Maritime Partners signs USCG Design Basis Agreement for Hydrogen One

Maritime Partners LLC should face fewer regulatory problems than some other innovators in getting its innovative Hydrogen One towboat into actual service. It has received a Design Basis Agreement (“DBA”) from the U.S. Coast Guard for the vessel, which will utilize e1 Marine hydrogen generator technology in its power plant.

Hydrogen One towboat power train passes string test

M/V Hydrogen One is being designed as a first-of-its-kind vessel using new, cleaner, fuel cell technology that works by...

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Spill response barge delivered to Alaska operator

Allison Creek, an oil spill response barge operated by Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) of Anacortes, Washington, recently handed over a new oil spill response barge to Alaska-based Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. Designed by the Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) of Seattle, the vessel has been named Allison Creek after a creek in Valdez, Alaska. The...

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Alyeska Pipeline takes delivery of new spill response barge

Recently delivered to the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company by Anacortes, Wash., shipbuilder Dakota Creek Industries, the 13,600 barrel oil spill response barge Allison Creek is specifically designed to meet the rigorous requirements in Alaska’s Prince William Sound.

Designed by Seattle headquartered Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), the Allison Creek has a capacity of 13,600 barrels, an overall length of 200 feet, beam of 42 feet, depth of 16 feet and is outfitted with a deck crane and on-deck...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/alyeska-pipeline-takes-delivery-of-new-spill-response-barge/

EBDG’s CHAMP barge will be Wärtsilä powered

CHAMP barge

In a move to cut vessel emissions in U.S. ports, Seattle, Wash., based naval architecture firm Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) has entered into a collaboration agreement with Wärtsilä that will see the two companies further develop EBDG’s Clean Harbor Alternative Mobile Power (CHAMP) barge design.

CHAMP will provide a power range from 6 to 16 MW, using green methanol as its source, for two weeks or longer before refueling becomes necessary.

It will address the need to reduce port emissions by...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/ebdgs-champ-barge-will-be-wartsila-powered/

Alaska-based naval architecture firm to be under new ownership

The Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) of Seattle, Washington, has entered into a strategic partnership with Anchorage, Alaska-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Coastwise Corporation wherein the latter will become a new division under EBDG. Coastwise Corporation has been rebranded as Coastwise Engineering. This division will continue to provide superior naval architecture services to […]

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VESSEL REVIEW | Hubbard – New ferry for Alaska Marine Highway

The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) has begun operating the latest addition to its fleet of lifeline Ro-Pax ferries that serve the state’s remote coastal communitie ..

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VESSEL REVIEW | Fire Island Maid – Compact vehicle ferry delivered to New York operator

New York-based Fire Island Ferries has taken delivery of a multi-purpose vehicle and passenger ferry built by Metal Shark Boats of La Batre, Alabama. Designed by the Elli ..

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Fire Island Ferries Takes Delivery Of Multi-Purpose Vehicle Ferry

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Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) and Fire Island Ferries report that construction of Fire Island Maid, the ferry company’s newest ferry, is complete, says an article published on marinelog.

Freight shipping services

The vessel has received its U.S. Coast Guard COI and is now in service with the ferry company, which provides passenger and freight shipping services from Bay Shore, New York to several communities along the Great South Bay of Fire Island.

Features a steel...

https://mfame.guru/fire-island-ferries-takes-delivery-of-multi-purpose-vehicle-ferry/

Passenger Vessel News Roundup | March 24 – A Danish fast ferry, US catamaran cruise ship construction and more

A large catamaran Ro-Pax vessel has been delivered to an operator in Denmark as a new vehicle ferry enters service with a New York-based shipping company. Construction ha ..

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Tug and Salvage Vessel News Roundup | December 13 – Newbuildings in China, US and the UAE plus methanol-powered vessels

Construction has commenced on new harbour tugs for a Chinese port and the Swedish Royal Navy. Development is also underway on a compact multi-role vessel suitable for inl ..

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