Halter Marine Builds New Navy Research Ship
Halter Marine, Inc. has been awarded a $53.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to build a T-AGS 60 class oceanographic research ship. The vessel will be the sixth of its class…
Alabama Shipyard to Build ATB
Alabama Shipyard, Inc., has signed an agreement with Reinauer Transportation Companies to build an articulated tug barge unit (ATB) with an option for up to three additional units. The 460-ft.
Blount Signs Contract for N.Y. Dinner Cruise Vessel
Horizon Cruises, Inc., of New York Harbor, signed a $4 million contract with Blount Industries, in Warren, R.I., to design and construct a 161 ft. dinner cruise vessel.
NASSCO Completes Drydock Extension
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) has completed the 200-ft. extension to its floating drydock. The work took five months to complete and included…
Halter to Build 740 Ft. Self-Unloading Bulk Carrier
Halter Marine Group, Inc., Gulfport, Miss. has signed a contract with Great Lakes Marine Leasing, LLC, to build a 740 ft. self-unloading dry bulk cargo barge for service on the Great Lakes.
Crowley Building Three PRTs for Alaska
Crowley Marine Services (CMS) has announced a contract to provide three new 140-ft. prevention and response tugs (PRTs) for the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company…
Washburn & Doughty, Moran Sign Tug Contract
Washburn & Doughty Associates Inc. have signed a contract with Moran Towing Corp. to build one 92-ft. Z Drive Tug (Hull 66) with options for additional tugs. Hull…
USMR Will Acquire PACSHIP
United States Marine Repair Inc. (USMR), one of the U.S.' largest non-nuclear ship repair, modernization and conversion companies, has agreed to acquire Pacific…
NSA And SCA Merge
Donald T. 'Boysie' Bollinger, chairman and CEO of Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., and chairman of the National Shipyard Association (NSA) and Daniel L. Gulling, president of Marinette Marine Corp.…
Newport News Shipbuilding and Avondale Industries to Merge
The boards of directors of Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) and Avondale Industries have approved a definitive agreement to combine the two companies. The transaction creates a leading…
MSI to Present Paper for High-Speed Ferry Operators
Dr. Eugene Guest, director of MarineSafety International, will present a technical paper contrasting approaches to crew training for aircraft and rapidly evolving…
Weight Saving Features for Maritime Dynamics Ride Control System
With faster speeds and lighter hulls, ship builders and owners require lightweight equipment. Maritime Dynamics will be incorporating weigh saving features into…
Westport Passenger Boat Goes Into Full Year Service
Wesport Shipyard's 100-ft. Admiralty Wind has been chosen by Four Seasons Marine, in Alaska, to be its year-round vessel for two 38-mile round trips per day. The…
Halter and Bazan Form Joint Venture
Halter Marine, Inc., a subsidiary of Halter Marine Group, Inc., and Empresa Nacional Bazan de C.N.M., S.A., of Madrid, Spain, have formed Halter-Bazan, a joint venture…
Phillips Orders Catamaran for Glacier Tour
Phillips Cruises & Tours will put a new 131.2 ft., 400 passenger, 35 knot catamaran excursion vessel into service on Prince William Sound in June. The vessel is…
Metalastik Anti-Vibration Mounts for Alaskan Ferry
Metalastik's Cushymount K anti-vibration mounts have been chosen to isolate exceptionally heavy machinery in a new RoRo ferry, M/V Kennicott, which recently went into service in Alaska.
Design Analysis of Shirley Irene
The 140 x 46 ft. ferry vessel, Shirley Irene, was constructed in 1991 on the Gulf Coast, for operation in Lake Erie, out of Marblehead, Ohio. The original design…
West Coast Ferry Industry at All-Time High
In terms of new deliveries, the West Coast ferry industry will probably not see another period to match the past 18 months for some time. All three of the large…
DNV Opens Virtual Shipyard
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) opened the world's first virtual shipyard representing state-of-the-art within ship classification. Based on DNV's digital platform Nauticus…
