VT Halter Marine

VT Halter, Bollinger deliver new ATB for Bouchard’s New York fleet

B. No. 252 is the newest ATB barge for Bouchard Transportation. Bouchard Transportation photo.

The new articulated tug-barge unit Evening Breeze/B. No. 252 has been delivered to Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc., Melville, N.Y. It was built by VT Halter Marine Inc. and Bollinger Shipyards.

The 112’x35’x17’, 4,000-hp tug Evening Breeze left VT Halter’s Pascagoula, Miss., facility on March 12 to pair up with the 317’6”x70’x28’, 55,000-bbl. B. No. 252 built at Bollinger, Lockport, La. The vessels, linked by an Intercon coupler system, got underway to join Bouchard’s fleet service in New York.

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https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/vt-halter-bollinger-deliver-new-atb-for-bouchards-new-york-fleet/

VT Halter Marine awarded phase I preliminary contract design for NAV

Initial contract award for VT Halter Marine phase I is $1.465 million. VT Halter Marine photo

VT Halter Marine Inc., a Vision Technologies Systems company, announced Monday that the company has been selected for phase 1 preliminary/contract design for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) Variant (NAV). Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) made the announcement of the awards for the firm-fixed-price groups for the shallow coastal, continental shelf, and worldwide ocean survey and data collection requirements ships phase...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/vt-halter-marine-awarded-phase-i-preliminary-contract-design-for-nav/

Navy Squeezing Costs Out of FFG(X) Program as Requirements Solidify

Artist’s rendering of the Austal USA FFG(X) bid from SNA 2019. Austal USA Image

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy says it may have squeezed out about $150 million per hull in savings as the service closes in on final requirements for a planned class of next-generation frigates (FFG(X)), program officials said last week.

After raising eyebrows in Congress last year with an upper-end cost of about $950 million per hull for the second ship and beyond, the Navy is now saying that figure could be closer to...

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/22/navy-squeezing-costs-ffgx-program-requirements-solidify

Second LNG ConRo ship delivered to Crowley

The Taíno is the second of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled ConRo ships for Crowley Maritime Corp. Crowley Maritime photo.

Crowley Maritime Corp. announced Thursday that it has taken delivery of the Taíno, second in a pair of the world’s first combination container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) ships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).

VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., delivered the Taíno recently and sister ship El Coquí, which was delivered in July. Crowley says the two 720’, 26,500 dwt Commitment-class vessels will be “providing fast, reliable and environmentally friendly shipping and logistics services...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/second-lng-conro-ship-delivered-to-crowley/

Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Frigate (FFG(X)) Program

The following is the Oct. 22, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Frigate (FFG(X)) Program: Background and Issues for Congress.

The Navy in 2017 initiated a new program, called the FFG(X) program, to build a class of 20 guided-missile frigates (FFGs). The Navy wants to procure the first FFG(X) in FY2020, the second in FY2021, and the remaining 18 at a rate of two per year in FY2022-FY2030. The Navy’s proposed FY2019 budget requests $134.8 million in research and development funding...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/24/report-congress-u-s-navy-frigate-ffgx-program-4

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