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...
Warren, Rhode Island-based boatbuilder Blount Boats has launched a new crewboat ordered by American Offshore Services (AOS), a partnership between Swedish offshore vessel operator the Northern Offshore Group and US-based investment firm OIC. Gripper is a 100-foot (30.4-metre), Jones Act-compliant aluminium catamaran crewboat built to support Ørsted and Eversource’s growing portfolio of offshore wind farms in […]
The post American Offshore Services’ newest crewboat floated out appeared first on Ba...
We’ve passed Twelfth Night, so let’s look at some key numbers for the year ahead. This week’s lucky lottery numbers are 4, 10, 29, 177, and 470,000. Who is feeling lucky? Four newbuilds for wind: #1 Toyo Nature abhors a vacuum, and as Global Marine Systems, for two decades the former cablelay market leader, sinks […]
The post COLUMN | 2024 by the numbers: Cableships; methanol; the Nigerian Navy; BP and Equinor’s wind woes; Noble in Suriname and Colombia [Offshore Accounts] appeared first on Baird...
A maintenance error caused an engine room fire aboard a chemical tanker last year, resulting in US$1.2 million in damages, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said recently. At 19:13 local time on April 29, 2022, the Malta-flagged chemical tanker Endo Breeze was transiting outbound...
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has confirmed the award of grants totalling US$220.2 million from the government’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to modernise the nation’s ferry systems. The program focuses in part on expanding ferry service in rural communities, helping communities acquire modern ferry boats (including electric boats), and upgrading shore infrastructure […]
The post US rural ferry operations to receive over US$220 million in grant...
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 ..
The post VESSEL REVIEW | Jane McAllister – McAllister Towing newbuild to serve US East Coast appeared first on Baird Maritime.
A Finnish operator welcomes a new Ro-Pax to its fleet while a US ferry company formally names its latest acquisition. A large Chinese cruise ship commences sea trials. Fi ..
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 ..
The post VESSEL REVIEW | Fire Island Maid – Compact vehicle ferry delivered to New York operator appeared first on Baird...
The US Navy commissions its newest littoral combat ship while new patrol vessels are delivered to the Falkland Islands government and a sheriff’s office in Louisiana. T ..
The post Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | May 12 – Israeli AUV, Falklands fisheries patrol boat and more appeared first...
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 ..