Rhode Island

  • (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

  • 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

  • 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 and

  • 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

  • ." 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 of the

  • , 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 and

  • 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

  • .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. Kelly smashed the traditional champagne bottle on the

  • , 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 Feb-24#40 Vessels
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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

  • MN Nov-23#49 R.B. WEEKS
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    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

  • MN Nov-23#48 Feature
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    Feature Great Vessels of 2023 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation GALVESTON ISLAND Delivered this year amid an ongoing dredge building ed by a USCG requirement for crawl spaces around the boom in the United States, Galveston Island is the ? rst tanks in the event of a leak, Webb noted. “[Urea tanks

  • MN Nov-23#10 By the
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    By the Numbers Jones Act Dredging Commercial Fleet Orderbook Over Past Five Years CompanyDredge NameDredge TypeCapacityShipyardStatus Manson ConstructionFrederick PaupHopper15,000 cyKeppel AmFELS (TX)Expected delivery Q4 2023 Cashman DredgingMighty QuinHopper (T&B)4,000 cyFeeny’s Shipyard (NY)In service

  • MR Nov-23#58 PORT FUNDING
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    November 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 58

    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

  • MR Nov-23#52 PHILIPPINE)
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    PHILIPPINE'S FASTCAT FERRIES “[Hong Kong mogul] Sir Gordon Wu came to our of? ce, and we also went to his of? ce in Hong Kong; he was interested to get into this business. He told me: ‘Mary Ann, as long as there's water, you have business. The name of the game is ef? ciency.’ So I guess the challenge

  • MR Nov-23#51 PHILIPPINE)
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    PHILIPPINE'S FASTCAT FERRIES Hitting bottom did not mean quitting, and the decision was made to change its course. “We will give our country what it needs – safe maritime transportation,” said Mary Ann. So in 2010 the company switched gears and decided to take the plunge and invest in new, modern tonnage.

  • MR Nov-23#50 PHILIPPINE)
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    MTR 100 BIRNS https://birns.com/ BIRNS, Inc. has been helping shape technology in the sub- sea industry since the 1960s, when it began developing ad- vanced lighting systems and other unique marine solutions for the U.S. Navy. In the years to follow, BIRNS’ lighting and connector systems provided

  • MN Oct-23#41 Ship Repair &
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    Ship Repair & Conversion 1997 and 1999, at Todd Paci? c Ship- the best place to help propel our ferry by 2050, WSF currently plans to ret- yards in Seattle. Each 460-foot-long system into a low-emission, sustain- ro? t six current diesel ferries to hybrid ferry can carry up to 2,500 passengers able

  • MN Oct-23#39 Green Tech
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    Green Tech Electri? cation num superstructure and capacity for up to 28 cars. “We have additional funding to help us reach the ? nal Bidding shipyards are required to submit their propos- amount needed from sources such as ferry ticket sales, als by December 4, 2023. The engineer’s estimate range grant

  • MN Oct-23#38 Green Tech
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    Green Tech Electri? cation Skagit County Opens Bidding to Build Electric Ferry By Eric Haun Washington’s Skagit County is inviting U.S. shipyards trial, based in Canada, was selected to serve as electrical to bid for a contract to construct a new all-electric car and systems integrator. passenger ferry.

  • MN Oct-23#36 Offshore
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    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 that