New Bedford Foss terminal to support offshore wind
23 Mar

New Bedford Foss terminal to support offshore wind

Rich MillerMaritime News
(NEW BEDFORD, Mass.) — The Port of New Bedford will add another base of operations and terminal logistics facility to support offshore wind projects off Massachusetts and the northeastern coast seaboard. The former Sprague/Eversource site was selected for its proximity to offshore wind blocks located approximately 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket islands. The site will undergo redevelopment…
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Mid-Atlantic Maritime to hold job fair in Norfolk
22 Mar

Mid-Atlantic Maritime to hold job fair in Norfolk

Rich MillerLicensing & Training, Shipbuilding, ,
(NORFOLK, Va.) — Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy (MAMA) will host its Maritime Job Fair on March 30, bringing together some of the biggest names in the government, military support and private sectors. For the people of Hampton Roads, it provides a one-stop, free opportunity to engage with employers who are actively in need of workers. “This job fair is unlike any…
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DNV approves CTV concept by All American, Teknicraft
18 Mar

DNV approves CTV concept by All American, Teknicraft

Rich MillerIndustry News, Shipbuilding,
(BELLINGHAM, Wash.) — Global classification society DNV has issued an approval in principle (AiP) for a 92-foot crew transfer vessel (CTV) concept design by All American Marine and Teknicraft. The quad engine design concept has a beam of 33.5 feet with a projected speed of 29 knots, fully laden. This concept will incorporate HamiltonJet’s parallel hybrid EHX system using HTX…
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New report says offshore wind farms can interfere with vessel radar
15 Mar

New report says offshore wind farms can interfere with vessel radar

Rich MillerMaritime News,
(WASHINGTON) — Offshore wind farms can interfere with navigational radar used by ships and smaller vessels to avoid collisions, posing challenges for safe maritime navigation, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The maritime community has expressed concern that wind turbine generators could interfere with radar, complicating navigation for both large vessels passing through…
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Chouest begins building first Jones Act SOV
04 Mar

Chouest begins building first Jones Act SOV

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuilding,
(CUT OFF, La.) — Orsted and Eversource, along with Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), announced Thursday that construction of the first Jones Act-qualified wind farm service operations vessel (SOV) in the United States has begun. The vessel, ECO Edison, is being built at ECO in-house shipyards in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida, creating well over 300 new jobs, with components of the…
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New York Bight lease sale draws record $4.37 billion
28 Feb

New York Bight lease sale draws record $4.37 billion

Rich MillerMaritime News
(WASHINGTON) —The U.S. Department of the Interior on Friday announced the results of the nation’s highest-grossing competitive offshore energy lease sale in history, including oil and gas lease sales, with the New York Bight offshore wind sale. These results are a major milestone toward achieving the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of reaching 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030. The…
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BMT wins design contract for three East Coast CTVs
08 Feb

BMT wins design contract for three East Coast CTVs

Rich MillerIndustry News, Shipbuilding,
(LONDON) — BMT, a leading international multi-disciplinary engineering, management and technology consultancy, has been awarded a design contract for three new crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to be operated at East Coast wind farms in the United States. The 88-foot CTV design features BMT’s latest innovations to maximize safety, performance, seakeeping and fuel economy. The design features a lightweight Z-bow hull…
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Orsted, Eversource to charter new CTVs from Senesco, Blount
28 Jan

Orsted, Eversource to charter new CTVs from Senesco, Blount

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuilding,
(BOSTON) — Orsted and Eversource have selected two regional vessel operators that will partner with Rhode Island shipyards to build crew transfer vessels (CTVs) serving the companies’ Northeast wind farms. Joint venture partners Orsted and Eversource will charter five new offshore wind CTVs from New York-based WindServe Marine and Massachusetts-based American Offshore Services (AOS). WindServe Marine’s affiliate shipyard, Senesco Marine…
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