Subsurface Scanner Technology. Visualize the subsurface in a manner never before possible. The Aquares technology, developed by Demco NV, has been used worldwide and by the US Army Corps of Engineers in previous… Read More
On Monday, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company positioned the Illinois, a 220 foot long Cutter Suction Dredge, just inside Shinnecock Inlet. Once the pipe is put together and positioned it will start pumping appx 600,000 cubic yards onto the beach just west of the Shinnecock Inlet jetty to shore up the beach that was… Read More
Superior, Wis., based Lake Assault Boats will deliver the first of two 35-foot patrol vessels to the U.S. Army’s Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) base in Brunswick County, N.C., later this month. MOTSU is one of the world’s largest military distribution terminals. The second vessel will be delivered in March; both were purchased through… Read More
Hydraq QQ1000 to be launched at Oi2020 Designed for improved acoustic metrology Measures anthropogenic and environmental noise over a wide bandwidth Provides sensor depth and orientation monitoring Delivers vibration monitoring Electronic self noise < SS0 Seiche, one of the world’s leaders inPassive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), is launching a cutting-edge digital hydrophone developed in partnership withUK-based… Read More
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, Fla., reports that its Allanton shipyard recently launched the A.Thomas Higgins, the second of two 80-foot, 5,100 HP Z-drive tugs under construction for Bisso Offshore, LLC, a division of E.N. Bisso & Son, Inc. The vessel is being built to Robert Allan Ltd.’s RApport 2400 design and is powered… Read More
Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries has returned to Polish shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. with a contract to build an additional liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled vessel scheduled to go into service in the Southern Gulf Islands in 2022. This vessel will be identical to the three Salish Class vessels built by Remontowa for BC Ferries in… Read More
Jefferson, La., headquartered naval architecture firm MiNO Marine LLC reports that Conrad Amelia Shipyard will soon start production of the second vessel based on its new 6,000 hp inland towboat design. The MiNO 6000 Class Towboat design is a modern, Subchapter M compliant, vessel 166 ft in length and 49 ft wide (overall) with a… Read More
The DRAGFLOW DRM amphibious dredger is the cutting edge of technology for all applications where versatile machinery is needed, capable of moving on land and in water. In this video we show you the scrupulous controls to which a DRM is being submitted before arriving to the end customer.
BOURNE – A new Barnstable County dredge is scheduled to arrive and go into operation by October. Earlier this month, county commissioners awarded a $1.24 million contract to Ellicott Dredges of Baltimore to purchase the dredge. The new excavator will be more similar to the Cod Fish, a dredge the county has used for more… Read More