The American Ship Building Company

  • H. Allen Fernstrom was elected president and chief executive officer of The American Ship Building Company according to a recent announcement by George M. Steinbrenner, chairman of the board.

    He succeeds George A. Chandler, who is leaving to become president and chief executive officer of Aqua- Chem, Inc. of Milwaukee, Wise.

    Mr. Fernstrom, who will assume his new duties immediately, most recently served as executive vice president, chief operating officer and director of The American Ship Building Company. Under his guidance, the company was successful in the T-5 program which involved building five vessels for Ocean Products Tankers, Inc. for ultimate charter to the Military Sealift Command of the U.S. Navy.

    Philip A. McNiff has been elected executive vice president of the company replacing Mr. Fernstrom.

    Mr. McNiff most recently served as vice president of administration.

    The American Ship Building Company is a major independent ship construction, conversion, and repair firm. It is one of the largest ship repair and construction facilities in Florida, and one of the major builders of barges on the inland waterways.

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  • The American Ship Building Company, Tampa, Fla., was recently awarded a $73-million contract by the Moore McCormack Lines, subsidiary of Moore Mc- Cormack Resources, Inc., to convert four C-4 cargo liner vessels. The conversion involves lengthening each vessel by addition of a new 115-foot-long

  • The American Ship Building Company has received a $40-million contract for. the construction of barges and towboats, it was announced by Jacob O. Kamm, president. "This is the largest single contract ever received by our Nashville Bridge Company, the division which will build the barges and towboats

  • The American Ship Building Company Announced recently that the U.S. Navy has awarded the company a contract for the construction of up to six Ocean Surveillance Ships. The eventual contract value for construction of these vessels, which are designated T-AGOS 23- Class ships, is approximately $300 mil

  • St. Philip Towing of Tampa, Fla., recently announced that the company has closed with the U.S. Maritime Administration on the purchase of two "trac"-type tugs that had been under construction in Texas. Bay Transportation, owned by George M. Steinbrenner, purchased the assets of St. Philip Towing at

  • The American Ship Building Company of Tampa, Fla., following the recent completion of a $300-million, five-ship T-5 tanker contract for Ocean Products Tankers of Houston and the Military Sealift Command, has announced its intention to embark on two new major programs. A company spokesman disclosed t

  • The American Ship Building Company confirmed recently that it had received notification from Ocean Carriers, Inc., of Houston, Texas, that the option for an additional three T-5 Tankers that are to be chartered to the Military Sealift Command has been exercised by the U.S. Navy. This brings the

  • The American Ship Building Company has received a group of contracts totaling approximately $20 million for the conversion of a Great Lakes bulk carrier and construction of several types of barges. First of the contracts is with Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Company for the conversion of its 826-foot

  • Allen Zang has been named president of The American Ship Building Company's Nashville Bridge Company (Nabrico) Division, it was announced in Cleveland, Ohio, by Francis W. Theis, president and chief executive officer of the parent corporation. In his new position, Mr. Zang will direct Nabrico

  • George K. Geiger, president of Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, Wis., recently announced that John F. Schermond Jr., former manager at the Chicago yard of American Ship Building Company, has joined Bay Shipbuilding as a manager of contracts. Mr. Schermond succeeds Francis (Doc) Kolbeck who

  • Cummins Investments has become the first company to purchase the time-saving "Big Blue" barge-moving winch recently introduced by Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), Nashville, Tenn. The winch, the largest currently produced by NABRICO, will be installed at the company's Frontier Terminal in

  • as plant engineers. Mr. Watson was formerly with Watson & Wynne, contractors, Murfreesboro, Tenn. He will manage all construction c o n c e r n i n g the Nashville and Ashland City, Tenn., plants for NABRICO. Mr. Hunt was formerly with Proctor & Gamble Paper Products Company, Cape Girardeau, Mo. NABRICO

