Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I., has announced that it has been awarded a contract for the construction of two 150- foot offshore oil-supply boats. The contract includes options for two more identical vessels.
The vessels are being built for the State Boat Corporation of Houston, Texas, and will bring to 10 the number of oil-supply craft built by Blount for the Texas firm over a three-year period.
The above photo shows the presentation of a picture of the El Paso Mariner to Luther H.
Blount (left), president of Blount Marine Corporation, by John W.
Boylston (middle), marine manager of El Paso Marine Company, and Warren G. Leback (right), vice president of El Paso Marine Company. The presentation was made at a luncheon after the recent launching of two vessels, the El Paso Mariner and the El Paso Sailor. The El Paso Mariner is a 65-foot twin-screw tug. The El Paso Sailor is an 82-foot twinscrew supply vessel. Both vessels will service LNG carriers unloading at the Cove Point, Md., LNG terminal.
to raise and commit their own share of the necessary funds prior to receiving a matching amount from MarAd. In announcing this award, Captain Warren G. Leback, maritime administrator, said: "New York Maritime College and its president, Adm. Floyd H. Miller are to be congratulated for their successful
The leaders of the maritime industry recently honored Federal Maritime Administrator Capt. Warren G. Leback for his support of the American merchant marine and maritime education and training. Almost 600 guests gathered for the dinner-dance held at the State University of New York Maritime College
ship which has the ability to offload military cargoes from gearless containerships. Just prior to these latest activations, Maritime Administrator Warren G. Leback, speaking be- fore the American Institute of Marine Underwriters in New York, declared that "there will be numerous lessons learned from
Club. Six other alumni were cited for their service to the Alumni Association. Heading the awards list as Alumnus of the Year was Capt. Warren G. Leback of Houston, Texas, class of 1944. Mr. Leback is vice president of El Paso Liquefied Natural Gas Company, and served as president of the
Cargo Loss Accountability," by Richard L. Lutz, ARCO Petroleum Products Company "Report on National Academy of Science Study on Effective Manning," by Warren G. Leback, Maritime Administration "Technical Aspects of Layup," by David C. Warkman, BP Shipping Ltd. "Layup and Reactivation of the Ready Reserve
. This stability is again being threatened, for at the November 1983 Annual Meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), Warren G. Leback, Deputy Administrator of the Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation, coauthored a heavily annotated paper titled "The
cabotage restrictions on passenger vessels. But perhaps the most threatening assault of all on the Jones Act, in what seems like guerilla warfare, is Warren G. Leback's publication of a paper for presentation at the 1983 Annual Meeting of the Society of Naval Architect, which proposed that foreign-built
typical ship structural problems are presented. Paper No. 5. "The Jones Act: Foreign- Built Vessels and the Domestic Shipping Industry" by Warren G. Leback and John W. Mc- Connell Jr. SYNOPSIS—Section 27 of the Jones Act prohibits the transporilaval tation of merchandise between U.S. points
comment and controversy than any paper in recent years. It was titled, "The Jones Act: Foreign-Built Vessels in the Domestic Shipping Industry," by Warren G. Leback, Mar Ad's deputy maritime administrator, and John W. McConnell, who is with the Washington office of the law firm of Haight, Gardner
problems. The paper concludes with an assessment of the program to date. Friday, May 3 Palladian Room—Session 3A Ship Design II Moderator: Capt. Warren G. Leback, USMS Capt. James W. Kehoe Jr., USN (Ret.), assistant 9:30 am "The Impact of Zone Outfitting on Shipboard Space Utilization and Constructio
wind service technicians to projects at sea. A-O-S, which plans to expand its CTV ? eet with the growth company’s ? rst. Constructed by Blount Boats in Warren, R.I., the 100-foot-long aluminum catamaran is owned and of the U.S. offshore wind industry, currently has vessels on order at Blount Boats as well
Feature Passenger Vessels set for 2024, its delivery will follow two ships in the series, with a yard in Warren, R.I.- no stranger to the passenger American Eagle and American Glory- both scheduled for sector. A CTV operator with ties to passenger ferry com- inaugural voyages along the U.S. East Coast in
