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  • The new research vessel, delivered to Old Dominion University's Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, is expected to commence a growing trend in research boat design — toward smaller, faster and more versatile vessels — equipped to study a variety of sea characteristics.

    Designed by Roger Long Marine Architecture of Portland, Maine, the allaluminum vessel has a modified V-hull that measures only 55 ft. with a 17-ft.

    beam. Its five ft. draft allows the vessel to work in shallow waters of the Chesapeake Bay and along the Virginia coastline, up to 100 miles. The vessel's design firm and Gladding Hearn teamed to construct a similar size vessel for the University of New Hampshire in 1992, and have a similar 60 footer on the way for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

    Temporary electrical cables can be installed safely along a system of conduits and wire trays that run between the wheelhouse, on-board labs and the deck.

    In addition, portable research equipment can be easily replaced and secured from a pattern of tlush stainless steel inserts on the aft deck. The vessel's top speed of 22 knots also adds to its cost-effectiveness because researchers can travel a reasonable distance and still return within a normal work day. Operating at an 18-knot cruising speed, the twin Caterpillar 3406E diesel engines, each rates at 700 bhp, burn about 50 gph, yielding a range of more than 600 miles.

    Two Hal & Staveart five-bladed nickelbronze propellers are turned by ZF 350A reverse-reduction gears in 8-in.

    propeller tunnels to reduct draft. A Northern Lights generator provides power and a transducer-well extends above the waterline so they can be changed without hauling the boat out of the water.

    Under the raised foredeck are the electronics lab and a wet lab, bunks, galley and settee, as well as a head for six sci- mulitple stations throughout the boat.

    entists and the crew. The wheelhouse includes the Furuno NavNet system displays charts, GPS, radar and depth at Circle 50 on Reader Service Card www.maritimereporterinfo.com

  • J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc. of New Orleans and the Dominion Bridge Company, Limited of Montreal have announced their intention to develop a Canadian-headquartered joint enterprise that will carry out research, engineering, fabrication, and construction work for the offshore oil and gas industry in

  • two friends with an ear for music and a passion for diving. Today, after 43 years of hard work, determination and innovation, Dominion Diving Ltd., based on the Dartmouth side of Halifax Harbor, is the largest provider of diving and marine services in Canada, said CEO Robin Lohnes. Robin’s father Barry Lohnes

  • second SOV will be chartered by Equinor for work at the Empire Wind 1&2 projects. Slated to enter service in 2026, the Crest Wind vessel will serve the Dominion Energy CVOW project under long-term charter to Siemens Gamesa.It’s anticipated that many more SOVs will be ordered in the coming years as

  • “30 by 30” is the rallying cry for all concerned with the burgeoning U.S. offshore wind business. In Spring 2021, the Secretaries of Energy, Interior and Commerce resolved to deploy 30 gigawatts (GW) of electricity generated from offshore turbines by 2030. Consultants McKinsey, in a recent

  • July brought news about offshore wind. There was something for everyone: optimism, disappointment, and construction, too.Finally, starting with Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project, a joint venture with Danish wind developer Orsted is underway. True, this is a small project – just two

  • ABS-classed as a XA1 Floating Offshore Installation, the Medusa truss spar will be located on Mississippi Canyon Block 582 in 2,223 ft. of water. Murphy Oil's Medusa truss spar has a hull diameter of 94 ft. (28.6 m) and a total length of 568 ft. (173.1 m). The sixth truss spar to be installed in

  • INC., Minneapolis, Minn., international manufacturer of rotary drill pipe and tooljoints used in oil, gas, water and mineral drilling, has announced the appointment of William J. Magratten to the new position of vice president-Marketing and Business Development. Mr. Magratten comes to the position from

  • Offshore wind caught a favorable gust with the 2020 election of Joe Biden, and the following breeze from the early 2021 reconfiguration of the U.S. Senate toward Democrats. Though widely touted as a growth engine for maritime businesses (as well as shoreside trades), the latter years of the Trump administrati

  • Wind projects off the northeast coast. (See Ørsted and Eversource Charter First-Ever Jones Act SOV.)   Larger TIVs are on the horizon, as noted in the Dominion “Charybdis” example above.A recent report from the American Bureau of Shipping found that “demand for wind farm support vessels in the U.S. is expected

