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Today, Mike Hooks, LLC of West Lake, Louisiana announced it will be building a new state-of-the-art cutter suction dredge. Originally founded in 1945 by Mike and Lorraine Hooks, the company is now entering its fourth generation of family ownership and remains dedicated to its mission of enabling economic growth through safe and sustainable dredging, marine… Read More
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (NYSE: OSG) reports that it has received delivery of the OSG 204, a 204,000 barrel capacity ATB tank barge from Greenbrier Marine a division of the Greenbrier Companies Inc. (NYSE:GBX). Delivery came 10 days after a virtual christening at the Greenbrier Gunderson shipyard in Portland, Oregon. The 581 foot long barge… Read More
Many vessels spend time in challenging and complex environments, or are deployed in difficult operational profiles, where hull fouling can have a marked impact on efficiency and raise fuel costs. Various circumstances can prove challenging from a hull performance point of view and require proper attention since the current solutions on the market struggle to… Read More
It stops shellfish and seaweed from growing ALL SHIPS suffer from fouling: the build-up below the waterline of shellfish, seaweeds and other organisms. This causes drag, which slows the affected craft and increases its fuel consumption. Regular hull cleaning thus makes a considerable difference to the profitability of shipping. It also results in a useful… Read More
Bollinger Quick Repair, LLC, a Bollinger Shipyards LLC company, has taken delivery of a new 3,400 ton floating dry dock. The dry dock is named Mr. Eddie in honor of long-time Bollinger employee Eddie Barnes, Jr. “We are very pleased to announce the delivery and availability of the dry-dock Mr. Eddie to our Bollinger Quick… Read More
Bollinger Quick Repair, LLC, a Bollinger Shipyards LLC company, has taken delivery of a new 3,400 ton floating dry dock. The dry dock is named Mr. Eddie in honor of long-time Bollinger employee Eddie Barnes, Jr. “We are very pleased to announce the delivery and availability of the dry-dock Mr. Eddie to our Bollinger Quick… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCGC Myrtle Hazard to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. The Fast Response Cutter (FRC) is the first of three that will be homeported in Apra Harbor, Guam, increasing the Coast Guard’s presence in the Indo-Pacific Theater. Additionally, later this year, Bollinger will be delivering the first of… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCGC Myrtle Hazard to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. The Fast Response Cutter (FRC) is the first of three that will be homeported in Apra Harbor, Guam, increasing the Coast Guard’s presence in the Indo-Pacific Theater. Additionally, later this year, Bollinger will be delivering the first of… Read More
C&C Marine and Repair’s Belle Chasse, La., shipyard last month completed the first in a series of towboats of the same design that it will deliver to Metairie, La., Maritime Partners. Named Paula M. Sperry for the mother of Maritime Partners co-founder and COO Austin Sperry, the boat has been leased to and will be… Read More
DSC Dredge say latest technology set to revolutionize hydraulic dredging industry DSC Dredge, a world leader in customized dredging solutions, say their first SHARKUDA dredge is now operational and construction of the second is under way. According to DSC, the new SHARKUDA dredge class is designed to excel in areas otherwise difficult to access. It… Read More
Jan De Nul has deployed its offshore jack-up installation vessel Vole au vent to install the wind turbines on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project offshore Virginia, US. The AIS data shows that Vole au vent is currently en route from the UK to Halifax, Canada. The wind farm’s turbine components and the… Read More
All American Marine, Inc. (AAM) has launched the first of two 80 foot x 27 foot aluminum catamarans for Great Western Attractions (GWA). The second sister ship is set to launch in June. Designed by Teknicraft in Auckland, New Zealand, the identical Subchapter T certified vessels will operate as passenger excursion vessels in Puget Sound… Read More
The Jamie Ann, the first of four new ASD-90 tugs constructed by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders for the Saltchuk group of companies, arrived Saturday in her new homeport of Long Beach, Calif. With her 6,866 horsepower and 90 ton bollard pull, the Jamie Ann is powerful enough to escort the largest tankers and containerships calling… Read More
Metal Shark’s Bayou La Batre, Ala., shipyard has delivered its first newbuild, a 120- by 35-foot river towboat for Florida Marine Transporters Inc. (FMT) of Mandeville, La. Designed by John W. Gilbert Associates Inc., the four-decked, welded-steel, USCG Subchapter M-compliant Stephanie Pasentine is Louisiana-based Metal Shark’s first-ever steel newbuild and also its first inland towboat…. Read More