Alabama boatbuilder Silver Ships recently delivered a new firefighting vessel to the US National Parks Service for operation in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area that sits between Arizona and Nevada. The welded aluminium vessel has been named Ranger James P. Fleetwood in honour of a National...
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Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for September/October 2023
WORK BOAT WORLD: Silver Ships has recently promoted Jason Powers to the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Previously, he held the role of Director of Business Development and has been a member of the Silver Ships team for more than 25 years. As COO, he will direct daily production operations...
Silver Ships completes six riverine patrol boats for U.S. Navy
Silver Ships has completed the construction of six riverine patrol boats (RPB) under a contract award worth $6.12 million from the Naval Sea Systems Command. The vessels were designed and constructed as a part of the United States Navy Foreign Military Sale (FMS) program and will benefit a Pacific region ally. Each RPB was inspected and accepted by the Navy and await overseas shipment.
The six custom-designed riverine patrol boats are uniquely engineered to successfully operate in shallow and...
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Silver Ships promotes Jason Powers to COO
Theodore, Ala., based aluminum boat specialist Silver Ships has recently promoted Jason Powers to the role of chief operating officer (COO). Powers, who has been a member of the Silver Ships team for more than 25 years, previously held the role of director of business development
As COO, Powers will direct daily production operations alongside the executive team and report directly to CEO, Steven Clarke. His responsibilities will include organizational leadership, process optimization, cost...
Silver Ships gets $16.3 million NAVSEA award
NAVSEA has awarded Theodore, Ala., aluminum boat specialist Silver Ships a $16,352,650 firm-fixed-price, delivery for the procurement of 10 Navy 11-meter Surface Support Craft and 26 Coast Guard Special Purpose Craft Law Enforcement Generation II.
The award is being made under an October 2021 $8.2 million NAVSEA contract covering up to 110 vessels, including options that, if exercised, would bring its cumulative value to $51.6 million and see production work continuing through 2026-2027. The...
VESSEL REVIEW | Dashields – Workboat to support US Army Corps of Engineers’ waterway maintenance duties
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently took delivery of a new river maintenance workboat from Alabama-based boatbuilder Silver Ships. Dashields is the second in a series of three landing craft workboats built by Silver Ships for the USACE Pittsburgh District, the first being the 2022-built Allegheny River. The vessels will support the Pittsburgh […]
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Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for November/December 2022
WORK BOAT WORLD: Shearwater GeoServices has confirmed the appointment of Kristin Færøvik to the company’s board of directors. Færøvik was the Managing Director ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | Tobin – Mississippi River survey boat for US Army Corps of Engineers
Alabama-based Silver Ships recently handed over a new aluminium-hulled hydrographic survey vessel to the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The 49-foot (14.9-metre) Tobi ..
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Marine Projects Vessel News Roundup | October 20 – US Army lock maintenance workboats, electric dredgers for Brazil and more
Delivered vessels include a turbine installation platform for a Chinese operator, an electric dredger for a Brazilian mining company, and a lock maintenance workboat for ..
Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | September 27 – US and Italian patrol vessels, Canadian and UK rescue boats
Newbuild patrol vessels have been delivered to law enforcement agencies in Italy and the US state of Florida and the Canadian Coast Guard places a locally-built rescue bo ..