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The boat had just lost sight of land when two delicate shapes appeared on the horizon, like needles sprouting from the sea. As the boat got closer, they seemed to grow — and grow — until they towered above passing container ships. Two wind turbines now rise higher than the Washington Monument off the coast… Read More
Herndon, Va., headquartered HawkEye 360 Inc. has boosted its vessel monitoring capabilities, making it harder for vessels engaged in dubious activities to go dark by turning off AIS transmissions. HawkEye 360 Inc. is the first commercial company to use formation flying satellites to create a new class of radio frequency (RF) data and data analytics…. Read More
Alaska Marine Lines reports that it has expanded its fleet with the purchase of two cargo barges, the Kamakani and Namakani, from Oregon based Sause Bros. Sause terminated its Hawaii service in March and Alaska Marine Lines (dba Aloha Marine Lines in Hawaii) is now serving its customers. The Kamakani and the Namakani are now… Read More
Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District recently commissioned two Mud Cat 225D units each with their own industrial grinding system and booster station. The dredges were purchased under tender to clean out multiple municipal wastewater ponds in the size range of approximately 450 ft. (137m) x 750 ft. (229m). The new dredges will replace the original… Read More
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