US unmanned systems specialist saildrone has deployed two of its unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to conduct an ocean mapping mission on the US East Coast. The USVs will return to the area where they spent two months in the summer of 2023 mapping in the north-central Gulf of Maine in support of...
Moving ahead on plans for offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday identified a Draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) there, opening a 30-day public review and comment period.
The draft WEA covers approximately 3,519,067 acres offshore Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, ranging from approximately 23 to 120 miles off the coast.
While BOEM sees the Gulf of Maine as having significant opportunities for offshore wind energy development, the...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/plans-for-gulf-of-maine-offshore-wind-advance/
One passenger is confirmed dead while three others suffered less severe injuries on a schooner after its mast broke and fell while off the coast of Maine on Monday, October 9. The US Coast Guard First District said personnel aboard the schooner Grace Bailey contacted the Coast Guard Sector Northern...
The US Navy welcomes a surface combatant into service while the Italian Navy takes delivery of a new offshore patrol ship. Construction continues on a future US Navy aircraft-capable amphibious ship. Finally, a Western Australia government office places an order for a multi-role vessel that will be built locally. US Navy commissions littoral combat ship […]
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Great Lakes St Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS), a wholly government-owned corporation under the US Department of Transportation, has expanded its fleet of m ..
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New York-based, family-owned vessel operator McAllister Towing and Transportation Company recently welcomed a new harbour tug to its fleet servicing customers along the U ..
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By Cailley LaPara (Bloomberg) — Maine moved a step closer to becoming the East Coast’s first floating offshore wind location after lawmakers approved a bill paving the way for deep-water development. …
https://gcaptain.com/maine-lawmakers-approve-bill-to-boost-offshore-wind-development/
It’s an all-delivery roundup with new corvettes for the Qatari and Russian navies, a littoral combat ship for the US Navy, and a fast cutter for the US Coast Guard. Lit ..
New tugs have been delivered to two operators in Brazil and one in Kenya. Meanwhile, orders have been placed for a new inland pusher tug for an American customer and a lo ..
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The US Navy gradually expands its surface warship fleet with new deliveries while testing continues on a naval patrol vessel for Australia. A Pakistani yard lays the keel ..