Waterways Commerce Cutters

VIDEO: Schottel highlights latest developments at Workboat

At the International Workboat Show in New Orleans, La., last month, Gaston Doucet and Hermann Weber of Spay, Germany-headquartered propulsion specialist Schottel GmbH provided insight into the company’s latest advancements and its ongoing commitment to customer support, reliability, and innovation in the maritime sector in this exclusive show floor interview with Marine Log’s project editor, Alex Marcheschi.

Schottel is known for its cutting-edge propulsion systems used across various maritime...

https://www.marinelog.com/video/video-schottel-highlights-latest-developments-at-workboat/

Birdon America gets $14.75 million contract to kick off WWC construction

Birdon America Inc. has been awarded a U.S. Coast Guard long lead time materials contract worth approximately $14.75 million to enable construction to begin on the first two vessels to be built under Birdon’s $1.187 billion contract to design and build 27 Waterways Commerce Cutters (WCC).

The WCC contract consists of two separate but related vessel designs: the River Buoy Tender (WLR) and the Inland Construction Tender (WLIC). River buoy tenders service short-range aids to navigation (ATON) on...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/birdon-america-gets-14-75-million-contract-to-kick-off-wwc-construction/

Report to Congress on Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutters

The following is the March 23, 2023, Congressional Research Service In Focus report: Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Program: Background and Issues for Congress.

From the report

The Coast Guard’s Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) program envisages procuring 30 replacements for the Coast Guard’s 35 aging river buoy tenders (WLRs), inland construction tenders (WLICs), and inland buoy tenders (WLIs). The Coast Guard wants to have the first new WCC be in service by 2025. On October 5, 2022,...

https://news.usni.org/2023/03/24/report-to-congress-on-coast-guard-waterways-commerce-cutters