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04 Apr

SUNY Maritime plans $24.8 million in new construction

Rich MillerLicensing & Training

(BRONX, N.Y.) — SUNY Maritime College on Monday announced three construction projects totaling $24.8 million that will enhance and build on the campus’s modern facilities for students pursuing a career in the global marine transportation industry. Groundbreaking and ribbon-cutting ceremonies with state and local leaders celebrated the college’s new Student Learning Center and its fully renovated Marine Engineering Systems Laboratory,…

04 Apr

Containers to be removed in bid to refloat Ever Forward

Rich MillerCasualty NewsSalvage, shipping

(BALTIMORE) — The U.S. Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine Corp., in partnership with multiple other responders, have announced a revised strategy to refloat the containership Ever Forward. Salvage experts determined they would not be able to overcome the ground force of Ever Forward in its current loaded condition. The Coast Guard said the new strategy…

04 Apr

Ingalls launches 10th national security cutter

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuildingshipbuilding

(PASCAGOULA, Miss.) — Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) launched the Legend-class national security cutter Calhoun (WMSL 759) on Saturday at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. Launching Calhoun is the first of a series of significant milestone events in bringing the ship to life. “The national security cutters are critically important to the safety and security of our country,” said Kari Wilkinson,…

01 Apr

Propspeed sales personnel receive advanced certifications

Rich MillerIndustry News

(AUCKLAND, New Zealand) — Propspeed, a leading innovator of underwater foul-release coatings, announced Friday that Matt Forbes, sales director, EMEA, and Boating Industry’s 40 Under 40 Rusty Morgan, vice president of sales and operations, Americas, have undergone training by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers International (NACE). Morgan and Forbes have both completed the NACE Coatings Inspector Program, Level 1…

01 Apr

Canada’s new OFSVs dry-docked for repairs

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuildingshipbuilding

(OTTAWA, Ontario) — The Canadian Coast Guard is closely monitoring problems affecting components on all three of its new offshore fisheries science vessels (OFSVs), CBC News reported. Two components — a propulsion shaft tube and valves controlling seawater intake — have needed repair or replacement on CCGS John Franklin, CCGS Jacques Cartier and CCGS John Cabot. The "classwide" problems included…

01 Apr

Eymard delivers new towboat for Crescent Marine fleet

Rich MillerShipbuilding, Tugboats & Towingbrownwater, shipbuilding

(HARVEY, La.) — Eymard Marine Construction & Repair has delivered the 1,200-hp towboat Captain Walter to Crescent Marine Towing. The new vessel was christened Feb. 19 at the Harvey shipyard. The 60-by-26-foot towboat, designed by Entech, has a depth of 9 feet, 6 inches. It is named for Walter O’Connor, a longtime captain with Crescent Marine. The towboat has two…

31 Mar

Great Lakes Dredge to fund Texas A&M laboratory

Rich MillerLicensing & Trainingbrownwater, dredging

(HOUSTON) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. has signed an agreement with the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University to provide funding and technical support for what will become the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Laboratory of Dredging and Coastal Studies. Lasse Petterson, president and chief executive officer at Great Lakes, and Dr. John Hurtado, interim dean of…

31 Mar

Chesapeake dredging resumes after tugs fail to refloat boxship

Rich MillerCasualty NewsCoast Guard, Salvage

(GIBSON ISLAND, Md.) — The containership Ever Forward remained grounded in Chesapeake Bay on Thursday after tugboats failed to free the vessel Tuesday, WBAL TV reported. The U.S. Coast Guard provided an update Thursday, saying the service, the Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine Corp. continue to work to refloat the ship. The Coast Guard says attempts will…

31 Mar

Strong outdraft, wind cited in Illinois lock strike

Rich MillerCasualty Newsbrownwater, Coast Guard, towing

(WASHINGTON) — The contact between a tow and a section of the Melvin Price Locks and Dam in Alton, Ill., was caused by the pilot of the towing vessel not effectively compensating for a strong outdraft and wind, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday. Marine Investigation Report 22/08 details the NTSB’s investigation into the March 19, 2021, contact…

31 Mar

US Great Lakes pilotage rates rising 7 percent

Rich MillerMaritime NewsCoast Guard, Great Lakes, shipping

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday published a final rule in the Federal Register outlining U.S. Great Lakes pilotage rates for the 2022 shipping season. The agency had first published proposed rates and requested public comment on Sept. 14. The Coast Guard final rule increases the overall cost of U.S. Great Lakes pilotage in 2022 compared to 2021…