Services, with links to at Senesco Marine in Quonset Point, R.I. and Blount Northern Offshore Services, has contracted with Blount Boats in nearby Warren R.I. will build CTVs for a pair Boats (also a CTV veteran- having built a boat for Atlantic of vessel operators that have contracts the joint venture
to de- this year. The future USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), the future sign and build the ? rst six ships in the next generation of ? eet USNS Earl Warren (T-AO 207), and the future USNS Robert F. oilers, the John Lewis-class (T-AO 205), previously known Kennedy (T-AO 208), are currently under construction
. The Wind Turbine Technician c certi? cate program starts in January 2023. An Associate of A Applied Science degree program starts in September 2023. Warren, RI-based Blount Boats Additionally, Becker said NJ is funding an OSW scholar- built the ? rst OSW vessel – s ship program at four research universities
for 12 CTE (Career Technical Education) programs to establish a steady pipeline of new shipbuilders.” Marcia Blount, President of Blount Boats based in Warren, RI. Blount Boats built the ? rst OSW vessel – Atlantic Pioneer – in 2016 and a second boat, the Endeavor in 2021. Blount sees a bright future in
NAVAL SHIPBUILDING Ingalls is also one of two shipyards building Arleigh Burke- • USNS Earl Warren (T-AO 207) – christening class guided missile destroyers (DDGs). According to a news and launch scheduled for later this year release, “Frank E. Petersen Jr. is the 33rd destroyer Ingalls has • USNS
to be outdone, Callan operator American Offshore Services ordered two CTVs Marine last summer released a tender package to build a from Blount Boats in Warren, R.I., with plans for further 16,000 cubic yard hopper dredge, Admiral Nimitz. Other expansion. It was also announced that Senesco Marine in hopper
Candies a requirement for work off the New England coastline. yard in Houma, La] will be helping us with South Fork Wind. The Blount Boats shipyard in Warren, R.I., built the ? rst We’re taking that existing asset – that really needed little to U.S. ? ag CTV, now serving the Block Island Wind project
SHIPBUILDING THE DIRECTORY Blount Boats Inc. Alabama Shipyard Blount Boats, Inc. of Warren, Rhode Island specializes Alabama Shipyard is the premier ship and rig repair facil- in the construction of steel and aluminum commercial ves- ity on the Gulf Coast for vessels from 200’ - 965’ in length. sels.
crew transfer vessel (CTV) Atlantic Endeavor was launched at the end of December. Designed by U.K. ? rm Chartwell Marine and built by Blount Boats in Warren, R.I., the new aluminum catama- ran spent three days undergoing sea trials and U.S. Coast Guard inspections prior to deliver to Dominion Energy to
sea trials at Ørsted’s its second, Atlantic Endeavor, recently launched at the ven- Block Island Wind Farm earlier this year, the CTV travel from erable Warren, R.I. shipyard. This new Chartwell 24 CTV, Rhode Island to Virginia to join the closeout of construction designed by Chartwell Marine in the U.K
ASD Tug for Con.Tug in Italy was constructed at the Blount Boats from 3/4 inch, 5/8 inch and 1/2 inch Damen Shipyards Group delivered an facility in Warren, RI. The vessel was with 1 inch and 2 inch thick skeg ASD Tug 2813 to Con.Tug in Italy. Dubbed designed with a reinforced hull for plates. Ice
SHIPYARDS Alabama Shipyard Shipyard Review Alabama Shipyard Blount Boats With a history stretching more than a century, Alabama Blount Boats in Warren, Rhode Island, was founded in 1949. Shipyard, founded in 1916 by D.R. Dunlap as the Alabama The shipyard builds for a variety of commercial and govern- Dr
to provide a smooth ride. To date, it has notched more than 86 pilot Blount Boats vessel deliveries. Beyond pilot boats, Baltic Workboats’ portfolio cov- Warren, R.I. shipbuilder Blount Boats has constructed ers aluminum and steel hull vessels up to 100 meters, more than 372 shallow draft vessels during its
. oper- nance year-round. ter contract upon delivery from Blount ating the Atlantic Pioneer built in 2016 Charles A. Donadio, Jr., CEO of Atlan- Boats in Warren, R.I. later this year. originally under a contract with Deepwa- tic Wind Transfers, said, “I am proud that “This next-generation Jones Act com- ter
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BOATS: Credit: Greg Trauthwein Ferries, Offshore Wind Vessels Dominate Present, Future MarineNews recently visited the Blount Boats facility in Warren, Rhode Island. While the year 2019 might be the ‘year of the woman’ in the eyes of the International Maritime Organization, the two women at the
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