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10 Jan

Ice rescue highlights need for caution near Port of Green Bay

Rich MillerMaritime NewsGreat Lakes

(GREEN BAY, Wis.) — The weekend ice rescue on the bay of Green Bay should serve as a notice of the danger on the bay this time of year. Twenty-seven people were rescued after an ice shove was created by high winds blowing across the ice and open water areas of the lower bay. While the weekend incident was a…

10 Jan

Fincantieri Marine Repair begins work in northeast Florida

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuildingshipbuilding

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Fincantieri Marine Repair, a division of Fincantieri Marine Systems North America (FMSNA), welcomed its first commercial customer to Commodores Point in downtown Jacksonville last week, marking the start of operations in northeast Florida. FMSNA announced last month that it was ready to provide repair and maintenance services to military, commercial and large private vessels on the East…

10 Jan

Ingalls launches amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr.

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuildingshipbuilding

(PASCAGOULA, Miss.) — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully launched the amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) on Wednesday. Richard M. McCool Jr., the 13th LPD in the San Antonio class of amphibious assault force ships, will support U.S. amphibious assault, special operations and expeditionary warfare missions through the first half of the 21st century. “The…

07 Jan

New York to invest $500 million to boost offshore wind power

Rich MillerMaritime Newswind power

(ALBANY, N.Y.) — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced a plan to strengthen New York's renewable energy leadership and make a $500 million investment in offshore wind as part of the 2022 State of the State. This plan will directly invest in offshore wind manufacturing and supply chain infrastructure, create thousands of green jobs, deliver billions in economic impact, and…

06 Jan

Coast Guard, NTSB investigating barge impact that closed Louisiana bridge

Rich MillerCasualty Newsbrownwater

(NEW ORLEANS) — The U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating a barge allision with the Bayou Ramos Bridge near Morgan City and Amelia, La., on Highway 182. On Dec. 23, at approximately 3:26 a.m., a towing vessel pushing six barges was traveling southeast along the Avoca Island Cutoff waterway when one of the lead barges…

06 Jan

Bollinger delivers final Bahrain-bound FRC to Coast Guard

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuildingshipbuilding

(LOCKPORT, La.) — Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the fast response cutter USCGC Clarence Sutphin to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla. This is the 170th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 47th FRC delivered under the current program. Clarence Sutphin is the final of six FRCs to be home-ported in…

06 Jan

Halter Marine gets contract for second polar security cutter

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuildingshipbuilding

(PASCAGOULA, Miss.) — The U.S. Department of the Navy has awarded Halter Marine of Pascagoula, Miss., a fixed-price incentive-firm contract for a second U.S. Coast Guard polar security cutter (PSC), formerly known as the heavy polar icebreaker. Initial efforts under this option will target the purchase of long lead-time materials, specifically the generator sets, necessary to support production while ensuring…