Marine Inland Fabricators Delivers Truckable Tugs
Marine Inland Fabricators, located in Panama City, Fla, specializes in truckable push boats. The company currently has 21 employees and delivered 26 boats in 2009. So far this year, the company we has built 23 push boats. Marine Inland Fabricators also builds barges and has built work boats as big as 60 ft by 26 ft by eight ft, two of which are currently working in Lake Ponchartrain in New Orleans, La.
WESMAR Displaying their Biggest at WorkBoat Show
WESMAR will be displaying the largest bow thruster they produce at the annual International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans December 1-3, and Bob Sentz, Vice President of WESMAR’s Mechanical Division, said it is the largest system his division has ever sent to a trade show. “This stainless steel 48-inch, 4-blade NiBrAl prop counter-rotating bow thruster system will be a head turner for many reasons,” said Sentz.
Offshore Update: Waiting on Feds to Issue Permits
Marine companies along the Gulf of Mexico have seen little new business since the offshore drilling moratorium was lifted in early October as oil producers apply for permits and decide how to navigate costly safety regulations. At Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., one of the top U.S. boat builders, Chief Executive Officer Boysie Bollinger, said “we're waiting for BOEM to start issuing offshore drilling permits…
Train Like It’s Real — No 911 to Save the Day
You only get one chance at a first impression and the same rings true on an incident — you get one chance at an initial response. The initial response phase of an incident is where all of the pre-planning, drilling and staging of equipment comes together. Many times I have shown up on an incident to find that the preplanning is going to lead to a seamless transition in operations and that everything that could be done is being done.
MV Hannibal II Pirated in Somali Basin
Early on the morning of Nov. 11, the MV Hannibal II, a Panamanian-flagged vessel, was pirated whilst on route from Malaysia to Suez. The 24,105 tonne chemical tanker was carrying vegetable oils from Pasir Gudang to Suez at the time. The master of the vessel reported that he had been attacked and boarded by pirates in an area some 860 nautical miles East of The Horn of Africa which is considerably closer to India than it is to Somalia. The MV Hannibal II has a total of 31 crew on board.
Great Lakes Shipyard Builds Barges for Corps of Engineers
Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio, completed construction and delivery of two new barges for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The barges will be used to perform critical maintenance and inspections of lock and dam facilities on the upper Mississippi River lock and dam section. One of the barges will service Lock and Dam 16 in Illinois City, Ill. while the other one will service Lock and Dam 18 in Gladstone, Ill.
Neptune Renewable Energy Seeks Manufacturing Partner
Neptune Renewable Energy Ltd (NREL) - based in North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, England - announced that, following the successful completion of a series of in-water tests on the multi-million pound full-scale demonstrator of its world-leading Proteus NP1000 tidal stream power generator, it is now seeking a trade partner, which could be a shipyard or heavy engineering concern, who can demonstrate the capability to fabricate and build future production devices.
Increasing the Life Expectancy of Marine Equipment
Alan Robinson, managing director of Arc Energy Resources, discusses the benefits of weld overlay cladding to protect marine equipment and components from corrosion…
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010
On Friday, October 15, President Obama signed into law the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (H.R. 3619). This is the first such authorization act for the Coast Guard since 2006.
Carnival Splenda Pulled into San Diego Port
According to a report from the Associated Press, six tug boats pulled the stricken Carnival Splenda cruise ship to shore Thursday morning, Nov.
Knightsbridge Tankers Q3 2010 Results
Knightsbridge Tankers Limited reports net income of $8.9 million and earnings per share of $0.48 for the third quarter of 2010. The average daily time charter equivalents…
Marine Rescue Technologies Introduces MusterGuard
Marine Rescue Technologies released MusterGuard for use in oil rigs, SOLAS vessels, petroleum and chemical plants. The MusterGuard system was designed in response…
Cal Maritime Receives Challenge Grant from TK Foundation
The California Maritime Academy, a campus of California State University, is one step closer to having the most advanced training ship in the United States. The campus has been awarded a $215,000 dollar-for-dollar matching challenge grant from the TK Foundation. Every dollar donated in support of the Navigation Lab by a company, foundation or individual will be matched by the TK Foundation. The gift…
SeaArk Delivers Jet Pilot Boat to DIMAR
SeaArk Marine, Inc. recently delivered Isla Tesoro, a 55-ft Dauntless RAM Pilot boat, to the Armada Nacional De Colombia. The vessel is assigned to DIMAR at the Port of Cartagena. The vessel is powered by twin MAN diesel engines at 800 hp each coupled to ZF gears and Ultra Dynamics 410 jet pumps with Jet Master joy stick controls. This pilot boat can attain a top speed of 28.6 knots with a comfortable cruise of 23 knots. All enclosed cabin spaces are fully climate controlled.
Unique Heavy Lift Hoverbarge Product
Hovertrans Solutions Pte. Ltd. (Hovertrans Solutions) is a designer and manufacturer of hoverbarges for heavy lift in difficult terrain in the global oil and gas, and specialist transportation industries. The amphibious hoverbarge is capable of carrying thousands of tonnes in payload over swamps / wetlands, tundra, ice and shallow water. A significant advantage of the hoverbarge is that it only exerts 1psi ground pressure whilst on hover, thus minimizing any environmental footprint.
This Day in U.S. Coast Guard History – November 11
1881-The crew of Life-boat Station No. 14, Eleventh District (Racine, WI) rendered service during the severest storm of the season The life-saving crew noticed several…
This Day in U.S. Naval History – November 11
1870 - Navy expedition to explore the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, southern Mexico, commanded by CAPT Robert W. Shufeldt, enters the Coatzacoalcos River to begin a survey for possible interoceanic canal.
Carnival Splendor Assisted by Coast Guard
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported in Alameda, Calif., continue to ensure the safety and well-being of the passengers and crew aboard the stranded Carnival Cruise Ship Splendor, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. The cruise ship became disabled after a fire in the engine room, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. Crews from the Coast Guard cutter have boarded the Splendor…
"Clean" Inland Cargo Ship Powered by Volvo Penta
The Mercurius Shipping Group, located in , launched a new concept for an inland waterway vessel, called the “M-factor”. The vessel is powered by Volvo Penta marine diesel engines both for propulsion and bowthruster. The ship measures 279 x 31.4 ft.,and has a load capacity of 1500 tons, which is in fact a “small” ship nowadays but with an exceptional big cargo hold. Due to the size of the ship and the limited heights, it can sail in almost all European inland waterways.
MAN Diesel & Turbo, SpecTec Cooperation
As a step ahead in the MAN Diesel & Turbo and SpecTec Group cooperation, on October 25, 2010, AMOS BS was installed at MAN Diesel & Turbo's PrimeServ location in .
