Bellingham, Wash., based All American Marine (AAM) has been awarded a contract to build a research and hydrographic survey vessel for Geodynamics, an NV5 geospacial group company.
The vessel, the R/V Shackleford, will have a 73 foot x 26.7 foot semi-displacement aluminum catamaran hull developed by Nic de Waal of Teknicraft Design in Auckland, New Zealand.
It will share the fundamental and primary design elements incorporated in the Duke University Marine Lab’s R/V Shearwater and Blue Tide Puerto...