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  • MR Feb-24#46 MARKETPLACE
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  • MR Feb-24#44 , has achieved a milestone as 
the  ?  rst company in Japan)
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    (Yanmar PT), a subsidiary of Yanmar on-site repair services. MarineShaft has a unique repair technique for putting Holdings, has achieved a milestone as the ? rst company in Japan to receive bent shafts and rudder stocks straight the Approval in Principle (AiP) for its with full-class approval. Its

  • MR Feb-24#42 OPINION: The Final Word
GAO: USCG Should Address 
Workforce)
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    OPINION: The Final Word GAO: USCG Should Address Workforce Recruitment and Retention Challenges By Heather MacLeod, Director, GAO’s Homeland Security and Justice team he Coast Guard has strug- Coast Guard established cyberspace as vessels to determine whether they meet gled for years to recruit an

  • MR Feb-24#40  be similar to LNG.” Looking at the engine makers and 
monia)
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    Images Seaspan Corporation/Foreship With plans to have a full-scale test engine running on am- age it'll be similar to LNG.” Looking at the engine makers and monia in early 2024, the company said it expects to hold its de- their progress, Brindley is diplomatic in saying that there is no livery timeline

  • MR Feb-24#39  TEU Containership
the problematic area of adding)
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    15,000 TEU AMMONIA CONTAINERSHIP 000 TEU Containership the problematic area of adding carbon like you have with other alternative fu- “Safety has been at the els. When you start to add components center of the design, and into that, carbon is one of the most dif- it will continue to be so ? cult ones

  • MR Feb-24#38 TECH FEATURE
Ammonia and the 15,00
A project initiated)
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    TECH FEATURE Ammonia and the 15,00 A project initiated by Seaspan Corporation and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) has set out to develop a design for a large 15,000-TEU ammonia-fueled container vessel. Image Seaspan Corporation/Foreship By Greg Trauthwein orking with

  • MR Feb-24#37  Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch
The Switch’s shaft)
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    ef? ciency by 2-4% compared to synchronous machines." – Dr. Jussi Puranen, Head of Product Line, Electric Machines, at Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch The Switch’s shaft generators start from <1MW and range up to 12MW+. Source: Wärtsilä Source: Aasen Shipping Source: The Switch www.marinelink

  • MR Feb-24#36  MAN Energy Solutions
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    HYBRID 2-stroke controllable pitch propeller PTO powertrain Source: MAN Energy Solutions how the system is intended to operate, says Oskar Levander, VP Strategy & Business Development, Kongsberg Maritime. For example, a primary shaft-driven PTO rotates whenever the engine is running; a secondary one

  • MR Feb-24#35  generator is not an insigni?  - the ef?  ciency of modern permanent)
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    a new comeback in more cargo shipping segments, this time for reducing emissions. By Wendy Laursen etro? tting a shaft generator is not an insigni? - the ef? ciency of modern permanent magnet technology that cant undertaking. Around 50 tons of equip- lowers their energy consumption and to the variable

  • MR Feb-24#33  small, can be catastrophic to the 
marine environment and)
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    EAL AND STERN TUBE DAMAGES STACKING not forget any oil leak, big or small, can be catastrophic to the marine environment and marine life, with some EALs found to THE DECKS be only slightly less damaging than the phased-out traditional WITH BEST-IN-CLASS MARINE oils,” said VP of Business Development

  • MR Feb-24#32  distribution.
A large number of the incidents analyzed by 
Gard)
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    REPAIR Photo Courtesy Marine and Industrial Transmissions ings to optimize load distribution. A large number of the incidents analyzed by Gard were attributed to ghost ? shing gear that enter the stern tube seal area causing seawater to contaminate the lubrication oil. A 2022 study by CSIRO scientists

  • MR Feb-24#31 .”  
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    EAL AND STERN TUBE DAMAGES “Our recommendations “A good bearing are simple. Please design is have good control over important.” your oil quality in the primary barrier, the aft – Øystein Åsheim Alnes sealing system,” Head of section for Propulsion and Steering, – Arun Sethumadhavan DNV Senior

