The Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) of Panama City, Florida, has launched a new Ro-Pax ferry ordered by the Bridgeport and Port Jefferson Steamboat Company, a transport company that serves routes between Connecticut and New York. Upon completion, Long Island will measure 302 feet (92 metres) long...
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South Fork delivers first offshore wind power to Long Island
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on December 6 the successful delivery of clean power to Long Island from the first operational wind turbine at Ørsted and Eversource’s South Fork Wind The news came less than a month after completion of the first operational turbine at the wind farm, which is located approximately 19 miles southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island, and 35 miles east of Montauk Point, New York.
South Fork Wind has now delivered its first offshore wind power to the Long Island...
Pescador es atacado por una raya en Long Island
Un miembro de la tripulación de un buque pesquero con base en Rhode Island tuvo que ser evacuado durante el fin de semana después de ser golpeado por una raya frente a Long Island, Nueva York, informó la Guardia Costera de los Estados Unidos.
Esta entrada Pescador es atacado por una raya en Long...
https://fullavantenews.com/pescador-es-atacado-por-una-raya-en-long-island/?lang=es
Port promoters aim for offshore wind business
With a dozen offshore wind energy projects planned on the East Coast, New York port interests are in high gear pitching their state as the industry’s logical future base.
“A few years ago, we would have had trouble filling this room. But as you can see things are moving quickly,” said Michael Stamatis, president of Red Hook Terminals in New York City, at the State University of New York Maritime College’s offshore wind energy conference Sept. 26.
“There is no better place to be in for offshore...
https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/port-promoters-aim-for-offshore-wind-business/
New York signs biggest deal yet for offshore wind energy
New York state officials struck deals with two offshore wind energy developers to build 1,700 megawatts of capacity off Long Island, aiming to have turbines in operation by 2024 that could potentially power more than 1 million homes.
The projects would also bring 1,600 jobs and $3.2 billion in economic activity, according to state energy planners. Ørsted, one of the winners in the New York power agreement bidding, says its investments in the state will include training programs for new workers –...
https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/new-york-signs-biggest-deal-yet-for-offshore-wind-energy/
Harbor Harvest, Derecktor launch hybrid cargo vessel
A first of its kind hybrid freighter that will deliver fresh produce and locally made foods between Connecticut and Long Island was launched at Derecktor Shipyards, Mamaroneck, N.Y.
The Captain Ben Moore is a 63’x21.3’ aluminum catamaran, similar to two earlier Incat Crowther-designed vessels Derecktor built for marine educators and researchers in the region. The latest boat was built for Harbor Harvest, a Norwalk, Conn., based company that marine engineer and designer Robert Kunkel created to...
https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/harbor-harvest-derecktor-launch-hybrid-cargo-vessel/
BOEM opens process for New York offshore wind power
Federal energy officials are opening an environmental impact study for what could be the first offshore wind power project in East Coast federal waters, with public sessions next week on the South Fork Wind Farm proposal east of Montauk, N.Y.
The 15-turbine array is proposed by Deepwater Wind, the company that pioneered the first U.S. commercial offshore wind project at Block Island, R.I. Now in the process of being acquired by Denmark-based energy company Ørsted for $510 million, Deepwater Wind...
https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/boem-opens-process-for-new-york-offshore-wind-power/