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  • (The Rhode Island Subsea Sector is profiled in the March 2013 edition of Marine Technology Reporter. Rhode Island Governor Lincoln D. Chafee offers insights on the wealth of opportunity found in his state).

     

    As the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, Rhode Island was at the forefront of innovation, entrepreneurial creativity, and economic transformation, beginning with the Slater Mill in 1793.  Just as Rhode Island led our nation through the introduction of new manufacturing processes two hundred years ago, we continue to break new ground and promote economic growth through our maritime and defense industries, cutting-edge research institutions, and the Ocean State’s position as the country’s current leader for offshore wind energy.
    Only in Rhode Island can you find such a diverse range of defense and maritime-related expertise concentrated in such a small geographic footprint.  Our defense sector supports multiple Department of Defense and Homeland Security needs with a highly connected network of companies - from multinational corporations to start-ups that are moving out of the lab and into the marketplace.  Rhode Island excels in manufacturing and developing technology for everything from sophisticated nuclear submarines to wooden skiffs.
    From the establishment of the Newport Torpedo Station on Goat Island in 1869 to the emergence of today’s Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, Rhode Island has a long and proud history of leading the U.S. Navy’s undersea warfare research and system development efforts.  Rhode Island’s excellence in undersea warfare has fostered partnerships between the defense and private industries that have created thousands of quality jobs and support a strong supply chain of growing businesses in the state.  
    Rhode Island has also made critical infrastructure investments in our ports, including the Port of Davisville at the Quonset Business Park - home to well-known firms like General Dynamics Electric Boat – and the Port of Providence.  By taking steps to modernize our ports, one of our leading economic assets, we have expanded the capacity of Rhode Island to continue to be a premier hub for maritime activity for decades to come.   
    Rhode Island’s 400 miles of coastline has helped the state to become the center of world-class oceanographic research.  As a leading institute of ocean education and research, the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography is playing a key role in the development of ocean science, spanning the core disciplines of marine geology and geophysics, biology, atmospheric and ocean chemistry, and physics.
    In 1966, URI’s Department of Ocean Engineering was the first in the nation to establish Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Ocean Engineering.  The program conducts research and trains a world-renowned workforce in ocean robotics, underwater acoustics, tsunamis, coastal circulation, marine geomechanics, ocean structures, and offshore energy generation.  Graduates are employed by major corporations, small companies, and consulting firms, as well as major government research laboratories.
    Rhode Island led our country in a major economic transformation at the end of the 18th century, and the state is positioned to do so once again by paving the way in exploring the sound and effective development of offshore wind energy.  Through a partnership with the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Rhode Island has provided critical scientific and technical information to identify the optimal areas for offshore renewable energy development. 
    A critical part of this process has been Rhode Island’s investment of more than $10 million in the creation of an Ocean Special Area Management Plan (SAMP) for promoting balanced uses of our oceans.  Rhode Island is the only state that has adopted a SAMP in federal waters with a specific focus on the development of offshore renewable energy resources.  At the same time the Ocean SAMP was adopted, Rhode Island held a competitive process to choose a preferred developer for an offshore wind farm.  The developer has already made significant investments to establish a wind farm in state waters off Block Island, which could well be the first offshore wind farm in the United States.
    Utilizing the natural capital found throughout our state, Rhode Island will continue to lead as a regional and national center of excellence for renewable energy.
    Just as they have throughout Rhode Island’s history, our defense and maritime industries, educational and research institutions, technological advances, and coastal infrastructure are key economic advantages.  Rhode Island is open for business and continues to lead the way in the 21st century.   

    Lincoln D. Chafee, Governor, Rhode Island
     

    (As published in the March 2013 edition of Marine Technologies - www.seadiscovery.com)

  • It’s powerful, it’s clean, and it’s something the Ocean State has plenty of: energy-rich offshore winds.  Rhode Island, along with its designated developer, 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

  • Rhode Island may be the smallest state in the union, but its vision of the future is as far reaching as the ocean lapping at its shores. Taking a page from the University of Rhode Island (URI) motto, “Think Big, We do!,” the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. (RIEDC) is working hard to position the

  • Naval Engineers held its quarterly meeting recently in Groton, Conn. Dr. Foster H. Middleton, professor of ocean engineering at the University of Rhode Island (URI), presented an enjoyable program on recent experiences with underwater acoustic systems. He described with slides how the interest

  • Gulf Oil Corporation has acquired a newly developed oil recovery vessel for its deepwater oil terminal in Bantry Bay, Ireland. Besides requiring a highly effective oil recovery unit, Gulf also required a ship to patrol the waters near Whiddy Island, where the terminal is located, and periodically to

  • Welder." Blount Marine has, in the past 10 years, emerged as a predominant builder of passenger and ferry vessels in the United States. One year, this Rhode Island yard designed and built 60 percent of all such craft over 65 feet turned out in the •entire United States. The energy crunch, however, prompted

