The Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) recently took delivery of two new patrol boats in a series built by Metal Shark Boats of Jeanerette, Louisiana. The vessels are the seventh and eighth vessels overall that Metal Shark has delivered to the PRPD since 2016. Each of the new patrol boats has...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) rulings on Jones Act compliance are always controversial, but New York, N.Y., headquartered New Fortress Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NFE) has welcomed a CBP ruling confirming that the transportation of LNG produced at the company’s Altamira Fast FLNG facility, located offshore Altamira, Mexico, by non-U.S. qualified vessels would not violate the Jones Act.
As a result of the CBP ruling, says New Fortress, it is now able to sell and deliver LNG produced at 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...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/nsmv-empire-state-docks-in-puerto-rico-for-training-exercise/
Baleària plans to open a new ferry route between San Pedro de Macorís (Dominican Republic) and Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) after summer 2024. Baleària has been operating in the Caribbean since 2011, where it currently connects the Fort Lauderdale with the Bahamian islands of Grand Bahama and Bimini....
Spanish transport company Balearia has unveiled plans to open a new ferry route between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico after the summer of 2024. Balearia plans to provide a daily ferry service over the 214 kilometres between the ports of San Pedro de Macorís in the Dominican Republic and...
Morgan City, Louisiana-based Conrad Shipyard says it has been awarded a contract for the construction of four cargo and passenger ferries for the Puerto Rico Maritime Transit Authority (PRMTA). The…
https://gcaptain.com/conrad-shipyards-to-build-four-cargo-and-passenger-ferries-for-puerto-rico/
A new catamaran cruise ship has been delivered to a US operator while a Russian inland luxury liner enters its final leg of sea trials. A new sightseeing boat for the Chinese city of Fuzhou is launched into the water for the first time. Finally, a Puerto Rico-based transit authority places an order...
The fatal collision between a US Coast Guard cutter and a small boat off the coast of Puerto Rico last year resulted from the failure of either vessel to maintain a prope ..
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Massachusetts-based unmanned technology company SeaTrac Systems has supplied one of its unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to Princeton University for use by geosciences ex ..
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Deliveries include a new air-cushion landing craft for the US Navy and a response boat for the Puerto Rico Police Department. Construction is nearly complete on two new c ..