23 Jan

Maryland pilots order new launch from Gladding-Hearn

Rich MillerMaritime NewsPilots, shipbuilding

(SOMERSET, Mass.) – The Association of Maryland Pilots has ordered its fifth Chesapeake-class launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding. Delivery is scheduled for early 2024. With a deep-V hull designed by Ray Hunt Design, the all-aluminum launch measures 52.6 feet overall, with a 16.8-foot beam and a 4.8-foot draft. Powered by twin Volvo Penta D16 EPA Tier 3-certified diesel engines, each producing…

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23 Jan

Glosten to design new station boats for San Francisco Bar Pilots

Rich MillerIndustry NewsPilots, shipbuilding

(SAN FRANCISCO) — The San Francisco Bar Pilots have engaged naval architecture and marine engineering firm Glosten to design new station boats that will meet California Air Resources Board (CARB) emission requirements. CARB has established regulations to limit emissions below what is required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Tier 4 and must be met for any vessel considered…

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09 Dec

Gladding-Hearn delivers stabilizing gyro boat to Texas pilots

Rich MillerMaritime NewsPilots, shipbuilding

(SOMERSET, Mass.) – The Galveston-Texas City Pilots has taken delivery of its fourth pilot boat, Texas City, from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corp. The new launch is equipped with a Seakeeper 30HD stabilizing gyro, which, according to shipyard officials, will reduce up to 80 percent the vessel’s roll. With a length overall of 73.2 feet, beam of 23.3 feet and draft…

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15 Sep

Delaware pilots order fourth Gladding-Hearn launch

Rich MillerMaritime NewsPilots, shipbuilding

(SOMERSET, Mass.) – The Pilots’ Association for the Bay and River Delaware has ordered another pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding. It will be the association’s fourth Chesapeake-class launch and 11th pilot boat built by the shipyard since 1957. Delivery of the new vessel is scheduled for 2024. Since the Chesapeake class was introduced by Gladding-Hearn in 2003, 28 have been…

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13 Sep

Coast Guard aims to boost Great Lakes pilotage rates

Rich MillerMaritime NewsGreat Lakes, Pilots, shipping

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard has published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register outlining pilotage rates for the U.S. Great Lakes pilotage system for the 2023 shipping season. The Coast Guard has proposed a 14 percent cost increase due to inflation and the addition of four new pilots. The agency has requested public comment on…

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22 Aug

Brendan O’Shea named deputy director of American Pilots’ Association

Rich MillerIndustry NewsPilots

(WASHINGTON) — Brendan O’Shea has been named deputy director-associate general counsel for the American Pilots’ Association (APA). He started work in this position Monday. O’Shea retired from the U.S. Coast Guard as a commander earlier this year. A 2001 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy with a bachelor of science degree in government, he was also awarded a juris doctor…

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12 Jul

Michigan pilots add third boat from Gladding-Hearn

Rich MillerMaritime NewsPilots, shipbuilding

(SOMERSET, Mass.) – Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding has delivered by road transport a new pilot boat to the Lake Pilots in Port Huron, Mich. Huron Pride, a Resilient-class high-speed launch, is the pilots’ third boat built by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard since 1979. Designed by Ray Hunt Design, the jet-driven, all-aluminum launch measures 42.5 feet overall. It has a 14-foot beam and…

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