TOTE Services LLC an affiliate of the TOTE Group, and Hanwha Philly Shipyard Inc. last week marked a major shipbuilding milestone with a keel laying ceremony for the fifth and final vessel in the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) program.
Commissioned by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD), the NSMV program is designed to provide world-class training for America’s future mariners while also supporting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief...
Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s new National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) training ship, TS Patriot State, is set to make its first extended voyage. The ship, which arrived on campus on October 10, 2024, is set to embark on its inaugural Sea Term, departing on Saturday, January 11, and visiting ports that include San Juan, Puerto Rico; Charleston, South Carolina; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; and Tampa, Florida. The ship is anticipated to return at the end of February.
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Within days of its delivery to MARAD by Philly Shipyard, the TS Patriot State, the second of five new purpose-built, state-of-the-art NSMV training vessels for America’s state maritime academies arrived at Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA), which formally accepted custody of the ship at a special ceremony held October 11, during which Rear Admiral Ann Phillips, MARAD Administrator, officially signed the vessel over to the academy and to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Philly Shipyard Inc. yesterday delivered the Patriot State, the second of five new purpose-built, state-of-the-art training vessels for America’s state maritime academies.
The vessels are being built under MARAD’s National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMVs) program and are designed to provide world-class training for America’s future mariners and to support humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions in times of need.
This second vessel, Patriot State, is being delivered to MARAD and...
TOTE Services LLC and Philly Shipyard yesterday christened the second of five National Security Multi-Mission vessels (NSMVs), Patriot State, with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro and other key officials on hand to celebrate the milestone.
Following the christening ceremony, the Patriot State will be delivered to Massachusetts Maritime Academy in the coming weeks.
Marking a new approach to vessel construction in the United States, these next...
While social media posts indicate that SUNY Maritime College cadets look to be having a memorable time in their first Summer Sea Term aboard the school’s new training ship the Empire State VII, not all has gone quite to plan.
A planned call to Portsmouth, U.K., has been called off due to a technical issue with the fuel system of the vessel, which is the first of the five new training vessels for America’s state maritime academies being built...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/new-suny-maritime-training-ship-hit-by-tech-problems/
Philly Shipyard held a ceremony February 11 to mark the cutting of steel for the fifth National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) destined for California State University Maritime Academy (Cal Maritime) in Vallejo, Calif. The ceremonial start of construction occurred at Philly Shipyard’s plasma cutting machine as the button was pressed to start the plasma steel cutting process.
This marked the last steel cutting ceremony for the five contracted vessels slated to be constructed for the...
Ben Christian, Vice President Marine Services, TOTE Services sits down with Alex Marcheschi from Marine Log to talk about the Empire State delivery, the VCM Program, their relationship with shipyards, and more!
The first of five much awaited new training vessels for America’s state maritime academies was delivered in September 2023 by Philly Shipyard. This first vessel, the Empire State will serve SUNY Maritime College, in Fort Schuyler, N.Y. The ships are being built for MARAD under the...
The National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) training ship, Empire State, recently docked in Puerto Rico for an essential training exercise for cadets. The vessel, which was delivered by Philly Shipyard to SUNY Maritime College back in September, also allowed for prospective students from Puerto Rico to learn about serving in the Merchant Marine and the benefits of in-state tuition rates at SUNY Maritime College.
The maritime industry provides over 2,000 jobs and contributes more than $96...
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No doubt about it, the contract to build the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) training ships was a life-saver for Philly Shipyard when it was awarded in April 2020. At that time, the shipyard’s newbuild order book was empty. Today, things are very different.
According to its just released results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2023, at September 30, 2023, Philly Shipyard had an order backlog of $1,793.7 million, with eight ships on its order book: four NSMV training...