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Eastern Shipbuilding launches second new Staten Island ferry

On Friday, June 26, 2020, Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. (ESG) launched the 320’x70’x21’6″ Sandy Ground (Hull 220), the second of three new Staten Island “Ollis Class” ferries for the City of New York Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) Staten Island Ferry Division. The launch took place at Eastern’s Allanton facility in Panama City, Fla.

The three Ollis Class double-ended 4,500 passenger ferries are from a design provided by Elliot Bay Design Group, with each ferry featuring four Tier 4 ABS E...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/eastern-shipbuilding-launches-second-new-staten-island-ferry/

Austal USA delivers 12th LCS to Navy

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., delivered its 12th Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) to the U.S. Navy on June 26, 2020. The future Oakland (LCS 24) is the second ship delivered by Austal USA to the Navy in 2020.

The 421’6″x103.7′ Independence-variant LCS is the most recent step in the small surface combatant evolution. A high-speed, agile, shallow draft, focused-mission surface combatant, the LCS is designed to conduct surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and mine countermeasures...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/austal-usa-delivers-12th-lcs-to-navy/

Atlantic Wind Transfers secures another CTV services contract

Atlantic Pioneer

Atlantic Wind Transfers, Quonset Point, R.I., has secured its second long-term O&M Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) contract in the U.S. to provide offshore marine support services for the Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbines to be installed for the first offshore wind project in U.S. federal waters. The project is being developed by Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Energy.

Atlantic Wind Transfers was selected by Dominion Energy through a competitive bid process. The crew transfer vessel will be based...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/atlantic-wind-transfers-secures-another-ctv-services-contract/

Eastern Shipbuilding launches second tug for Bisso Offshore

On Jan. 31, 2020, Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. launched the second of two 80’x38’x13’2″ 5,100-hp Z-drive tugs, the A. Thomas Higgins, for Bisso Offshore LLC, a division of E.N. Bisso & Son Inc. The RAL RApport 2400 ship handling tug design was provided by Robert Allan Ltd. Vancouver, British Columbia. The tug is currently under construction at Eastern’s Allanton facility. The C.D. White, the first vessel of the series, was delivered in January.

Main propulsion will come from two Caterpillar 35...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/eastern-shipbuilding-launches-second-tug-for-bisso-offshore/

Gladding-Hearn delivers second fast ferry to Rhode Island

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation has delivered a second high-speed passenger ferry to Rhode Island Fast Ferry Inc., Quonset Point, R.I. The ferry will operate between Quonset Point and Martha’s Vineyard, alongside Ava Pearl, the operator’s first high-speed catamaran built by Somerset, Mass.-based Gladding-Hearn in 2012.

Designed by Incat Crowther, the new 320-passenger, all-aluminum catamaran Julia Leigh measures 113.5’x32.4′ and draws 6′. Entrance into the boat is through the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/gladding-hearn-delivers-second-fast-ferry-to-rhode-island-operator/

Moran Iron Works building new ferry for Michigan

Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry and Moran Iron Works are joining forces a second time to build a $4 million 84’x20’3″ ferry in Northeast Michigan.

Shepler and Tom Moran, CEO and founder of Moran Iron Works, announced the project at a recent news conference in Moran’s fabrication center, where Shepler cut the first piece of metal for the new ferry. It is scheduled to carry its first passengers in the summer of 2020.

“Moran Iron Works is all in on fulfilling Shepler’s commitment to build in...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/moran-iron-works-building-new-ferry-michigan/

ACL’s second new riverboat to be delivered in August

American Cruise Lines announced that its second new modern riverboat, the 269’x59′ American Harmony, moved under its own power to the shipyard’s outfitting pier for final touches.

The 2,700 gt. American Harmony was successfully launched at Chesapeake Shipbuilding this past November 2018 and is well ahead of schedule for its Aug. 17, 2019 inaugural cruise on the Mississippi River, the company said in a recent statement.

The new cruise vessel is the second of five new ships in American’s new modern...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/acls-second-new-riverboat-delivered-in-august/

Corps opens Bonnet Carré Spillway for second time this year

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway Friday due to high water in the Mississippi River. Corps of Engineers photo

Based on changes to the current and forecasted conditions the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway Friday due to high water in the Mississippi River that threatens New Orleans and the surrounding region. High water is also a danger to marine traffic in the river.

Plans were to reopen the spillway May 14, but regional rainfall caused the Mississippi River to rise six inches in a 24-hour period with more rain expected through the weekend. These rains could elevate...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/corps-opens-bonnet-carre-spillway-for-second-time-this-year/

Vigor to deliver second Alaska ferry in March 2019

The Tazlina on sea trials earlier this year. The sistership will be delivered to the Alaska Marine Highway System in March 2019. Vigor Industrial photo

Vigor Alaska is nearing completion of the second of two 280’x70′, 300-passenger, 53-vehicle Alaska-class ferries for the Alaska Marine Highway System, according to a report in The Seattle Times. The first of the two ferries, Tazlina, was launched in May and christened Aug. 11, the first state ferry built in Alaska. The second ferry, Hubbard, scheduled for completion in March 2019. The Tazlina is slated to enter service in May 2019.

The Times reported that the Alaska Marine Highway System had...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/vigor-to-deliver-second-alaska-ferry-march-2019/

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