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New boats offer more room and more amenities for crews

Years ago, when an operator decided to design and build a new workboat, there usually wasn’t much thought put into crew comforts. A bunk, a galley, a head — sometimes a bucket or over the rail — was enough. If someone didn’t like it he might quit. That was OK because it wasn’t hard to find a replacement, since guys moved around a lot back then.

Bob Pelletier at Blount Boats in Warren, R.I., remembers a boat the shipyard was building where the crew would practically be “sleeping on top of each...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/new-boats-offer-more-room-and-more-amenities-for-crews/

More offshore wind crewboat builds amid uncertainty for bigger investments

Work is underway on the next support vessels for the fledging U.S. offshore wind energy industry, even as federal regulatory review — and now the global economic upheaval of coronavirus – clouds the prospect of building ambitious power projects.

The 804-megawatt Vineyard Wind project in southern New England waters, leading the pack of more than a dozen proposed wind energy arrays off the East Coast, remains stalled as the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management reassesses the cumulative...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/more-offshore-wind-crewboat-builds-amid-uncertainty-for-bigger-investments/

Atlantic Wind Transfers, Blount, Chartwell sign offshore wind vessel deal

U.S. offshore wind farm support company Atlantic Wind Transfers has signed a multi-million-dollar, market-first order for two state-of the-art Chartwell 24 crew transfer vessels (CTVs), developed by Chartwell Marine. The vessels, to be deployed in support of new wind farms off the East Coast, will be built by Blount Boats, with delivery scheduled for 2020.

Meeting the demands of U.S. offshore wind developers and asset owners — many of whom have a background in the European sector — requires...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/atlantic-wind-transfers-blount-chartwell-sign-offshore-wind-vessel-deal/

Fire Island Ferries takes delivery of new ferry from Blount

Fire Island Ferries, Bay Shore, N.Y., has taken delivery of a new 85’x20′ ferry, Isle of Fire, that will service the company’s Great South Bay route. The boat was built at Warren, R.I.-based Blount Boats Inc. and carries a total of 400 passengers, with seating for 383 of them.

Main propulsion comes from three John Deere 6135SFM keel-cooled diesel engines, producing 650 hp each, connected to ZF 34″x31″ propellers through ZF 550 transmissions with 2:1 reduction ratios. The propulsion package gives...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/fire-island-ferries-takes-delivery-new-ferry-from-blount-boats/

Ørsted, Reinauer’s WindServe to build offshore wind crew vessels

Two crew transfer boats will be built for offshore wind developer Ørsted. Ørsted rendering

Two new U.S. flag crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the emerging East Coast offshore wind industry will be built for wind power developer Ørsted and offshore support services provider WindServe Marine LLC, the companies said in a joint announcement Wednesday.

To be built by U.S. Workboats, Hubert, N.C., and Senesco Marine, North Kingstown, R.I., the BMT Group-designed vessels will be the second and third in U.S. service, following the Atlantic Pioneer, built by Blount Boats, Warren, R.I., and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/orsted-reinauers-windserve-to-build-offshore-wind-crew-vessels/

Next-gen offshore wind vessels: More speed, size, comfort

The next generation of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the budding U.S. offshore wind industry could draw on European trends toward more speed, air cushioned hulls and even hybrid power.

But with groundbreaking possible on the first major U.S. project by year’s end, wind companies should already be looking toward those designs, builders said Wednesday at the IPF19 wind conference in New York.

“The big demand for CTVs is during construction, and you will need them long before you think you will”...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/next-gen-offshore-wind-vessels-more-speed-size-comfort/

Blount Boats to build 56′ tug for New York tug

Rendering courtesy of Blount Boats

Warren, R.I.-based Blount Boats has signed a contract with the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to build an icebreaking diesel-powered steel double-screw tugboat. The tug will to operate in seasonal ice near the entrance to and within the upper Niagara River.

The vessel will replace existing vessels in the NYPA fleet currently used for the installation, removal, and maintenance of the Lake Erie ice boom and various associated marine construction projects.

The naval architectural and marine...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/blount-boats-to-build-56-tug/

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