MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order from VT Halter Marine Inc to supply deck machinery and cargo handling equipment for the first 460’x88′ Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (PSC).
The scope of the equipment to be supplied includes anchor windlass, mooring winches and capstans, main towing winch, offshore cranes, oceanographic winch, hanger overhead crane and cargo access equipment. The contract also provides for two further options for delivery to a second PSC in 2025, and the...
Quality Liquefied Natural Gas Transport (Q-LNG) has received U.S. Coast Guard design basis acceptance and regulatory approvals to move forward with construction on two variants of its current design. The designs, each for a 5,400m3 and 8,000m3 articulated tug and barge (“ATB”), are both variants of the 4,000m3 ATB design currently under construction at VT Halter Marine in Pascagoula, Miss.
Q-LNG is currently contracted with VT Halter for the construction of America’s first offshore LNG ATB,...
Ship maintenance and repair company ST Engineering Halter Marine and Offshore Inc. (STEHMO), is expanding in Pascagoula, Miss. The project is a $10 million corporate investment and will create 100 jobs.
“The shipbuilding and repair industry is a powerhouse on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, generating billions of dollars for the state’s economy and providing skilled jobs for thousands of Mississippians,” Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in a prepared statement. “STEHMO’s growth builds upon that...
The following is the Feb. 5, 2020 Government Accountability Office testimony before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security on the Coast Guard icebreaker programs.
From the report
What GAO Found
ln fiscal year 2012, the Coast Guard-the primary federal maritime agency in the Arctic-assessed its capability to perform its missions in the region and identified a number of capability gaps. These gaps, which still exist today, include communications,...
https://news.usni.org/2020/02/13/gao-testimony-on-coast-guard-icebreaker-programs
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star moves through pack ice Dec. 28, 2019, about 200 miles north of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The 43-year-old Polar Star is the nation’s only heavy icebreaker. This year marks the 64th iteration of the operation known as Operation Deep Freeze. U.S. Coast Guard photograph
The nation’s only heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) finished bashing a 23-mile channel through pack ice on Wednesday to reach the National Science Foundation’s research facility, McMurdo...
VT Halter Marine Inc., part of ST Engineering North America, received top honors during the International WorkBoat Show when the Taino and El Coqui were named the 2019 Boat of the Year by WorkBoat magazine. The ships, built for Crowley Maritime Corp, were selected based on criteria set by WorkBoat and by popular vote.
The Taino and El Coquí are the first Commitment-class, liquefied natural gas-powered ConRo ships built for Crowley’s shipping and logistics services between Jacksonville, Fla., and...
https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/vt-halter-proud-of-building-workboats-boat-of-the-year/
WorkBoat recognized the 10 Significant Boats of 2019 and named its Boat of the Year at an awards ceremony at the International WorkBoat Show Thursday morning. The 2019 Boat of the Year was the Taíno and El Coquí, combination container roll-on/roll-off (ConRo) ships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Owner Crowley Maritime Corp. said the vessels are the world’s first ConRo ships powered by LNG. The two 720’×105’×59′, 26,500-dwt Commitment-class vessels were built by VT Halter Marine and...
https://www.workboat.com/news/workboat-show-news/workboat-names-its-boat-of-the-year/
Halter Marine has launched Q-LNG 4000, America’s first offshore LNG articulated tug and barge (ATB) unit.
A few weeks after being named, the Q-LNG 4000 launched from the docks of VT Halter Marine, Inc. (VT Halter Marine), a company of ST Engineering North America. The Q-LNG 4000 is America’s first offshore Liquefied Natural Gas Articulated Tug and Barge (LNG ATB) unit.
The Q-LNG 4000 barge is designed to carry 4,000 cubic meters of LNG, with dimensions of 324′ x 64′ x 32′.6″. Its tug, the Q-Ocean Services, is scheduled to launch late October. The tug will have 5,100 horsepower, powered by two GE...
In November 2017, New Orleans-based Q-LNG Transport LLC awarded a contract to VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, Miss., to build a first-of-its-kind (in the U.S.) liquid natural gas (LNG) articulated tug/barge (ATB) unit.
Last week, the 4,000-cubic meter, 324’x64’x32’6″ liquid natural gas ATB barge Q-LNG 4000, was launched from the docks of VT Halter. The ATB also consists of the 128’x42’x21′ 5,100-hp tug, Q-Ocean Service.
“The Q-LNG 4000 is dedicated to delivering safe transit to all ships and ports...
https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/vt-halter-launches-lng-atb-barge/