block island

- High Speed Ferry Set For Block Island Maritime Reporter, Mar 2001 #15
Beginning this summer, passengers traveling from Point Judith to Block Island, R.I. will be able to complete their travel in about half the time it normally takes to perform this voyage - thanks to a 99 ft. (30.1 m), 250-passenger high speed catamaran under construction at Gladding-Hearn.

The vessel, which will have a top speed of 33 knots when loaded at a dwt of 18.6 tons, will complete the 12-mile ocean crossing in approximately 22 minutes - according to shipyard officials.

Designed by Incat Designs, Sydney, Australia for commuter and tourist service, the all-aluminum vessel will be powered by twin Caterpillar 3412E, 1,100-bhp diesel engines driving Hamilton HM521 water jets through ZF 1950 reduction gears. The vessel boasts Incat's single chine Z-bow shape. The resulting longer waterline improves the vessel's high speed performance and seakeeping ability. Also featured onboard is a Vosper/MDI trim tab motion control system, which is expected to reduce the vessel's motion from wave action by as much as 60 percent
- US Offshore Wind Comes to Life Marine News, Oct 2016 #28
August 19, 2016, we watched as the fifth tower and associated nacelle was raised on the Deepwater Offshore Wind Farm approximately 3 miles offshore of Block Island, Rhode Island. This is the first Offshore Wind farm erected in the United States and, without a doubt, a huge step forward for this controversial
- The Jones Act and Offshore Wind in Light of the Aeolus Energy Announcement Marine News, Jul 2018 #30
a commercial-scale one. Navigating the Jones Act CarefullyOne strategy devised to get around the Jones Act limitations, which was implemented at the Block Island demonstration windfarm, combined the use of a foreign-flagged heavy-lift jack-up vessel, assisted by purpose-built lift-boats. Fred Olsen Windcarrier
- Wind Energy Workboats: A US Offshore Build-up Maritime Reporter, Nov 2017 #60
Block Island — U.S.-based Deepwater Wind’s five-turbine, 30-megawatt wind park — was the first. It showed what was possible, what might not have been optimal and how long it all takes. Since then, incentives for onshore-wind have been curbed, while a tax credit for offshore wind has been extended. Wind
- Wind Energy: The Good News in Offshore Marine Technology, Sep 2017 #40
Oslo, William Stoichevski, puts on his red, white and blue game face to report on the largest untapped market for offshore wind power in the world. Block Island — U.S.-based Deepwater Wind’s five-turbine, 30-MW wind park — was the first. It showed what was possible, what might not have been optimal and
- Protecting Your Right to a ‘Bon Voyage’ Marine News, Jun 2014 #24
, we found accidents that clearly should never have happened — again attributable in part to poor risk identification and management. In July 2008, the Block Island, a 187-foot-long US passenger and car ferry vessel carrying 294 passengers and 11 crewmembers, collided with the 140-foot-long US Coast Guard cutter
- What Does the Jones Act Mean for Offshore Wind? Marine News, Feb 2018 #20
? After years of planning and some unsuccessful attempts, offshore wind power developers finally have their first success in the United States. The Block Island Wind Farm, a 30-megawatt wind farm located just off the coast of Rhode Island, began operations in December 2016, fulfilling the goal of the project’s
- In Rhode Island, the Future is Blowing in the Wind Marine Technology, Mar 2013 #44
, Deepwater Wind, hopes to be the first in the U.S. to harness that blow, starting with an initial, five-turbine, 30-MW demonstration project off Block Island, to be quickly followed by the nation’s first 1,000-MW farm situated further out in federal waters. Besides bragging rights, successful deployment
- Eastern Marine Delivers Passenger Vehicle Ferry 'Anna C.' To Nelseco Navigation Company Maritime Reporter, Sep 1986 #14
ferry, to Nelseco Navigation Company, Inc. of New London, Conn. The vessel's primary function is to provide ferry service from New London to Block Island, R.T. The all-steel, 197-foot by 39-foot by 14-foot ferry, designed by John W. Gilbert Associates, Inc. of Boston, features a triple-screw propulsion
- Offshore Wind: a Freshening Breeze? Marine News, Sep 2019 #40
last November. The projects, Empire Wind and Sunrise Wind, are planned for Atlantic Ocean WEAs OCS-A 512 and OCS-A 487, respectively.Except for Block Island in Rhode Island, all the work on US offshore wind is still preliminary, really just a library. Actually, the studies themselves are the projects
