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SHIPBUILDING & REPAIR move commuters from automobiles onto ferries. be deployed by Pasha Hawaii in the Jones Act trades from

A different sort of environmental theme (against a back- the West Coast. drop of increased funding for dredging) is evidenced most On the West Coast, General Dynamics’ NASSCO, in recently with Eastern Shipbuilding beginning construction San Diego (which, like the Philly Shipyard on the East on a second new 8,550-cubic-yard trailing suction hopper Coast, had earlier successes in delivering multi-vessel series dredge for Weeks Marine Inc. (with a previous unit deliv- of Jones Act suitable double hulled tankers as the pre-OPA ered in 2017). Elsewhere, Conrad Shipyard is building a ? eet was being phased out), delivered Lurline, the ? rst of 6,500-cubic-yard TSHD for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock two 3,500 TEU container vessels to Matson, which also

Corporation. And the Keppel AmFELS yard at Browns- boast a 500 vehicle garage capacity. A second vessel, Mat- ville, Texas announced an order for a 15,000-cubic-yard sonia, is expected to be delivered in late 2020. The ves- hopper dredge, to be delivered in 2023 to Manson Con- sels, readily upgradable for LNG fueling in the future, will struction. The yard (historically a builder of jack-up rigs) is serve in the line’s West Coast- Hawaii trades. also constructing two LNG-fueled containerships that will With oil price wars and trade wars, economists can ar-

The new maritime academy training ships will be built at Philly Shipyard.

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October 2020