Metal Shark delivers pair of futuristic 55-foot fireboats The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department has taken delivery of two head-turning fireboats from Metal Shark of Jeanerette, La. The 55-foot neon-green FB-21 and FB-73 replaced existing vessels in the department’s fleet. The two newbuilds are powered by twin V-8 MAN engines each generating 1,200 horsepower paired with Marine Jet Power 350X waterjets…

Keel laid for first US offshore wind turbine installation vessel Keppel AmFELS has laid the keel for the first Jones Act-compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel at its shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. Dominion Energy of Richmond, Va., is part of a consortium building the vessel to support offshore wind development off the East Coast of the United States. It will…