- Are OSVs Fit for Refit for Offshore Wind? Maritime Reporter, Jan 2020 #32
in the pipeline. Though offshore wind presently accounts for a paltry 30 megawatts (MW) of actual power production (five turbines of 6 MW each off Block Island, RI), the Business Network for Offshore Wind estimates the size of that U.S. pipeline at somewhere around 8.5 gigawatts (GW) based on announced
- MN100: Blount Boats, Inc. Marine News, Aug 2016 #10
the Atlantic Pioneer, America’s first U.S.-flagged Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) for Atlantic Wind Transfers. It began service for Deep Water Wind Block Island at the end of May. The 21-meter aluminum vessel was designed by South Boats IOW (Isle of Wight), who has designed and built approximately 81 crew

)
March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 26
FEATURE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION & SENSORS Kevin Mackay, TESMaP voyage leader and Center head of the South and West Paci? c Regional Centre of Seabed 2030. Kevin in the seismic lab at Greta Point looking at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano 3D map completed with data from the TESMaP voyage
)
March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 22
FEATURE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION & SENSORS Aerial view of HT-HH volcano, showing new multibeam depth data overlaid on islands satellite image. © SEA-KIT, NIWA-Nippon Foundation TESMaP 22 March/April 2024 MTR #3 (18-33).indd 22 4/4/2024 9:08:10 AM
)
April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 29
USED LARGEST INVENTORY IN THE USA IN STOCK & READY TO SHIP • Anchors • b?m]v • Hardware • ou7-]; • Dock • Buoys WORLDWIDE • Chains • $o?bm] • Wire Rope • Blocks • Fenders • Spill Boom 24/7 ?????ƒƒƒ??????!!&"$l www.marinelink.com 29 MR #4 (18-33).indd 29 4/5/2024 8:27:27 A
)
April 2024 - Marine News page: 41
Vessels Gripper ing European CTV operator Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and U.S.-based investment ? rm OIC. The vessel, based on N-O-S’ 30-meter G-class design, fea- tures Volvo Penta’s IPS propulsion system and is said to be “hybrid-ready”, meaning it was built with space reserved for all the
)
April 2024 - Marine News page: 40
Vessels General Arnold Chasse, La. The 32-inch CSD will immediately begin work on Phase Four of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project. The project will bene? cially reuse 100% of the dredged material removed from the channel deepening and widening. The General Arnold is the newest,
)
April 2024 - Marine News page: 31
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
)
April 2024 - Marine News page: 30
Feature Shipbuilding Crowley Crowley’s electric tug eWolf, built by Master Boat Builders. Administration (MARAD) put a cost of $97 million on the ulatory ? lings, the vessel “is expected to be delivered and vessel. The same yard has also been contracted to build an operational in 2025.” Filings with
)
April 2024 - Marine News page: 27
Feature Shipbuilding Loumania Stewart / U.S. Coast Guard focus), which require very different business systems to be in place. “We’ve been able to do both,” he said, noting that having systems in place for government jobs makes East- ern Shipbuilding “move-in ready for the Navy and other DOD agencies
)
April 2024 - Marine News page: 24
Feature Navigation cables, 9 miles of cables connecting substations and up to blurred, undependable information for vessel crews. two export transmission cables with “associated secondary In the fairways Notice, the USCG references the NAS cable protection” (text is from the permit) within a 42-mile-
)
February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 31
USED LARGEST INVENTORY IN THE USA IN STOCK & READY TO SHIP • Anchors • b?m]v • Hardware • ou7-]; • Dock • Buoys WORLDWIDE • Chains • $o?bm] • Wire Rope • Blocks • Fenders • Spill Boom 24/7 ?????ƒƒƒ??????!!&"$l www.marinelink.com 31 MR #2 (18-33).indd 31 2/6/2024 9:19:35 A
)
February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 10
a decade and and carry at maximum, parcels the size of a pallet, I spend a lot just like the reason for 8 foot standard (basically railroad car of time blocking traf? c with a mostly empty truck. Stepping 10 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • February 2024 MR #2 (1-17).indd 10 2/6/2024 12:01:26 P
