coastal

ACI Boats wins order to build 4 fishing vessels for American Samoa

Port Townsend, Wash., based ACI Boats reports that it has been awarded a $3 million dollar contract by American Samoa’s Departmentnt of Commerce for four “Super Alia” commercial fishing vessels.

All four boats will be 38 foot x 14 foot semi-displacement catamarans, designed by ACI Boats and Nordland, Wash., based Coastwise Marine Design.

Constructed with 5086 aluminum hull skins, and 5052 aluminum interior transverse frames, each fishing vessel is identical in design and will be built to...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/aci-boats-wins-order-to-build-4-fishing-vessels-for-american-samoa/

Master Boat Builders delivers tug for LNG bunkering ATB

In the latest development in the expansion of the U.S. LNG bunkering infrastructure, Coden, Ala., shipbuilder Master Boat Builders, Inc. has delivered the new 4,000 hp tug Polaris to Polaris New Energy.

It will be coupled with the recently delivered 5,500 cubic meter bunkering barge Clean Canaveral to form the largest Jones Act compliant articulated tug barge (ATB) providing LNG bunker fuel in the U.S.

“Master Boat Builders is committed to producing the most dependable and reliable tugs in the...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/master-boat-builders-delivers-tug-for-lng-bunkering-atb/

VIDEO: CMT expands bulk cargo handling ops to Corpus Christi

Mobile, Ala., headquartered Cooper Marine & Timberlands (CMT) reports that it has expanded its bulk cargo handling operations to the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas. Initial cargo handling operations began in the fall of 2021 and have now begun in earnest.

“For 117 years, our family has aligned our company’s continued expansion with the growing needs of our customers,” said Angus R. Cooper III, president of CMT parent Cooper/T. Smith. “Our expansion into the Port of Corpus Christi is a...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/video-cmt-expands-bulk-cargo-handling-ops-to-corpus-christi/

Metal Shark wins Fire Island Ferries construction contract

Jeanerette, La, headquartered Metal Shark has been awarded a contract to build a new vehicle ferry for Fire Island Ferries. Designed by Elliott Bay Design Group, the 70 foot x 23 foot vessel features a steel hull and aluminum superstructure. With its hydraulically operated bow ramp and reinforced decks designed to support fully loaded concrete trucks and general cargo, the new ferry will provide transport between Bay Shore, New York and various ports along the Great South Bay of Fire Island.

Cons...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/metal-shark-wins-fire-island-ferries-construction-contract/

MARAD: $25 million available for America’s Marine Highway Program

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced the availability of $25 million in funding for the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP), which supports the development and expanded use of America’s navigable waterways.

These new resources represent the largest single appropriation of funding ever provided to the AMHP.

“America’s waterways are a vital means for getting goods onto our shelves and into our homes,” said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “Thanks to these...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/marad-25-million-available-for-americas-marine-highway-program/

McCarthy starts work on $57.3 million Texas port project

McCarthy Building Companies has started work on Phase 2 of the Main Street Terminal 1 project at the Port of Beaumont in Texas.

This follows approval by the port’s Board of Commissioners of McCarthy’s $57.3 million construction bid for the project, which is aimed at increasing the port’s general cargo handling capacity by more than 15%.

The project includes demolition of a failed dock structure and construction of a new state-of-the-art general cargo dock.

The Main Street Terminal is the main...

https://marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/mccarthy-starts-work-on-5-73-million-texas-port-project/

Tidewater orders tug duo at Damen

Damen Shipyards reports that it has signed a contract with Houston-headquartered Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) for the supply of two Damen Stan Tugs 2309. The tugs will be built at Albwardy Damen Sharjah and, on delivery in the first quarter of 2023, will both go on charter to a long-standing Tidewater customer.

Damen says the 23-meter Stan Tug 2309 is a compact and versatile harbor and coastal tug which, in its standard format, is equipped for towing, mooring and fire-fighting, with a bollard pull...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/tidewater-orders-tug-duo-at-damen/

Great Lakes Dredge CEO: “We’re 100% vaxxed”

“I’m very proud of meeting our target of 100% vaccination of all team members in the third quarter last year,” Lasse Petterson, CEO of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), told financial analysts in a call in this week, adding that “due to our vaccination efforts we have experienced less severe impacts from the virus infections. Throughout [2021] we avoided team members being hospitalized and no team member tested positive for COVID-19 from September through early December.”

The...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/great-lakes-dredge-ceo-were-100-vaxxed/

Peruvian tug operator opts for Schottel mechanical hybrid solution

A tugboat on order at Cheoy Lee Shipyards in Hong Kong for PSA Marine Peru will be equipped with Schottel RudderPropellers featuring the patented Sydrive-M technology.

Sydrive-M connects a vessel’s port and starboard mounted azimuth thrusters, allowing them both to be driven using only one of the main engines. In turn, this leads to reduced operating hours of the main engines, resulting in lower maintenance costs as well as less fuel consumption and lower emissions.

The system needs no additional...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/peruvian-tug-operator-opts-for-schottel-mechanical-hybrid-solution/

Kongsberg Maritime to supply advanced thrusters to Sanmar tugboats

TRAnsverse tug seen from three-quarters aft

Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has signed what’s described as “a sizeable contract” that will see Kongsberg Maritime deliver high-performance, future-proof US205SFP and US255SFP thrusters for installation on new azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugboats.

The tugs include a 60 tons bollard pull vessel that will be the first built to the next-generation TRAnsverse Tug design developed by naval architect firm Robert Allan Ltd for Maersk Group’s towage company, Svitzer. The new TRAnsverse 2600 tug can generate...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/kongsberg-maritime-to-supply-advanced-thrusters-to-sanmar-tugboats/

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