  • AMCA International Limited (previously Dominion Bridge) and McDermott Incorporated have announced the formal beginning of business of their new joint partnership, DB/McDermott Company, whose first office location has been established in Calgary, Alberta. DB/McDermott Company has been formed to

  • Joseph R. Stadelman has been named to head the Morgan Engineering unit of AMCA International Corporation. As general manager of that operating unit, Mr. Stadelman is also a vice president of the Equipment Systems Division within which Morgan Engineering operates. For the past 24 years Mr. Stadelman

  • MR Apr-24#22 OSW DEVELOPMENTS APART FROM THE OBVIOUS PROJECT DELAYS)
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    SERVICES IN EARLY DEVELOPMENT PHASES. WITH NEW LEASE ROUNDS COMING AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES, WE DO NOT SEE A BIG SLOWDOWN FOR OSW DEVELOPMENTS APART FROM THE OBVIOUS PROJECT DELAYS AND RE-BIDS. ROB LANGFORD, VP, GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND, ABS “Some of them do understand, but I think there’s more work projects

  • MN Apr-24#30 put a cost of $97 million on the ulatory ? lings, the)
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    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

  • MN Oct-23#34 is 280 feet, meaning there are no large (+300-foot))
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    Feature Offshore is 280 feet, meaning there are no large (+300-foot) PSVs currently in stack amid an uptick in an offshore oil and gas sector that shows no signs of slowing down. “It’s not easy I I In n n n n E E E E Eu u u ur r r ro o o o op p p p p p pe e, , , v ve e es s s ss s s s se e e el l l ls s

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    structure faces signi? cant and increasing cybersecurity risks Winter, director of the Belgian Navy’s Maritime Operations in the form of threat actors, vulnerabilities and potential Centre, said, “One of these threats is espionage and sabotage impacts.” The threat actors highlighted in the report:

  • MR Aug-23#3 service in 2026 serving the Dominion Energy Coastal Virginia)
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    joint venture between Crowley and ESVAGT. The Jones Act-compliant vessel, designed by HAV Design AS, is scheduled to go into service in 2026 serving the Dominion Energy Coastal Virginia O?shore Wind project. JOIN OUR TEAM! Justin Slater | Justin.Slater@us.?ncantieri.com | 920-746-3373 | ?ncantierimarinegro

  • MN Aug-23#39 Charybdis will be the ? rst WTIV ever built in the United)
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    Charybdis will be the ? rst WTIV ever built in the United States and one of the largest globally. The vessel’s main crane will have a boom length of 426 feet and an expected lifting capacity of 2,200 tons. Dominion Energy www.marinelink.com MN 39|

  • MN Aug-23#38 been ordered ter service by the end of 2024, when it will)
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    Feature Shipbuilding Acadia is currently under construction and scheduled to en- shore wind. To date, only one WTIV has been ordered ter service by the end of 2024, when it will be used to install in the United States: Dominion Energy’s Charybdis cur- monopile scour protection on the Vineyard Wind

  • MN Aug-23#37 Wind vessel will serve the Dominion Energy CVOW project)
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    second SOV will be chartered by Equinor for work at the Empire Wind 1&2 projects. Slated to enter service in 2026, the Crest Wind vessel will serve the Dominion Energy CVOW project un- der long-term charter to Siemens Gamesa. It’s anticipated that many more SOVs will be ordered in the coming years as additional

  • MR Apr-23#24 safety standards that will then views are being coordinated)
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    INTERVIEW KEVIN SLIGH SR., DIRECTOR, BSEE Report] and FIR [Fabrication and Installation Report] re- need to have consensus-based safety standards that will then views are being coordinated between BSEE and BOEM. be incorporated by reference back into our new 285 Reg that We’ve brought on the Army Corps of

  • MR Apr-23#23 get our arms wrapped around these safety standards.’ We)
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    INTERVIEW KEVIN SLIGH SR., DIRECTOR, BSEE “I’ve challenged my team to say, ‘Hey, we need to really get our arms wrapped around these safety standards.’ We don’t need one company like Equinor or Ørsted or Dominion working on their own. We need to have consensus- based safety standards that will then be

  • MR Apr-23#21 a recent whitepa- possible in the battery mode (which could)
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    OSV FUEL TRANSITION alternatively, by batteries. Zero emission operation would be ginia Offshore Wind project, sums it up in a recent whitepa- possible in the battery mode (which could also be used for per, saying: “Green hydrogen and derived fuels, such as green peak shaving); the batteries can be charged

