Chesapeake Shipbuilding delivered the 100-passenger American Eagle to American Cruise Lines. The ship is the first in a new series of “Coastal Cat” vessels featuring a hybrid catamaran hull form. Bollinger Shipyards began cutting steel at Bollinger Mississippi for the future USCGC Polar Sentinel, which will be the first heavy icebreaker built in the United States in a half-century. September…

Innovation, pent-up demand and a desire for low-emission vessels drive new orders Uncertainty in the passenger vessel market during the Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the flow of vessels entering service in recent years. But the situation has begun turning around. Despite economic headwinds, consumers are opening their wallets. They are commuting to the office again. They are…