East Coast

Mitsubishi names Laborde Products East Coast distributor

Mitsubishi Turbocharger and Engine America (MTEA) president Nobuhiro Sawaki recently announced the selection of Laborde Products Inc. as the new distributor for the East Coast.

Laborde Products has represented Mitsubishi since 1998 as the Gulf Coast and Inland Waterway distributor for Mitsubishi Heavy Duty Marine Engines. Today, Laborde is headed up by Brian Laborde, the son of its founder Tracy Laborde.

“We welcome the challenge to expand the Mitsubishi Marine business along the East Coast and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/people-and-products/mitsubishi-names-laborde-products-east-coast-distributor/

Ferry fleets getting more efficient — and ‘green’

Ferries continue to be a dynamic sector of the workboat industry, with steady passenger growth and innovative design — bigger, faster vessels for major metropolitan markets, and a new wave of hybrid propulsion.

Designers and builders are responding to demand for cleaner-operating vessels, pushed by California air-quality mandates and moves by Washington State Ferries toward developing hybrid and electric power. On the East Coast, ferry operators tend to stick to proven Tier 3 emissions-approved...

https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/ferry-fleets-getting-more-efficient-and-green/

Capacity issues loom for East Coast wind developers

Off the New Jersey coast, the bright red hull of the Fugro Enterprise has become a familiar sight to commercial fishermen who pull shellfish dredges and tend gillnets.

Plodding along at around 4 knots, the 170’x40’x11′ survey vessel is making detailed geotechnical surveys for the Ocean Wind energy project, planned by Ørsted to accommodate towering wind turbines that would supply New Jersey with its first 1,100 megawatts of renewable energy generated by offshore wind.

To New Jersey’s renewable...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/capacity-issues-loom-for-east-coast-wind-developers/

Elliott Bay Design Group opens New York office

Seattle-based Elliott Bay Design Group announced it is opening a new office in New York, to provide professional engineering and naval architecture services to East Coast clients.

EBDG will also bring its expertise in waterfront development to the East Coast, which the group says will be “a springboard for future growth in the region.”

“This is an exciting time for EBDG and marks a major milestone in our 30-year history,” said Christina Villiott, vice president of sales and marketing at EBDG....

https://www.workboat.com/news/people-and-products/elliott-bay-design-group-opens-new-york-office/

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