Josefa Slipways Inc., Sual, Philippines, has delivered the first two Robert Allan Ltd. design tugs to be built for the Philippine Navy. Designed to provide support to the navy’s surface fleet. They are the YT 027. a RAmparts 2700 harbor tug, and the AT 010, a RAmparts 3000-W ocean tug.
The YT 027 harbor tug has a length of 27.6 meters and beam of 19 meters, while the AT 010 ocean tug has a length of 30.25 meters and beam of 11.75 meters.
Pr...
Key West, Fla.-based Yankee Freedom has ordered a new 300-passenger, high-speed catamaran ferry from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation for passenger service between Key West and the Dry Tortugas National Park. The new Dry Tortugas ferry will replace Yankee Freedom III, a 250-passenger catamaran built for the 70-mile run by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard in 2012.
Delivery of Yankee Freedom IV is planned for 2026.
The new larger vessel, designed by Incat Crowther, retains the strong...
https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/yankee-freedom-orders-new-dry-tortugas-ferry/
Miramar, Fla., based ZF North America is to add the ZF AT 90 to its azimuth thruster (AT) line-up.
Becoming commercially available in December, The new, well-mounted, Z-drive thruster is compatible with a wide range of commercial vessels, supporting a maximum power of 1,978 kW/2,651 hp and increasing the power and thrust capabilities of the AT thruster product line.
Fully customizable to nearly any hull shape or vessel profile, the ZF AT 90 is one of the most flexible products on the market. It...
https://www.marinelog.com/technology/zf-unveils-its-newest-addition-azimuth-thruster/
Singapore shipbuilder Lita Ocean has commissioned Incat Crowther to design three new ABS-classed monohull fast support intervention vessels (FSIVs) for Saudi Arabia’s Zamil Offshore, which will use the 60-meter vessels to transport cargo, heavy maintenance equipment and personnel for Saudi Aramco’s operations in the Middle East. The vessels will comply with the latest Saudi Aramco requirements, including ABS SMART and IDM-A notations.
The fast support vessels will be powered by four MTU 16V4000M6...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/incat-crowther-commissioned-to-design-fsiv-trio/
TuSimple filed the first of four late financial documents this week. It’s easy to see why the autonomous truck software developer gave up freight hauling. It cost more than twice as much as it was seeing in revenue. And the company has just 250 U.S. employees after two rounds of layoffs and a refocus on Asian markets.
While other startups ran afoul of Nasdaq listing rules because their share price fell below $1 for more than 30 consecutive trading days, TuSimple found another way to get put on...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tusimple-begins-catch-up-on-financial-filings
Nikola Corp. will test autonomous driving software from Plus on its battery- and fuel cell-electric trucks later this year and become the first zero-tailpipe-emission truck maker to make it standard in 2024.
Plus requires drivers in the cab as it opens up more autonomous features through its PlusDrive system. It is aiming for driverless operation. But it wants to log 8 billion miles of operation with safety drivers monitoring the technology before removing the driver.
The Plus automated driving...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nikola-will-make-plus-autonomous-truck-technology-standard-in-2024
Paul Lackey worked as a contractor for Nikola in the early days of the electric truck company. On the witness stand in Trevor Milton’s fraud trial this week, he spoke of a founder more interested in making money than cleaning up the environment.
But Lackey wasn’t exactly a dream witness for the prosecution. He collected about $600,000 in stock sale proceeds after aligning himself with short sellers that nearly crushed the startup.
As the prosecution’s first witness on Tuesday in a trial expected...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nikola-whistleblower-enriched-by-short-seller-may-get-more
Resolute, one of two high-speed passenger catamaran ferries delivered by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, to the Government of Bermuda, Ministry on Transport in 2002, has returned to service after a compete refit at the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. Now, the vessel’s sister ship, Serenity, has been delivered to the shipyard for the same types of upgrades—scheduled for completion by next March.
Designed by Incat Design (now Incat Crowther), Resolute carries 250 passengers. It...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/gladding-hearn-completes-bermuda-incat-ferry-refit/
Last week, Yank Marine Inc. delivered the 599-passenger aluminum ferry Franklin D. Roosevelt, the first of three ferries, to NY Waterway.
The 2,000-hp ferry is similar to the pair of ferries the Tuckahoe, N.J., yard delivered to NY Waterway in 2015 and 2016, the 350-passenger Molly Pitcher and Betsy Ross. The ferries were all designed by LeMole Naval Architecture in Tuckahoe. The ferry’s hull construction is made up of 5086 aluminum plate and the extrusions are 6061 aluminum.
Due to Covid-19, NY...
https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/yank-marine-delivers-599-passenger-ferry-to-new-york/
The 91.3’x19.6′ crewboat Miss Vivian has a commanding presence while plying the waters off the Texas Gulf Coast.
Aransas Pass, Texas-based Sea Level Marine’s Miss Vivian serves offshore oil platforms and large ships moored in Corpus Christi harbor. The welded aluminum vessel is U.S. Coast Guard-approved for 50 passengers, and its 50’x15′ deck offers ample space to transport food provisions, equipment, and other supplies to offshore locations.
There’s a rather heroic side to Miss Vivian, too....
https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/corpus-christi-crewboat-runs-with-renewed-power/