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Master Marine delivers first of two towboats to St. Louis

Master Marine Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala., has delivered the first of two 67’x28′ Entech Designs designed vessel to Osage Marine Services Inc., St. Louis. It’s Osage’s first newly built towboat and it has all of its USCG certificates for Subchapter M compliance.

Each boat will be powered by a pair of Laborde Products S6R2-Y3MPTAW Mitsubishi 803-hp Tier 3 diesel marine engines, operated at 1,400 rpm coupled to Twin Disc MGX-5321 gears. Laborde Products is also providing electrical power with a...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/master-marine-delivers-first-of-two-towboats-to-st-louis/

Steerprop wins new propulsion order for newbuild icebreaker

Steerprop has received a new order for two 2.5 MW SP 60 PULL ARC propulsors to be delivered to a newbuild icebreaking vessel. This strengthens Steerprop’s position as a global supplier of propulsors of this size that can operate in extreme arctic conditions, company officials said in a statement announcing the new order.

(No details about the new icebreaker, such as who the owner is or where it is being built, were released. If the vessel is being built in North America, the propulsors will be...

https://www.workboat.com/press-release/steerprop-wins-new-propulsion-order-for-newbuild-icebreaker/

Marinette Marine, Vigor deliver RB-Ms to Jordan navy

Fincantieri Marinette Marine and Vigor (Team RB-M) announced the deliveries of two additional 45’x14.7′ Response Boat-Mediums (RB-Ms) to the U.S. Coast Guard. These boats are part of an approved foreign military sale to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan through the Department of Homeland Security.

Marinette Marine was the prime contractor and program manager for the project, and Vigor built the vessels at its Seattle facility.

The Royal Jordanian Naval Force (RJNF) plans to operate the boats from...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/marinette-marine-vigor-deliver-rb-ms-to-jordan-navy/

Two more indicted in deadly Missouri duck boat accident

A federal grand jury has indicted two supervisors on charges of misconduct and neglect in the Missouri duck boat accident that killed 17 people — the deadliest duck boat accident ever.

Curtis Lanham, 36, general manager at Ride the Ducks Branson, and Charles Baltzell, 76, the operations supervisor, were named in a superseding 47-count indictment unsealed late last week (to access the indictment, scroll down to the far left corner of the release) that includes Capt. Kenneth Scott McKee, 52,...

https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/two-more-indicted-in-deadly-missouri-duck-boat-accident/

C. Fly Marine Services gets ferry contract from North Carolina

The two new 185'x46'x10'6

C.Fly Marine Services LLC, Mandeville, La., was recently awarded the functional design verification and production engineering for two new 185’x46’x10’6″ vehicle ferries for the state of North Carolina’s Department of Transportation Ferry Division. The two new boats will replace the smaller Hatteras-class ferries that currently serve North Carolina.

Gulf Island Shipyards, Houma, La, will handle the construction of the river-class ferries, which will carry 40 vehicles, 7-person crews, and 300...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/c-fly-marine-services-gets-ferry-contract-north-carolina/

Halter awarded Navy APL construction contract

New berthing barges for the Navy are scheduled for delivery by third quarter 2020. U.S. Navy photo

VT Halter Marine Inc., a Vision Technologies Systems Inc. company, announced the award for detailed design and construction (DD&C) for two firm and up to four optional 82 mx20.95 m (269’x69′) Auxiliary Personnel Lighter Small APL-67 Class berthing barges by the U.S. Navy. These vessels were awarded to VT Halter Sept. 17, 2018, in response to the Limited Competition Solicitation N00024-17-R-2230.

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has awarded both APL-67 and APL-68 to VT Halter Marine with...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/halter-awarded-navy-apl-construction-contract/

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