)
February 2024 - Marine News page: 40
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
)
February 2024 - Marine News page: 23
Passenger Vessel Safety occur on a sightseeing vessel or an Ohio River dinner cruise? This contrast between speci? c – sometimes very speci? c – and general comes to mind when considering the numerous safety advisories pertaining to recent amphibious DUKW boat tragedies or the 2019 Conception dive boat
)
February 2024 - Marine News page: 8
By the Numbers © Dragon Claws / Adobe Stock Rebuilding the Foundations of US Offshore Wind By Philip Lewis, Director of Research, Intelatus Global Partners As we enter a New Year, the memories of the shocks to with a potential of 3.3-6.3 GW in Delaware and Chesa- the foundations to the U.S. offshore wind
)
January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 59
All images courtesy Oceanology International participants and to deliver another packed three days of exhi- Oi24 Events and Features bition and conference activity, features, workshops and one- Oceanology International is able to capitalize on the advan- to-one meetings.” tages of ExCeL’s expansive 18
)
January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 37
an online dashboard will convey ? ndings and share stories. GETTING UNDERWAY Sailing to remote parts of the ocean between June and Oc- “A modern-day warrior is not about war. It’s about the per- tober, Ocean Warrior intends to cover 10,000 nautical miles son—honesty, integrity, empathy, intelligence
)
January 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 41
In the Shipyard Latest Deliveries, Contracts and Designs Van Oord Upgrades Heavy-lift Gulf Craft, Incat Crowther an Oord’s heavy-lift installation vessel Team on Virgin Island Ferry VSvanen will receive a major upgrade: the gan- try crane will be extended by 25m, making the vessel ready to handle the
)
January 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 15
USED LARGEST INVENTORY IN THE USA IN STOCK & READY TO SHIP • Anchors • b?m]v • Hardware • ou7-]; • Dock • Buoys WORLDWIDE • Chains • $o?bm] • Wire Rope • Blocks • Fenders • Spill Boom 24/7 ?????ƒƒƒ??????!!&"$l www.marinelink.com 15 MR #1 (1-17)_2.indd 15 1/9/2024 11:45:49 A
)
December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 36
G REAT of HIPS S 2023 Eastern Shipbuilding OPC: A “G -C ”AME HANGER he much-needed replacement for the Coast The OPC is based on the Vard Marine Inc., VARD 7 110 Guard’s long-serving medium endurance cut- Offshore Patrol Vessel design. Vard has been working with ters (WMECs) took a giant step closer
)
December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 33
Image courtesy GLDD DGE ALVESTON SLAND G I Senior Director Sales - Global Marine and Stationary, Wabtec, off we are. Minimizing weight is an important consideration for makes the system smaller and simpler for the customer the that type of vessel and it links right into the reduced weight of the cost
)
December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 32
G REAT of HIPS S 2023 GLDD H DOPPER REDG NE OF THE BEST FEATURES OF THE ALVESTON IS HER RELATIVE SHALLOW DRAFT FOR HER CAPACITY O THAT ALLOWS HER TO GET CLOSER TO THE BEACH TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND TO USE LESS ENERGY TO GET THE WORK DONE HE S GOT THE LATEST SUITE OF DREDGE CONTROLS IN AUTOMATION AND
)
December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 15
USED LARGEST INVENTORY IN THE USA IN STOCK & READY TO SHIP • Anchors • b?m]v • Hardware • ou7-]; • Dock • Buoys WORLDWIDE • Chains • $o?bm] • Wire Rope • Blocks • Fenders • Spill Boom 24/7 ?????ƒƒƒ??????!!&"$l www.marinelink.com 15 MR #12 (1-17).indd 15 12/5/2023 9:57:48 A
)
December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 2
NO.12 / VOL. 85 / DECEMBER 2023 18 Photo on the Cover: Royal Caribbean Group | Photo this page: FMD 18 Robots in the Engineroom Departments Fairbanks Morse Defense is developing robotics in-house to address the US 4 Authors & Contributors Navy’s need for future autonomous vessels. 6 Editorial By Greg
)
November 2023 - Marine News page: 49
R.B. WEEKS Eastern Shipbuilding Group Florida shipbuilder Eastern Ship- rier islands and nourishing beaches an electrical power, propulsion, and building Group (ESG) this Spring de- lost to erosion, aiding the U.S. Army dredge machinery package by Royal livered R.B. Weeks, a 8,550 cubic yard Corps of