Jones Act

Great Lakes Towing launches new Caribbean breakbulk service

The Great Lakes Towing Company (GLT) has purchased the 5,800 tonnes cargo deadweight capacity, fully enclosed warehouse barge Crimson Clover from Crimson Shipping and has created a new operating company named Great Lakes East, LLC (GLE) is launching a Jones Act compliant breakbulk service from Fernandina Beach, Fla., to San Juan Puerto Rico.

Great Lakes East, (GLE) will operate a domestic and international marine transportation service that will effectively reactivate Crimson Shipping’s former...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/great-lakes-towing-launches-new-caribbean-breakbulk-service/

Chouest WTIV feeders to be built to ABS class

ABS is to class the offshore wind feedering fleet of two tugs and two barges that Edison Chouest Offshore has ordered to support Maersk Supply Services innovative wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV). As we reported earlier, the WTIV feeder solution aims to open access to a greater number of U.S. ports logistically.

Chouest and Maersk Supply partner up on U.S. offshore wind installation

Using U.S.-built Jones Act compliant tugs and barges to ferry turbine components, Maersk Supply Service’s...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/chouest-wtiv-feeders-to-be-built-to-abs-class/

Kalypso Offshore Energy plans new Jones Act cable lay vessel

Kalypso cable layer

New York City headquartered Kalypso Offshore Energy LLC reports that it has signed a letter of intent with Royal IHC covering the construction of a Jones Act compliant cable lay vessel that, it says, will fill a key gap in U.S. offshore wind vessel capabilities.

Drawing on Royal IHC’s extensive engineering capabilities and Kalypso’s industry insight, the partnership aims to domestically produce a state-of-the-art 5,000-ton CLV.

Kalypso’s CLV has been designed and constructed to meet Jones Act...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/kalypso-offshore-energy-plans-new-jones-act-cable-lay-vessel/

Seatrium AmFELS launches first U.S.-built WTIV

Virginia power utility Dominion Energy reports that its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has marked two milestones. In the first of these, its Jones Act compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Charybdis is now in the water at the Seatrium AmFELS shipyard, in Brownsville, Texas. In the second, CVOW has received a final construction air permit from the Environmental Protection Agency. This is the 11th and final federal permit required to begin offshore construction and...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/seatrium-amfels-launches-first-u-s-built-wtiv/

Peter Fetten named new Americraft Marine chairman

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)...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/peter-fetten-named-new-americraft-marine-chairman/

Chouest and Maersk Supply partner up on U.S. offshore wind installation

Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and Maersk Supply Service are partnering up for the construction and operation of a Jones Act compliant offshore wind installation feeder concept.

Specifically designed for Maersk Supply Service’s next-generation Wind Installation Vessel, the purpose-built feeder spread includes two tugs and two barges to be delivered in 2026. They will be owned and operated by ECO and constructed by Bollinger Shipyards.

As a key component to the installation process, this newbuild...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/chouest-and-maersk-supply-partner-up-on-u-s-offshore-wind-installation/

Centerline Logistics acquires JMB Shipping

Seattle, Wash., headquartered Centerline Logistics has acquired JMB Shipping, a maritime asset holding company that owns a fleet of Jones Act vessels including liquid tank barges and tugboats.

Previously, Centerline leased and managed the JMB Shipping fleet. The acquisition gives Centerline long-term ownership and operational control, integrating the vessels into Centerline’s growing fleet, which now has a liquid tank barge capacity of over three million barrels

“JMB Shipping’s assets are among...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/centerline-logistics-acquires-jmb-shipping/

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