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American Jazz, 345’ Cruise ship Designer/builder: Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, Md. Owner/operator: American Cruise Lines, Guilford, Conn. Anini I, 32’ Excursion boat Designer/builder: Armstrong Marine USA, Port Angeles, Wash. Owner/operator: North Shore Charters, Kilauea, Hawaii Aventura, 29’ Patrol boat Designer/builder: Sirocco Marine, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Owner/operator: Aventura Police Department, Aventura, Fla. Bay Voyager II, 37’ Excursion boat Designer/builder: Naiad, Picton, New…

12 Oct

Shipbuilding News, October 2020

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Edison Chouest building wind farm service vessel Orsted and Eversource have reached agreement with Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) to build and operate a service operations vessel (SOV) in support of several offshore wind power projects proposed in the Northeast. The vessel will be the first of its kind built in the United States specifically for offshore wind. ECO will build…

29 Sep

Eastern lays keel for another Weeks dredger

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(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — On Sept. 11, Eastern Shipbuilding Group conducted the keel laying for R.B. Weeks, ESG Hull 258, a new trailing suction hopper dredger for Weeks Marine Inc. (WMI), following the contract signing five months earlier. Steel cutting commenced on Aug. 19. This new U.S.-flag dredge is be constructed at Eastern’s Allanton Shipyard in Panama City. This is…

27 Feb

Captains handle speed with finesse on fast ferry to Nantucket

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M/V Iyanough, a fast ferry that operates on the 26-mile run between Cape Cod and the island of Nantucket, in some ways resembles a high-performance sports car and in other ways a city bus. This 154-foot aluminum catamaran is powered by four MTU 12V 4000 engines that generate a total of 9,400 horsepower, providing its Hamilton waterjets enough thrust to…

05 Dec

Laker crewman seriously hurt when he falls backward off stairs

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A 65-year-old crewman aboard a Great Lakes dry-bulk carrier was seriously injured when he fell down several interior stairs. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a medevac from the 736-foot Atlantic Erie in northern Lake Huron on July 7. The crewmember injured his hip and ribs. The man had trouble breathing and became disoriented. The Canadian-flagged vessel was upbound on Lake…

03 Apr

Conservators prepare the ‘Big U’ for modern utility systems

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Preservationists who own the nation’s flagship liner SS United States have begun a project that will make the weather-beaten vessel more attractive to redevelopers and raise money to pay docking costs. A 50,000-square-foot area deep in the bowels of the Big U’s hull is being cleared out to provide space for a modern physical plant and wiring. The SS United…

01 Oct

Fully equipped Florida research vessel a ‘Swiss Army knife’ of boats

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This past spring, the Florida State University Coastal & Marine Laboratory took delivery of the 64.75-foot-by-21.5-foot R/V Apalachee, an aluminum catamaran built at Geo Shipyard in New Iberia, La. The lab is located at St. Teresa on a lonely stretch of Highway 98 where Apalachee Bay forms a sweeping curve of beach that joins the Florida Panhandle to the pan.…

24 Oct

Maritime Casualty News October 2012

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Coast Guard assists sinking fishing boat off Nantucket The U.S. Coast Guard received a distress call from the 84-foot Luzitano, a commercial fishing vessel that was reportedly taking on water just after 0400 on Oct. 20. There were seven crewmembers aboard Luzitano, which was located approximately 40 miles southeast of Nantucket, Mass. According to a Coast Guard press release,…

26 Sep

‘Twin Towers’ assist with Manhattan dredge work

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Tugboaters and tugboat watchers took notice of identical twin tugs working in the Port of New York this spring and summer. “The guys on the dredge call us the Twin Towers,” said Capt. Barry Sadler, referring to the Dann Marine Towing tugboats Chesapeake Coast and Discovery Coast. The dredge in question was Great Lakes Dredge & Dock’s No. 55, which…

22 Aug

Maritime Casualty News August 2012

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Sightseeing vessel grounds in Glacier Bay The 79-foot sightseeing vessel Baranof Wind reportedly struck a rock and started taking on water in Glacier Bay, Alaska, on Aug. 19. According to a U.S. Coast Guard press release, the Coast Guard, National Park Service and good Samaritans responded and evacuated 72 people from the vessel, leaving four crewmembers behind to tend…