  • MN Apr-23#33 Global Partners. “Yet despite the demand drivers and local)
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    of 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2030 and 110 GW by 2050,” said Phil Lewis, director of research at Intelatus Global Partners. “Yet despite the demand drivers and local content preferences supported by the Jones Act, there has been relatively limited newbuilding activity for crew transfer

  • MN Apr-23#6 By the Numbers US Offshore Wind Pushing Forward, But)
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    By the Numbers US Offshore Wind Pushing Forward, But Short-term Cost Concerns Linger By Philip Lewis, director of research, Intelatus Global Partners As we move through the ? rst few months of 2023, we note both positive and negative trends developing in the U.S. offshore wind segment. As an indication

  • MR Feb-23#32 and will be deployed on the Dominion Energy Coastal A handful)
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    Marine, will enter into a long-term charter with Germany’s Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy on de- Help or hindrance? livery and will be deployed on the Dominion Energy Coastal A handful of law ? rms already specialize in the complex Virginia Offshore Wind farm. There are also three Jones Act- nuances

  • MR Feb-23#31 FLOATING WIND Charybdis will be the ? rst WTIV ever built)
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    FLOATING WIND Charybdis will be the ? rst WTIV ever built in the United States and one of the largest globally. The vessel’s main crane will have a boom length of 426 feet and an expected lifting capacity of 2,200 tons. Dominion Energy European bidders Floating wind, however, is still at an (bvb|&v ?

  • MR Feb-23#1 service in 2026 serving the Dominion Energy Coastal Virginia)
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    joint venture between Crowley and ESVAGT. The Jones Act-compliant vessel, designed by HAV Design AS, is scheduled to go into service in 2026 serving the Dominion Energy Coastal Virginia O?shore Wind project. Scan now for more information on our wind farm SOV’s Justin Slater | [email protected]

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  • MN Oct-22#24 Wind der construction at the Keppel AmFELS yard in Browns- vi)
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    MN Feature Offshore Wind der construction at the Keppel AmFELS yard in Browns- ville, Texas, to be deployed by Dominion Energy as it builds out CVOW, with components to be transported out from a revamped container terminal at Portsmouth, Va. The WTIV, set for delivery in late 2023 (well in advance of

  • MN Oct-22#23 Apollo Global Management), off the with regulatory rulings))
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    renewables specialist Renexia SpA, with (and, ultimately, routine operations). Codi? ed law (along participation from Apollo Global Management), off the with regulatory rulings) related to the Jones Act, which Maryland coast. Following up on multiple leases awarded requires compliant assets for transportin

  • MR Aug-22#35 wind took big strides in the ? rst half of 2022 across)
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    SHIPBUILDING ffshore wind took big strides in the ? rst half of 2022 across a number of critical fronts, from public pol- icy to private sector, corporate investments. These Omoves portend big impacts for US shipyards. On the private sector side, Crowley and ESVAGT, in June, recommitted to build Jones

  • MR Jun-22#33 storage capacity and ensure the right ones going out in)
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    PORTS & OFFSHORE WIND storage capacity and ensure the right ones going out in the It’s a site that never sleeps. During my visit, blades for EDF right sets when needed – all of which means taking them back Renewables UK’s Neart na Gaoithe wind farm off Fife, Scot- nearly 4km to the main site. land

  • MN Mar-22#34 and Eversource have taken the lead, contracting delivery)
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    Feature Shipbuilding Ørsted and Eversource have taken the lead, contracting delivery in 2023. In another ? rst, Great Lakes Dredge & with Edison Chouest Offshore for construction of an SOV Dock recently announced that it is moving ahead with the at several of its yards in the Gulf Coast. Crowley

  • MR Feb-22#23 may come around to help close the gap on challenges in vessel)
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    INTERVIEW GREG LENNON, VP, GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND, ABS “More vessels are needed, and while creative f nancing may come around to help close the gap on challenges in vessel f nancing, the problem on larger vessels, on a simplif ed level, is that matching the certainty of revenue with the payback period

  • MR Feb-22#15 The Path Ahead But rule makers and rule breakers are not)
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    The Path Ahead But rule makers and rule breakers are not the primary focus of As a member-supported research consortium, the Center Field and his team at the Future Energy Systems Center today. collaborates with industrial experts and leaders for insights “We have quite a few projects underway as I