  • shelf region will be the focus for the ninth annual Center for Ocean Management Studies conference to be held June 16-19 at the University of Rhode Island. The conference will begin with an overview addressing the natural resources of the shelf, the changes in the concept and legal definitions

  • One of the jewels in Rhode Island’s marine crown is the Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan (SAMP), a ground-breaking, standard-setting and nationally lauded approach to ocean management with a focus on renewable energy. Faced with increasing pressure on ocean resources from offshore energy

  • Rhode Island may be the “red” state in terms of the state color, flower and tree, but it bleeds blue – Navy blue.  That’s because the U.S. Navy is deeply anchored into the fabric of the Ocean State’s history and economy. Its roots stretch all the way back to the birth of an armed naval force in 1775, and to

  • , 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 project

  • , was commissioned on November 18 at Davisville, R.I. in special ceremonies. This 5,750- horsepower vessel is one of five sister ships now based in Rhode Island. A crowd of spectators, representing Rhode Island's leading citizens and the oil industry, watched as the vessel's sponsor Mrs. Paul L

  • , Groton, Connecticut Study of Wind and Current Datasets for IXTOC Oil Spill Hindcast Eric L. Anderson, Applied Science Associates, Inc., Wakefield, Rhode Island First Experiences with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Oil Spill Model Harilaos N. Psaraftis and J.D. Nyhart, Massachusetts Institute

  • MN Apr-24#41 Services tion Wind project in Rhode Island and the South Fork)
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    support Ørsted and Eversource’s portfolio of offshore wind farms in the Northeast, including the Revolu- American Offshore Services tion Wind project in Rhode Island and the South Fork Wind and Sunrise Wind projects in New York. The vessel will be An of? cial launch ceremony was held to celebrate the com- missi

  • MN Apr-24#31 and Sensesco Marine, both in Rhode Island, as well as Met- al)
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    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

  • MN Apr-24#24 and area north into Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett)
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    experience long offshore export cable corridor extending from the lease interference and re? ectivity due to the turbine structures and area north into Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett Bay, blades which could lead to degrading effectiveness and con- making landfall near Quonset Point in North Kingstown

  • MN Apr-24#23 15 miles south of Rhode Is- land. The ACE permit)
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    , the Army Corps approved a permit 218,000 members (River and Harbors Act of 1899) for Orsted’s Revolution Wind project approximately 15 miles south of Rhode Is- land. The ACE permit area could include up to 65 wind turbines, eventually requiring 155 miles of inter-connecting

  • MN Feb-24#8 for New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and from both)
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    and then rebid the projects into current so- tions for future activity, ? rst power have been generated licitations for New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and from both Vineyard and South Wind, and Coastal Virgin- Massachusetts, which seek to commit as much as 9 GW of ia is building up an inventory

  • MT Jan-24#59 and 24 companies, with Rhode • Abyssens, an engineering)
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    Pavilion will have strong representation with cal eco systems. Participating exhibitors include: a 75-person strong delegation and 24 companies, with Rhode • Abyssens, an engineering of? ce specializing in underwa- Island, Business France and the Dutch Pavilion also returning. ter acoustics; www.marinetechnol

  • MN Oct-23#17 , Maryland, Massachusetts and Rhode Island recently urged)
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    encourage offshore wind projects to get off the ground. A co- alition of governors from New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts and Rhode Island recently urged President Biden to take signi? cant steps on tax credits, revenue sharing, and environmental permits to mitigate the risk

  • MT May-23#36 and PhD at the University of Rhode Is- more than $11 million)
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    study of the world’s waterways. tration, and the National Institutes of Health. He has received “I earned my masters and PhD at the University of Rhode Is- more than $11 million in grant funding from these agencies. land in biological oceanography,” said Sullivan. “My specialty “As a part of Wet

  • MN Apr-23#33 Boats and Senseco Marine in Rhode Island, Gladding-Hearn)
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    op- erations vessels (SOV) in the U.S.” Several U.S. shipbuilders are al- ready active building CTVs, including Blount Boats and Senseco Marine in Rhode Island, Gladding-Hearn Ship- building in Massachusetts, St. Johns Ship Building in Florida and Gulf Craft in Louisiana, but Lewis noted that each

  • MR Feb-23#21 will be homeported in Newport, Rhode Island. While Discoverer)
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    is expected to deliver in 2025 and operate from Honolulu, Hawaii. Discoverer is expected to enter service in 2026 and will be homeported in Newport, Rhode Island. While Discoverer was initially intended replace NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer research ship, NOAA has since decided to keep Okeanos Explorer in

  • MN Feb-23#34 in 2023. The panies serving Rhode Island and Massachusetts)
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    both scheduled for sector. A CTV operator with ties to passenger ferry com- inaugural voyages along the U.S. East Coast in 2023. The panies serving Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Atlantic catamaran vessels, designed for 110 passengers (with the Wind Transfer, has contracted to build a series of alumi- comp

