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Vessels

HOS Warhorse & HOS Wild Horse shipyard construction contracts were wrongfully termi- nated. Gulf Island and Hornbeck settled in October 2023, clearing way for the builds to be completed by another yard. Eastern secured the contract to complete the builds from Zurich American Insurance Company, the issuer of the performance bonds for the original MPSV contracts. “The vessel structure is mostly complete with the vast

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Panama City Fla. based Eastern Shipbuilding Group majority of the mechanical, electrical and other out? tting has been awarded a contract to complete construction of work not completed,” Jessica Ditto Eastern’s VP of com- two ultra high-spec 400 class multipurpose support vessels munications told Marine News.

Scheduled for delivery in 2025, the Jones Act-quali? ed (MPSVs) for Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS).

The newbuilds were originally started by Gulf Island MPSVs HOS Warhorse and HOS Wild Horse will each be

Shipyards in Houma, La. before Hornbeck terminated the equipped with two large heave-compensated cranes, two contracts in 2018 over what it described as “performance remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROV), a spacious issues”. Gulf Island then sued Hornbeck, claiming the two moonpool and accommodations for 102 personnel.

Yankee Freedom IV

Key West, Fla.-based Yankee Freedom has ordered a new gearboxes will be 300-passenger, high-speed catamaran from Gladding-Hearn ZF model 8000.

Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation for passenger service be- The ferry will be tween Key West and the Dry Tortugas National Park. The new equipped with an vessel will replace Yankee Freedom III, a 250-passenger cata- Atlantic Detroit maran built for the 70-mile run by the Mass.-based shipyard Diesel-Allison, in 2012. Delivery of Yankee Freedom IV is planned for 2026. 80kW EPA Tier

The new larger all-aluminum catamaran, designed by 3-approved genset

Incat Crowther

Incat Crowther, will measure 112.5 feet (34.3m) long, 31.6 with the addition feet (9.65m) at the beam, and will draw 6.9 feet (2.13m). of exhaust gas treatment. A Humphree active interceptor

It will be powered by a pair of MTU 12V-4000M65R EPA ride control system will be installed to control vessel pitch

Tier 4-compliant diesel engines, each delivering 2,000 Bhp and roll. Top speed will be over 28 knots, with a dead- at 1,600 rpm and turning Ni-Br-Al propellers. The twin weight of 29.5 tonnes.

US Virgin Islands Ferry foot vessel will service the tourist and commuter route be- tween Red Hook on the island of St. Thomas, and Cruz Bay on the island of St. John, with capacity for up to 300 passen- gers. Incat Crowther said it designed the simple yet stylish new ferry with accessibility and an elevated customer expe-

Incat Crowther rience in mind. Capable of speeds up to 28 knots, the ves-

Franklin, La. shipbuilder Gulf Craft LLC in November sel will also be ? tted with the dual MTU 12V-4000M65R kicked off construction on a new passenger ferry for the U.S main engines, John Deere gensets and diesel engine emis- sion control technologies in compliance with EPA Tier 4.

Virgin Islands. The USCG Subchapter-K approved, 104- 40 | MN February 2024