Industry News – Page 2 – Professional Mariner

17 Apr

Jason Marshall joins Metal Shark as EVP of programs

Rich MillerIndustry Newsshipbuilding

(JEANERETTE, La.) — Louisiana-based boat builder Metal Shark has expanded its executive team with a newly recruited appointment from the U.S. Navy and Department of Defense Naval Surface Warfare Center – Carderock (NSWC). Jason Marshall joins Metal Shark as executive vice president of programs following a 30-year career with NSWC’s Combatant Craft Division (CCD). Marshall most recently served as CCD’s…

13 Apr

Damen partners with AkzoNobel, Philips on biofouling solution

Rich MillerIndustry NewsAntifouling, shipbuilding, technology

(AMSTERDAM) — Damen Shipyards has joined AkzoNobel and Philips to help further develop a pioneering fouling control solution which uses UV-C light technology to keep ships’ underwater hulls clean. The technology being used integrates UV-C light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in a coating scheme which emits just enough light to provide total prevention of biofouling accumulation on the protected area. Although successful…

10 Apr

Associated Terminals opts for all-Caterpillar lineup for fleet

Rich MillerIndustry Newsbrownwater

(CONVENT, La.) — Grain. Sugar. Minerals. Fertilizer. Steel. Name a product or raw material than comes into the United States, and chances are good that Associated Terminals has moved it. The stevedore and terminal operator, based in Convent, La., handles 25 million to 30 million tons of material on the Lower Mississippi River each year. That requires a big fleet.…

05 Apr

Vane Brothers marks 125 years of maritime service

Rich MillerIndustry NewsTugboats and towing

(BALTIMORE) — Vane Brothers is celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2023. From a distinguished past, the company has grown to become one of the nation’s premier marine transportation providers. “I am thrilled and humbled to be part of such a proud legacy of perseverance and achievement,” said Vane President C. Duff Hughes, “especially considering the inherently unpredictable, complex, and ever-evolving…

04 Apr

SAFE Boats now 100 percent employee-owned

Rich MillerIndustry Newsshipbuilding

(BREMERTON, Wash.) — SAFE Boats International, a leading designer and manufacturer of aluminum watercraft ranging in size from 21 to more than 100 feet, has completed a transaction that transfers 100 percent of the company’s ownership to its employees. The SAFE Boats International Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) has acquired the company, completing the final milestone in a journey that…

28 Mar

AGLPA to hold annual conference July 27-28 in Chicago

Rich MillerIndustry NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, Ports

(WASHINGTON) — The American Great Lakes Ports Association (AGLPA) will hold its 2023 Annual Conference on July 27-28 in Chicago, Ill. For more than 20 years, this event has included leaders of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway maritime industry, including seaport managers, terminal operators, maritime labor, shipping company executives, maritime trade associations, state and federal government officials and the many…

22 Mar

Everett Ship Repair completes work on damaged ferry Cathlamet

Rich MillerIndustry Newsferries, shipbuilding

(EVERETT, Wash.) — Two shipyards with professional working relationships with Washington State Ferries (WSF) — Everett Ship Repair (ESR) and Ice Floe, dba Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) — offered immediate assistance to the operator when the ferry Cathlamet allided with the Fauntleroy dock on July 28, 2022. On March 2 of this year, Cathlamet was towed back to Eagle…

22 Mar

Crowley names VP of project management for Wind Services

Rich MillerIndustry Newsoffshore wind

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) – Crowley has named Mark Coplen as vice president of project management for Crowley Wind Services, where he will be a key leader in advancing the company’s growth and market leadership in the offshore wind industry. In his role, Coplen will expand Crowley Wind Services’ project management capabilities to support customers in its offering of engineering, procurement and…

21 Mar

Helm, Reygar teaming on digitization project to cut fleet emissions

Rich MillerIndustry News

(VICTORIA, British Columbia) — Maritime operations platform provider Helm Operations is partnering with United Kingdom-based Reygar to harness the benefits of digitization as part of the global effort to reduce the maritime sector’s carbon footprint. The collaborative research and development initiative, jointly funded via Innovate UK’s 2022 "Canada-UK Zero Value Chains – Transportation" call and the National Research Council of…

17 Mar

St. Johns Ship Building joins Green Marine

Rich MillerIndustry Newsshipbuilding

(PALATKA, Fla.) — St. Johns Ship Building, a shipbuilding and marine repair company located in Palatka, Fla., is the newest participant in Green Marine – the most comprehensive voluntary environmental certification program for North America’s maritime industry. “At St. Johns Ship Building, the current and future well-being of our employees and their families is a priority which is a big…