  • MN Feb-23#31 the Jersey (North Kingstown, Rhode Island) for construction)
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    operator Seastreak, coastal Maine, out of Portland) selected the Senesco yard linking midtown and downtown New York with the Jersey (North Kingstown, Rhode Island) for construction of a Shore (and New England destinations during the summer double ended hybrid electric ferry to replace an existing months)

  • MT Jan-23#39 to the United States Navy of Rhode Island’s Graduate School)
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    , ultimately requesting sor of oceanography at the University cal, physical and geophysical surveys, and transferring to the United States Navy of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of providing much of the U.S. military’s in- when called to active service in 1967. As- formation on the ocean environment

  • MN Nov-22#16 at USMRC in Middletown, Rhode Island, the primary issue)
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    . time Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies. We use EL: The simulator program is a real success story. The the facility at USMRC in Middletown, Rhode Island, the primary issue that we (heard from mariners) is that the United States Maritime Resource Center. And we use the spacing was an issue

  • MN Nov-22#13 that will be off the coast of Rhode Island. And then with)
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    construction, the South Fork Wind Farm, a 12 tower wind the East Coast whose day-to-day functions is to engage farm that will be off the coast of Rhode Island. And then with all stakeholders to make sure we understand and ad- we have about a half a dozen other projects in the North- dress concerns

  • MT Sep-22#35 is U.S.-owned, based in Rhode Island and specialized)
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    , or 540B/1600kHz, or 850B/540kHz, or 850B/1600kHz company which offers a compelling Micro vehicle solution. Jaia Robotics is U.S.-owned, based in Rhode Island and specialized in developing low-cost, micro-sized autonomous marine vehicles called JaiaBots. JaiaBots are multi sensor con? gurable, designed

  • MN Oct-22#50 solutions, and has cultivated Rhode Island. Among other workboat)
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    . Glosten welcomes complex, unique that is currently under construction at Senesco Marine in projects that demand creative solutions, and has cultivated Rhode Island. Among other workboat projects, GAI has a portfolio that spans every sector of the industry. designed an extensive ? eet of both retractable

  • MN Oct-22#31 to expand, with news that the Rhode Island-based C M L)
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    . under construction to support the dredges,” McGuire said. In August, it was announced that AWT’s plans and ? eet were set to expand, with news that the Rhode Island-based C M L FAPE AY EWES ERRY company had ordered an additional six CTVs from Florida Launched in 1964, the Cape May-Lewes Ferry oper- builder

  • MR Aug-22#31 national security cut- Rhode Island, facility, a 200)
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    by Pittsburgh (LPD 31) and tooling for hull module construction at its Quonset Point, Ingalls has delivered nine Legend-class national security cut- Rhode Island, facility, a 200,000 square-foot assembly build- ters to the Coast Guard. The 10th, Calhoun (WMSL 759) was ing at the Groton, Connecticut,

  • MR Jun-22#22 Blue Economy, in Providence, Rhode Island, Sept. provement)
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    Administration (ITA) is hosting Discover Global Mar- tech opportunities include renewable energy, air quality im- kets: The Blue Economy, in Providence, Rhode Island, Sept. provement, water usage optimization, improved solid waste 20-22, 2022. Based at the U.S. Consulate General in Chennai, management

  • MN Jun-22#41 be built by Blount Boats in Rhode Island. www.marinelink)
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    hybrid-ready American Offshore Services for a second CTV that will be CTVs. Two of the Incat Crowther-designed CTVs will be built by Blount Boats in Rhode Island. www.marinelink.com MN 41

  • MN Apr-22#2 Block Island Wind Farm off Rhode Island is just the start)
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    45 Classi? ed Advertising Shane Guidry, Harvey Gulf 38 Tech File: eMachine 48 Advertisers Index On the Cover The Block Island Wind Farm off Rhode Island is just the start as the U.S. targets 30GW of offshore wind by 2030. (Photo: © Collin Gravois / Adobe Stock) 2 | MN April 202

  • MT Sep-20#10 (World include University of Rhode Island’s PROTEUS builds)
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    submers- mented in his Academy Award-winning (CARMABI). Other academic experts ible moonpool.” ? lm, Le Monde sans Soleil (World include University of Rhode Island’s PROTEUS builds off of the success of Without Sun) (1964). Graduate School of Oceanography. The Mission 31 (2014), when Fabien Cous- Jean-Michel

  • MT Nov-21#16 mechanics at the University of Rhode Island, Irine Neba Engineering)
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    .” As a doctoral student in mechanical engineering and ap- Shukla recommended that Neba Mforsoh apply for the Naval plied mechanics at the University of Rhode Island, Irine Neba Engineering Education Consortium program, through which Mforsoh studied the long-term effects seawater and ultraviolet her studies