Page 31: of Marine News Magazine (April 2024)

30 32

McAllister Towing

Grace McAllister, one of three sisters from Washburn & Doughty.

ered WINDEA Courageous, the ? rst of three CTVs for an earlier contract with Windea CTV LLC.

Other shipyards known to be build- ing CTVs at the moment include

Blount Boats and Sensesco Marine, both in Rhode Island, as well as Met- al Shark, Breaux Brothers and Gulf

Craft in Louisiana and Gladding-

Hearn Shipbuilding in Massachusetts.

Port Angeles, Wash. shipyard Platypus

Marine is building a CTV on spec.

Work continues at Seatrium Am-

FELS (formerly Keppel AmFELS), in

Brownsville, Texas on Charybdis, the sole Jones Act compliant wind tur- bine installation vessel (WTIV) un- der construction in the United States.

The most recent announcements have put the WTIV’s cost at $625 mil- lion, with delivery pushed back to late 2024/early 2025. www.marinelink.com MN 31|