3D tugboat design comes to life

3D tugboat design comes to life

Signet Maritime Corp. has begun construction on the first commercial vessels in the United States developed using a purely 3D design process. The tugboats will be built to the Advanced Rotortug design by Robert Allan Ltd., which places two azimuthing drives forward and one aft. The concept was first developed by Dutch company Kotug, and tugboats outfitted with this propulsion…
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Military contracts drive demand for new patrol boats

Military contracts drive demand for new patrol boats

The United States Navy operates some of the most advanced, most capable warships in the world. And when those vessels are in port, the service relies on a force of smaller crafts to keep its ships, sailors and installations safe.   That’s the concept behind the Force Protection-Medium (FP-M) patrol boats currently under construction at Lake Assault Boats in Superior,…
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Federal port funding targets supply chain, ‘green’ upgrades

Federal port funding targets supply chain, ‘green’ upgrades

    The marine terminal in Portsmouth, Va., has known busier times before, and it will see busy times again.   Thanks to a change in the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s (DOT) funding strategy, marine terminals and cargo facilities around the country can now use DOT port money for projects beyond freight-handling and infrastructure improvements. And those changes will take…
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