Peter Fetten has been named chairman of Americraft Marine, the Libra Group maritime subsidiary that owns and operates the St. Johns Ship Building shipyard in Palatka, Fla.
Fetten comes to the role with four decades of experience in the marine engineering and shipbuilding sectors. Prior to joining Americraft, he held senior roles at Carnival Corporation and Royal Caribbean, as well as Blohm and Voss where he worked for 15 years. He is also the initiator/developer of Grand Bahamas (Freeport)...
Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has signed an agreement with Norwegian ship designer ESNA (Espeland and Skomedal Naval Architects) to develop an offshore wind crew transfer vessel using an SES (surface effect ship) design
SES vessels, also known as side hulled hovercraft or air cushioned catamarans, have side hulls like a catamaran. Between the hulls, fore and aft, are rubber seals into which fans blow air. This creates an air cushion that partly lifts the vessel up and out of the water.
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Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered a hybrid-ready StratCat 27 CTV to Prosperous Wind Shipping, a Taiwan affiliate of Pacific Radiance Ltd.
Set to start operation for Prosperous Wind at Taiwan’s Yunlin offshore wind farm in April 2024 under a $3 million contract, the vessel is designed for the efficient and reliable transfer of technicians and cargo, and is designated to play a crucial role in wind turbine generator installation operations at the Yunlin offshore wind farm,...
Scotland’s Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd has ordered three new crew transfer vessels (CTVs) at the Työvene shipyard in Finland. Built to new design by Sandown, U.K., based Ad Hoc Marine Design (AHMD) they feature an advanced SWATH (small waterplane area, twin hull) design that concentrates a large proportion of the vessel’s floatation volume into bulb-like hull sections deep beneath the waterline. These support the weight of the vessel through narrow, hydrodynamically efficient hull...
Southampton, U.K., based Chartwell Marine has partnered with Fincantieri’s Norwegian headquartered Vard subsidiary to introduce the Midi-SOV. The 55-meter offshore wind service vessel combines the two companies’ expertise in crew transfer vessels (CTV) and service operation vessels (SOV). The design will be offered on both the U.S. and European markets in 2024 and Chartwell, which already has a track record in designing CTVs for the U.S. market, says that the vessel is “designed Jones Act...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/could-midi-sov-be-an-offshore-wind-game-changer/
NYK has concluded a time charter contract with Siemens Gamesa, the world-leading provider of wind power solutions, for a crew transport vessel (CTV)* for an offshore wind power generation facility.
The CTV will be owned by NYK and managed by Hokkaido-based Hokuyo Kaiun Co., Ltd., an NYK Group company. The vessel will be engaged in transporting workers to the offshore wind power generation facility at Ishikari Bay New Port, which is scheduled to begin commercial...
https://mfame.guru/nyk-and-siemens-gamesa-conclude-charter-agreement-for-crew-transfer-vessel/
St. Johns Ship Building, Palatka, Fla., has hosted a keel laying ceremony for the first of two Jones Act Incat Crowther 30 Crew Transport Vessels that it is building for Windea, a partnership of Hornblower Wind and MidOcean Wind. The vessels will initially be chartered by GE Renewables. They will first operate out of New Bedford, Mass., during the Vineyard Wind I construction period.
As we reported earlier, St. Johns Ship Building was recently acquired by Americraft Marine Group, a maritime...
Belfast, Northern Ireland, based Artemis Technologies has launched to market what it claims is the world’s first commercially viable all-electric, high-speed foiling workboat range. Developed and built in Belfast, the zero-emission vessels are the result of a GBP 12 million (about $15 million) investment in research and development.
Powered by the Artemis eFoiler propulsion system, the workboats fly silently above the water, offering a comfortable gliding experience and creating minimal wake,...
https://www.marinelog.com/video/video-all-electric-foiling-workboat-aimed-to-be-a-game-changer/
Somerset, Mass., based Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, reports that it has now signed a contract to begin construction of its first crew transfer vessel (CTV) for Patriot Offshore Maritime Services LLC.
As we reported earlier, Patriot Offshore has signed a contract with Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, that will see the CTV support the construction, operation and maintenance of the Vineyard Wind 800 MW wind farm...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/gladding-hearn-inks-its-first-ctv-order/
U.K. offshore crew transfer vessel operator HST Marine has taken delivery of the first of a new class of Damen Multi Cat, the 2309.
The new mid range model, measuring 23.4 meter long by 9.6 meter beam, is well-suited for a wide range of tasks and enables HST Marine to offer its clients workboat services such as marine logistics and general contracting alongside its crew transfer business.
The new vessel, named HST Hazel after the daughter of HST operations director Chris Monan, was built at...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/damen-delivers-first-vessel-in-new-multi-cat-2309-class/