03 Nov

Safety first with PMA+

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Ship Review, Maritime News
Magnolia State and the other ECO-class tankers built by NASSCO carry the PMA+ notation from the American Bureau of Shipping, recognizing the advanced ergonomic design — and improved safety — of access points to tanks and holds. The ABS guidelines cover everything from hatch width to the design of handrails, steps and ladders. Having the notation benefits anyone who has…
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03 Nov

Magnolia State specifications

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Ship Review, Maritime News
Owner/Operator: American Petroleum Tankers (APT), Plymouth Meeting, Pa.  Designer: DSEC, Busan, South Korea Builder: General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego, Calif. Dimensions: L: 610’ B: 106’ D: 63’ Mission: U.S. Jones Act product tanker used for coast-wise trade Crew size: Up to 30 HULL • Double hull construction with raked stem, bulbous bow and full spade rudder PERFORMANCE • Service speed: 14.5 knots PROPULSION/GENERATORS…
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Harvey Sub-Sea
03 Nov

Harvey Sub-Sea

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Ship Review, Maritime News
Deep into the Gulf of Mexico oil field doldrums, there are still a few support vessel hulls moving module-by-module toward completion. Among the most notable are two subsea construction newbuilds at Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Panama City, Fla. Harvey Sub-Sea, which was due for delivery in September, and sister vessel Harvey Blue-Sea, expected to deliver early next year, are 340-foot…
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03 Nov

Harvey Sub-Sea specifications

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Ship Review, Maritime News
Owner/Operator: Harvey Gulf International Marine, New Orleans, La.  Designer: Vard Marine, Vancouver, British Columbia Builder: Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Fla. Dimensions: L: 340’ B: 73’ D: 29.3’ Mission: Multipurpose support vessel Crew size: 14 HULL •  Single hull steel PERFORMANCE •  Cruising speed: 13 knots; endurance, 40 days at 12 knots PROPULSION/GENERATORS •  (2) Wartsila DE 690VAC engines, 4,489 hp…
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Woods Hole
03 Nov

Woods Hole

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Ship Review, Maritime News
The Massachusetts port of Woods Hole harbors an extensive collection of watercraft, most notably fisheries and oceanographic research vessels and the Steamship Authority’s fleet of ferries. The Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority — known simply as the Steamship Authority (SSA), formed in 1948 — is the prime transporter of people, vehicles and freight from the Cape Cod…
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03 Nov

Woods Hole specifications

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Ship Review, Maritime News
Owner/Operator: Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, Mashpee, Mass. Designer: Elliott Bay Design Group, Seattle, Wash. Builder: Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, La. Dimensions: L: 235’ B: 64’ D: 10.5’ Mission: Freight and passenger ferry Crew size: Two  HULL • Single hull steel PERFORMANCE • Service speed: 14.5 knots PROPULSION/GENERATORS • (2) MTU 16V 4000 M64 Tier 3 engines, each 2,680 hp at…
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03 Nov

Top 50 index 2017

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Ship Review, Maritime News
This register lists vessels of interest to professional mariners completed by North American shipyards in the year ended Sept. 1, 2016. In the case of sister vessels built by the same yard, we list only one. Alexandria, 41’ Coastal interceptor  Designer/builder: SAFE Boats International, Bremerton, Wash. Owner/operator: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations Alya McCall, 206’ Fast…
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Yards keep producing for Navy, Coast Guard amid specter of new cuts
09 Nov

Yards keep producing for Navy, Coast Guard amid specter of new cuts

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Ship Review, Maritime News
There is growing bipartisan agreement in Washington on what U.S. shipbuilders have been saying for years: Across-the-board budget cuts, better known as sequestration, are a bad way to do business. Long-term planning leads to savings on procurement and production, but without a commitment under the budget ax — essentially reducing military shipbuilding to a “one off” or “two off” enterprise…
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Isla Bella
09 Nov

Isla Bella

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Ship Review, Maritime News
Five years ago, shipowners questioning whether liquefied natural gas was the fuel of the future could cite two simple reasons for not making the move: There wasn’t enough supply infrastructure in place to create demand for LNG-powered ships, and there wasn’t enough demand for LNG ships to stimulate investment in infrastructure.   Last year, the crash in the global oil…
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