  • MR Feb-24#29  a US ?  ag ship just for the MSP  customer through that)
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    AMERICAN ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF CARRIER (ARC) operate a US ? ag ship just for the MSP customer through that global network. As an example of “clarity and con- stipend. It’s a cargo driven industry, and We are certainly a unique business unit sistency,” Ebeling points ? rst to “the those cargoes help to

  • MR Feb-24#28  of con?  ict or in other national  said Ebeling)
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    COVER FEATURE times of con? ict or in other national said Ebeling. “If you look at Iraq and tors bring to the table, all provided by emergencies, and the program also Afghanistan, 98% of those cargoes the MSP ? eet, and it would cost the provides DoD access to MSP partici- were transported to the

  • MR Feb-24#27  when it’s hand 
in glove with the cargo preference laws.)
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    AMERICAN ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF CARRIER (ARC) “MSP really only works when it’s hand in glove with the cargo preference laws. Those are the laws that generate the cargo that moves on US ? ag vessels. Really, it’s cargo – those preference cargoes – that’s the key incentive for US ? ag operators in internatio

  • MR Feb-24#26 COVER FEATURE
ARC  KEEPING 
THE CARGO ROLLING
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    COVER FEATURE ARC KEEPING THE CARGO ROLLING With a ? eet of nine U.S.-? ag RoRo ships, American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier Group (ARC), is the U.S.’ premier commercial RoRo carrier of U.S. government and military cargo. As the world becomes an increasingly contentious place, Eric P. Ebeling, President

  • MR Feb-24#25 MATTHEW HART, MANAGER & PLATFORM LEADER, MARINE & STATIONARY)
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    MATTHEW HART, MANAGER & PLATFORM LEADER, MARINE & STATIONARY POWER SYSTEMS, WABTEC fuel blends up to 100% are in operation maintenance intervals to make sure that What’s the biggest challenge today, running on both biodiesel and re- our engines don’t have to be touched in your job? newable diesel blends.

  • MR Feb-24#22 , Wabtec, offers insights on how the megatrends 
of decarbonization)
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    R&D MATT HART Matt Hart, Manager & Platform Leader, Marine & Stationary Power Systems, Wabtec, offers insights on how the megatrends of decarbonization, energy transition and autonomy all inspire Image courtesy Wabtec and impact the marine power solutions from Wabtec. By Greg Trauthwein Matt, to start

  • MR Feb-24#20  technology dominates the region’s FPS demand. duction)
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    MARKETS FPSO technology dominates the region’s FPS demand. duction and storage of low and zero emission energy carriers, In all, 18 countries in West and East Africa are expected such as methanol and ammonia. One exciting development to receive new FPSOs, FLNGs and FPUs between 2024 and leverages

  • MR Feb-24#18 MARKETS
Scan the QR Code to 
Download the Intelatus)
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    MARKETS Scan the QR Code to Download the Intelatus Floating Production White Paper. Floating Production – A growing segment in transition © AdobeStock_Dolores Harvey The specialized deepwater oil & gas and ? oating offshore wind segments will share many of the same stakeholders and supply chains

  • MR Feb-24#17 METHANOL STORAGE
provals from other classi?  cation societies)
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    METHANOL STORAGE provals from other classi? cation societies are ongoing, said Lilp, – including accommodation.” although he acknowledges that journey from AiP to full class ap- As of September 2023, methanol had been speci? ed for 216 proval is substantive. In an area where the regulations underlying

  • MR Feb-24#16 THE PATH TO ZERO
Methanol’s Superstorage Solution  
Technica)
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    THE PATH TO ZERO Methanol’s Superstorage Solution Technical inquiries to SRC Group ramped up after it received Approval in Principle (AIP) for a concept which ‘reinvented methanol fuel storage’ on board ships. Delivering the answers has seen technical talk converting into project discussions

  • MR Feb-24#15 . How is this possible? The EverClean robots are 
small)
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    Cruise ships can be cleaned during normal passenger transfer port calls. Cleanings and cargo operations can occur simul- taneously. How is this possible? The EverClean robots are small and require only a single cargo van on the pier. Multiple robots can be deployed simultaneously. Precision navigation ensures