A new type of autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) designed for maritime attack missions was recently procured by the US Department of Defense (DOD). Built by Florida-based unmanned systems specialist Maritime Tactical Systems (MARTAC), the 18-foot (5.5-metre) ASV was designed as a low-cost, attritable...
Florida shipbuilder the Eastern Shipbuilding Group and Netherlands-based marine engineering company Royal IHC have formed a strategic partnership with the objective of designing and constructing a highly automated, medium hopper dredger for use by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The dredger will be built at Eastern Shipbuilding’s Allanton and Port St Joe facilities. […]
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Ship leasing business Seapath, a company under New York-based conglomerate the Libra Group, has placed an order for six deck barges in a series to be built by St Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Florida. The vessels will be despatched to multiple charterers along the US East Coast. The barges are...
Led by Louisiana General Attorney General Liz Murrill, the attorneys general of 16 states have filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Louisiana challenging the pause on pending approvals of LNG export projects announced by the Biden administration in January.
Attorney General Murrill calls that move an “unlawful decision to ban new liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.”
The State of Louisiana is joined in the suit by the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida,...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/16-states-file-suit-challenging-pause-on-lng-export-permits/
WINDEA CTV, a partnership of Hornblower Wind and MidOcean Wind, has taken delivery of the first two vessels in a series of five windfarm crewboats. The bespoke all-aluminium WINDEA Courageous and WINDEA Intrepid will be operated at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in New Bedford,...
Boluda Towage Europe has confirmed its acquisition of the towage and salvage company Resolve Salvage and Fire (Gibraltar). The company is owned by Florida-based the Resolve Marine Group. In addition to providing towing and salvage services, it also specialises in engineering and maintenance...
Orders have been placed for new ferries for operation in various regions. Interestingly, three of the four vessels mentioned in this roundup are catamarans that are each capable of seating at least 300 passengers and reaching speeds of over 25 knots. South Korean operator orders fast catamaran...
Deliveries include a crewboat for a US windfarm support company and a turbine installation vessel for a Chinese owner. A installation vessel for a Danish operator is meanwhile launched into the water for the first time. Finally, a Brunei-based firm places an order for a new fast crewboat with secondary emergency response capability. WINDEA CTV […]
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Longpoint has acquired a cluster of industrial-logistics properties totaling 1.4 million square feet...
