17 Aug

Long Beach welcomes Pasha’s new LNG boxship

Rich MillerMaritime NewsLNG, shipbuilding

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — The Port of Long Beach on Wednesday welcomed Pasha Hawaii’s M/V George III, the first containership powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) to refuel on the West Coast. The ship’s LNG-powered engines are dramatically cleaner than those of a traditional cargo ship. Following George III’s inaugural visit to Long Beach, the 774-foot ship built by Keppel…

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16 Aug

Crowley secures subcontract for Maine hybrid-electric ferry

Rich MillerIndustry Newsshipbuilding

(SEATTLE) — Crowley has been selected by Senesco Marine to provide design verification and production packaging for a hybrid-electric passenger-vehicle ferry for Casco Bay Lines of Portland, Maine. Under the contract, Crowley will use its development experience in electric and hybrid propulsion systems to verify the contract design by Elliott Bay Design Group and develop the production package that is…

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16 Aug

Army Corps gets new survey boat from Silver Ships

Rich MillerMaritime Newsshipbuilding

(MOBILE, Ala.) — Silver Ships has delivered the 49-foot marine surveying vessel Tobin to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Venice Sub Office in Venice, La. The vessel is the latest expansion in the company's Endeavor series of workboats. Tobin is custom designed for the Corps to hydrographically map the mouth of the Mississippi River. This mission-specific vessel will allow…

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16 Aug

Moose Boats delivers vessel for California wardens

Rich MillerMaritime Newsshipbuilding

(VALLEJO, Calif.) — Moose Boats recently delivered an M1-46 offshore patrol boat to the state of California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife. The vessel, Chinook, will be based out of Fort Bragg, Calif. Twin Volvo Penta D11 625-hp turbo diesel propulsion engines, Twin Disc transmissions and HamiltonJet waterjets with Blue Arrow and Jet Anchor station-keeping controls power the 46-foot aluminum…

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09 Aug

New funding to boost ferry service in 35 states

Rich MillerMaritime Newsferries, shipbuilding

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHA) on Friday announced $172.2 million in fiscal year 2022 formula funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 35 states and three territories to improve ferry service and provide more travel options. Under the Biden administration, funding for ferry service is at historic levels to support multimodal transportation services that…

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08 Aug

Metal Shark building 115-foot patrol boat for Guyana

Rich MillerMaritime Newsshipbuilding

(JEANERETTE, La.) — Metal Shark is building a welded aluminum 115-by-27-foot monohull patrol vessel for the Guyana Defense Force (GDF). Construction is underway at Metal Shark’s Franklin, La., shipyard on the new 115 Defiant, a multi-mission vessel designed in-house by Metal Shark’s engineering team and being acquired by the GDF via direct purchase. Once complete, the new vessel will join…

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08 Aug

NASSCO gets $1.4 billion for sixth ESB, two oilers

Rich MillerMaritime Newsshipbuilding

(SAN DIEGO) – General Dynamics NASSCO has received $1.4 billion in U.S. Navy contract modifications for construction of a sixth expeditionary sea base ship (ESB 8) and two additional John Lewis-class fleet oilers (T-AO 211 and 212). This award comes in addition to $600 million already received to procure long lead-time materials for the same ships. The contract modification also…

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05 Aug

Glosten to design hydrogen-hybrid vessel for Scripps

Rich MillerMaritime NewsClimate change, Hydrogen, shipbuilding

(SAN DIEGO and SEATTLE) — The University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has selected Glosten as the naval architect for the university’s new coastal research vessel. The vessel will be an innovation in the maritime industry with a first-of-its-kind hydrogen-hybrid propulsion system. With this selection, Glosten will provide the preliminary design, contract design, and detailed design for…

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04 Aug

Interlake’s new bulk carrier makes maiden voyage

Rich MillerMaritime Newsshipbuilding

(STURGEON BAY, Wis.) — Nearly three years after the first cut of steel for the first Great Lakes-built freighter in nearly 40 years, the 639-foot Mark W. Barker embarked on its maiden voyage July 27 from Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding. “This is a monumental day for our company and the U.S.-flag fleet as our much-anticipated freighter departs on her first voyage…

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04 Aug

Bollinger’s 50th FRC bound for duty in Boston

Rich MillerMaritime Newsshipbuilding, U.S. Coast Guard

(LOCKPORT, La.) – Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCGC William Chadwick to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla. This is the 176th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 50th fast response cutter (FRC) delivered under the current program. “It’s incredibly meaningful that we could deliver the 50th FRC, the USCGC…

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