Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Eastern Shipbuilding Group and Philly Shipyard are likely to bid to build Washington State Ferries’ planned series of five new hybrid-electric 160-car ferries, according to WSDOT Assistant Secretary Steve Nevey, the head of Washington State Ferries’
“We’ve reached another exciting step in our electrification journey! Three shipbuilders are interested in building five hybrid-electric 160-car ferries for us,” Nevey writes in his weekly update. “They are Nichols...
Freeland, Wash., based Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) has appointed Lacey Greene as vice president, new construction sales.
Greene returns to Nichols Brothers after a period serving as business development coordinator at naval architect firm Elliott Bay Design Group.
“We are excited to welcome Lacey Greene back to our team as vice president, new construction sales,” said Gavin Higgins, CEO of NBBB and sister company Everett Ship Repair (ESR). “Her career journey at NBBB and ESR is a...
DARPA’s groundbreaking No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) project has taken another step forward. Serco North America, the prime contractor and design integrator for the project, has now awarded
Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB), Freeland, Wash., a contract to build the vessel.
The program aims to revolutionize naval operations by creating a ship that can operate autonomously for extended periods at sea without an onboard crew.
Dr. Gregory Avicola, program manager, tactical technology office at...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is moving into Phase 2 of the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program. The aims is to build and demonstrate a revolutionary new medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) that can go to sea and perform missions with unprecedented reliability and availability, while carrying a significant payload.
The agency selected Serco Inc.’s design to move forward at the conclusion of Phase 1.
DARPA says the NOMARS program took a clean-sheet approach to ship...
https://www.marinelog.com/technology/darpa-moves-to-next-phase-of-unmanned-surface-vessel-project/
Caterpillar Marine reports that it has entered into an agreement with California-based Pacific6 Enterprises to pilot a parallel battery hybrid propulsion system for a first-of-its kind aquaculture farming vessel.
Designed by Kirk Mullen at Oceantech Ltd., a South Island, New Zealand-based naval architecture firm, the aquaculture vessel will be constructed at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders in Freeland, Wash. Caterpillar Marine dealer N C Power Systems (Seattle, Wash.) will sell and oversee...
Construction is underway on a new workboat slated to support operations at the first permitted offshore fish farm in North America. The 78- by 26-foot (24- by eight-metre ..
US towage operator Foss Maritime has taken delivery of a new ASD tug from Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) of Freeland, Washington. The ABS-classed Rachael Allen is ..
Washington State operator Kitsap Transit has taken delivery of a new fast aluminium ferry from Nichols Brothers Boat Builders. Commander is the second ferry in a series t ..
Foss Maritime has taken delivery of a new ASD tug from Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB). Rachael Allen is the fourth tug in a series ordered by Foss from NBBB. It is ..
Bremerton, Washington-based ferry operator Kitsap Transit recently took delivery of the first of two new 255-passenger catamaran vessels in a series from Nichols Brothers ..