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Blount Boats delivers tug to New York Power Company

On Friday, Aug. 28, the new tug Breaker II completed its delivery voyage to the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant, operated by the New York Power Authority, the nation’s largest state power organization.

The 56’x18’5″x6’9″, twin-screw tug with a 4’6″ draft, was designed by Bristol Harbor Group, Bristol, R.I. and was constructed at the Blount Boats facility, Warren, R.I.

The tug, which carries a crew of four to eight, was designed with a reinforced hull for breaking ice efficiently. It will operate...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/blount-boats-delivers-tug-to-new-york-power-company/

Austal USA successfully completes sea trails for Navy’s Expeditionary Fast Transport 12

Austal USA and the Navy’s Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) program successfully completed integrated trials on the future Newport (EPF 12), in the Gulf of Mexico. The 337’10″x93″6″ ship is now ready to be delivered to the Navy.

Austal USA has delivered 11 EPFs and has two more under construction, including EPF 12, at its Mobile, Ala., facility. The Spearhead-class EPF is currently providing high-speed, high-payload transport capability to fleet and combatant commanders.

Four MTU 20V8000 M7 11...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/austal-usas-expeditionary-fast-transport-12-successfully-completes-sea-trials/

LCS 24 completes Navy acceptance trials

The future USS Oakland (LCS 24) successfully completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico. LCS 24 is the 12th Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), built by Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., to reach this milestone.

The 421’6″x103.7′ Independence-variant LCS is the most recent step in the small surface combatant evolution. A high-speed, agile, shallow draft, focused-mission surface combatant, the LCS is designed to conduct surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and mine...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/lcs-24-completes-navy-acceptance-trials/

Corps’ Chicago regulatory branch completed over 1,700 permit actions in 2019

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District Regulatory Branch, does more than issue permits. Last year alone, it completed over 1,700 actions that covered permits plus more of what the team does on a daily basis: investigate violations, determine jurisdiction, along with permit compliance inspections and pre-application meetings.

The branch, covering six counties in Illinois and 2.5 counties in Indiana, is broken up into three teams with a staff of 16: Indiana Permits and Enforcement...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/corps-chicago-regulatory-branch-completed-over-1700-permit-actions-in-2019/

All American Marine completes 73′ patrol boat for Texas

All American Marine Inc. (AAM) has completed construction and launched an innovative aluminum catamaran. The vessel will serve an integral role patrolling both Texas state and federal waters for the law enforcement division of Texas Parks and Wildlife. The 80′ x27′ (OAL) Captain Murchison features twin Caterpillar C18 ACERT D engines, with HamiltonJet HM 521 waterjets and is built to USCG Subchapter T standards.

The state-of-the-art hydrofoil assisted vessel, from Teknicraft Design, will combine...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/all-american-marine-completes-73-patrol-boat-for-texas/

LCS 22 completes Navy acceptance trials

The future Kansas City (LCS 22) successfully completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico. The 421’x103.7′ trimaran LCS 22 is the 11th Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), built by Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., to reach the milestone.

“I take great pride in how our LCS team has elevated this program to be an example of manufacturing excellence,” Austal USA president Craig Perciavalle said in a statement announcing the success. “This is the 11th LCS sea trials completed successfully...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/lcs-22-completes-navy-acceptance-trials/

All American launches 77′ research vessel for Duke University

All American Marine Inc. (AAM), Bellingham, Wash., has completed construction and launched a 77’x26’6″ aluminum research and survey vessel for Duke University.

The Duke University Marine Lab (DUML) is a hydrofoil-assisted catamaran and is a design from Teknicraft Design. (AAM is the exclusive builder of Teknicraft Design hulls in North America.)

The new vessel was based upon two successful Teknicraft Design vessels AAM built for NOAA. Teknicraft’s patented hydrofoil-assisted hull design is proven...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/all-american-launches-77-research-vessel-for-duke-university/

Metal Shark completes new ferries for New Orleans

Two new passenger ferries for New Orleans couldn't be more different than the boats they are replacing. Metal Shark photo

Metal Shark announced that both new 105′, 150-passenger, high-speed, aluminum catamaran passenger ferries constructed for the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) have been completed and are ready to enter service.

The first of the two new ferries was completed earlier this year and delivered to New Orleans in July. The second vessel is 100% complete at Metal Shark’s Franklin, La., shipyard where it successfully passed U.S. Coast Guard inspections at the beginning of October and is ready...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/metal-shark-completes-new-ferries-new-orleans/