Virginia pilots order Gladding-Hearn harbor launch
10 Mar

Virginia pilots order Gladding-Hearn harbor launch

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuilding
(SOMERSET, Mass.) — The Virginia Pilot Association has ordered a high-speed harbor pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corp. It’s the pilots’ 10th launch built by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. Delivery is scheduled for mid-2023. The all-aluminum launch is entirely designed and outfitted to optimize harbor service. It displaces about 2,000 pounds less than a similar-sized offshore pilot boat. As…
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Master Boat Builders delivers ATB tug to Polaris New Energy
09 Mar

Master Boat Builders delivers ATB tug to Polaris New Energy

Rich MillerShipbuilding, Tugboats & Towing
(MOBILE, Ala.) — Master Boat Builders has delivered a new 4,000-hp tugboat to Polaris New Energy. Named Polaris, the tug will be coupled with the recently delivered barge Clean Canaveral, forming the largest Jones Act-compliant articulated tug-barge (ATB) providing liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker fuel in the United States. “Master Boat Builders is committed to producing the most dependable and…
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Chouest floats out new river cruise ship for Viking
08 Mar

Chouest floats out new river cruise ship for Viking

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuilding,
(LOS ANGELES) — Viking announced Monday that the new 386-passenger Viking Mississippi was floated out in Louisiana, marking a major construction milestone and the first time the ship has touched water. Set to debut in June, Viking Mississippi will sail on the Lower and Upper Mississippi River, between New Orleans and St. Paul, Minn. The traditional float-out took place at…
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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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Metal Shark building vehicle ferry for Fire Island
03 Mar

Metal Shark building vehicle ferry for Fire Island

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuilding
(JEANERETTE, La.) — Metal Shark has been awarded a contract to build a new vehicle ferry for Fire Island Ferries of New York. Construction of Fire Island Maid recently commenced at Metal Shark’s Bayou La Batre, Ala., shipyard. Designed by Elliott Bay Design Group, the 70-by-23-foot vessel features a steel hull and aluminum superstructure. With its hydraulically operated bow ramp…
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AMP president: Support in Washington for Jones Act ‘never higher’
24 Feb

AMP president: Support in Washington for Jones Act ‘never higher’

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuilding, ,
(WASHINGTON) — Newly elected American Maritime Partnership (AMP) President Ku'uhaku Park on Thursday provided closing remarks on day one of the Capital Link Jones Act & U.S. Flag Shipping Forum. “I’m happy to report that overall support for the Jones Act in Congress and the administration has never been higher than it is today," Park said. "An overwhelming majority of…
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Ingalls authenticates keel for Harrisburg (LPD 30)
23 Feb

Ingalls authenticates keel for Harrisburg (LPD 30)

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuilding
(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced Wednesday that the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has authenticated the keel of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Harrisburg (LPD 30). The ship’s sponsor, Alexandra Curry, a resident of Middletown, Pa., and wife of the Middletown mayor, was unable to attend the ceremony, so Rear Adm. Tom Anderson, Program Executive Officer…
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Shipbuilders: New bill closes key offshore loophole
18 Feb

Shipbuilders: New bill closes key offshore loophole

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuilding
(WASHINGTON) — The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), the national trade association representing the U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry, has issued the following statement in support of Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and co-sponsors Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., and Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., on introducing the American Offshore Worker Fairness Act: “The Shipbuilders Council of America and the 400,000 men and…
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DOT awards $45 million in passenger ferry grants
18 Feb

DOT awards $45 million in passenger ferry grants

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuilding
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded $45.3 million in fiscal year 2021 grants to projects in 11 states and territories to support passenger ferry service. Grants awarded through FTA’s Passenger Ferry Grant Program help buy, repair and modernize ferry boats and terminals that residents depend upon. “Passenger ferries offer travelers and commuters in…
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