gains from vessel sales by excluding from taxable income any the United States or, if manufactured outside the United amounts from such sources that are deposited into a CCF States, not produced in the United States in suf? cient and account established through a contract with MARAD. Earn- reasonably
PORT FUNDING The ports authority found success by tailoring its projects to city has already submitted one Port Infrastructure Develop- the requirements of the grants programs. For example, for the ment Program grant and is positioned for other prospects to Colonel's Island Terminal needed to increase
with an expansion of wind deployment earmarked as a natural and husbandry services, barge and tug support, crew trans- and necessary step in that process. portation and emergency response: all vital and sometimes Half of that capacity is on track to be built by 2035 with unsung components of offshore
VEHICLE TECH CRAWLERS vention. This mode is particularly bene? cial for hydrographic ensuring safe and effective operations. surveying or mapping coastal zones, where the vehicle can Beyond these applications, the Bayonet crawlers can support cover large areas ef? ciently while collecting high-resolution
Bookshelf Working Boats: An Inside Look at Ten Amazing Watercraft, by Tom Crestodina Reviewed by Alan Haig-Brown, Sept. 2022 seiner, and Bristol Bay gillnetter, ? sh for salmon and Crestodina provides knowledgeable detailed drawings of the workings of each gear type. He gives similarly detailed
OFFSHORE WIND PORT DEVELOPMENT under-used or functionally obsolete existing port facilities. allow loading and off-loading without requiring heavy surface Because of the anticipated high demand and short time capacity adjacent to existing waterfront structures. Every exist- frame, numerous existing
into sections in situ, has been plagued by delays from CO- Unique Risks for Insurers Very large vessels present some unique risks. In particular, VID-19, winter weather, ? res and chain link failures. responding to incidents is more complex and expensive. Port Very large container ships and other large
Purchased by the U.S. Government, she David Jarvis and accompanied by LT successful expedition, in 1933-1935, was put into service by the U.S. Navy as Ellsworth Berthoff and ship’s surgeon and later for the U.S. Antarctic Expedi- part of the rescue ? eet for the Greely Ex- Dr. Samuel Call, from Nelson
“Our Port Master Plan takes a 30-year view and tells us that we need to be planning for our next- generation waterway infrastructure and facility infrastructure now. You don’t wait 10 years, you have to start now.” – Sam Ruda, Director, Port of NY/NJ Port New York/New Jersey structure and facility
FIREBOATS Credit: Bill Ingalls, NASA sponse; rather, it defers to local ?re departments or to pri- example, requires ships entering U.S. ports to supply proof of vate sector hazmat contractors.] contracts for spill response and marine ?re?ghting. In 2003, the Department of Homeland Security issued a DHS
Channel Deepening & Widening Managing the Physical and Economic Impact of Channel Deepening and Widening on Surrounding Structures & Pipelines he U.S. economy is growing, with the lift- Facility Capacity ing on the export ban on crude oil in 2015 If dock owners want to take advantage of the expanded
on the inland waterways. For far too long, appropriation bills such as INFRA and BUILD programs and authoriz- ing legislation like the FAST Act and WRDA have un- derfunded inland facilities. Infrastructure projects sought by inland facilities are far less costly than the minimum required for those
VESSELS Armstrong to Build Hat Island Ferry rior vessel control from the raised pilothouse or second station forward. Two bow thrusters and aluminum push knees with rubber fendering ease repeated mooring. Two passenger gates at the bow plus a side door aft expe- dite the boarding process. Additional
MTR 100 units can be operated by a single person, while interchange- High-? delity maritime safety simulation able modules minimize ROV downtime, thereby reducing Virtual Marine develops high-? delity maritime safety repair costs. The majority of the company’s ROV compo- simulation systems for a number
Port of Virginia Environmental Commitments The Port of Virginia is the ?rst and only major port on the East Coast to have all its cargo handling facilities ISO 14001 Certi?ed for Environmental Management The James River Barge Line service utilizes tugboats powered by low emission engines reducing emissions
LeeWay Odyssey transits to Bedford, Nova Scotia to test the Kraken Kat? sh. survey market. management. Strap a LARS on the port The actual problem, based on the anal- and starboard decks, launch a few USVs UNDERWATER UNDERWATER ysis we’ve done, is that robotics alone and increase your ef? ciency by
ables it to be used in any daylight conditions. Its control missions. The low weight of the Oceanus Pro and Oceanus console is protected by a water-resistant case and the DC Pro Plus submersibles of 38.1 lbs (17.3 kg) means that the power input allows operation in situations where AC power units can be
Tech Notes Canada MarineNav ROVs for Marine Inspections By Tom Mulligan arineNav, located in Montague, Prince Ed- company’s ROV components are manufactured in-house at ward Island, Canada, has been showcas- its Montague premises. ing its latest technologies and equipment MarineNav manufactures a number of
TECH FILE Facilities Profile COVE Canada’s New Business Park for the Ocean Economy By Jim Hanlon, Chief Executive Of? cer, COVE OVE (Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneur- sized ocean tech companies. Large companies like IBM, Lock- ship) is an ocean tech business park that encour- heed Martin, and
I INSIGHTS: GOVERNMENT UPDATE © Sorin/AdobeStock lated vessels, which will not be ad- ing the issues raised in each unfnished dressed here. The Act makes a number regulatory proceeding. The Comptroller of technical amendments regarding the General is directed to conduct a study Coast Guard. It
PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS Vessel Incidental Discharge Act Merchant Mariners Gold Medal Act Sea States and Boston’s Seaport District, offering sional Gold Medal Act with Rep- Sea States: both bow-loading and side loading resentatives Don Young (R-AK) Shipping Documentary capabilities. Blue Atlantic
PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS AdobeStock_Cozyta USCG Drug Testing Port of Everett McMahon Macrae Port was notifed this month that vessel industry, received a $25,000 Minimum Random Drug it received designation by the U.S. Challenge Grant from Hornblow- Testing Rate Set at 50 PCT The U.S. Coast Guard announced
is real precedent for what might come grants and assistance and the tenacity to room to expand. In places like China, The Author next, how that gets done, and why it come back even better were all driving however, when space becomes an issue, Joseph Keefe is a 1980 (Deck) graduate probably will.
PORT DEVELOPMENT We were that Banana Port on the Coast of Mississippi, which is still a cornerstone of what we do. We are the nation’s second largest green fruit import facility, but you look at the diversifca- tion now. Throw in there the fact that we are one of seventeen strategic ports in the U.S.