Gulfstream Shipbuilding’s Custom Aluminum Ferry: U.S. Department of Homeland Security awards Ferry Contract for vessel built specifically for Eastern Coastal Waters.
. The U.S. and Canadians have a lot of similarities, and looking at the U.S. you have the clusters in San Diego and New England, as well as the Pacific Northwest, Florida and the Gulf. I would say that Atlantic Canada is probably a junior of the bigger clusters in terms of size, but certainly in the same league
and building a ship as well, we would put hundreds of people to work in construction, in addition to engineers. It would bring up to 2,000 jobs to northwest Florida.” In February, Brian D’Isernia, president and CEO of Eastern Shipbuilding, said now that the Coast Guard has evaluated proposals from eight
Cruise ships can be cleaned during normal passenger transfer port calls. Cleanings and cargo operations can occur simul- taneously. How is this possible? The EverClean robots are small and require only a single cargo van on the pier. Multiple robots can be deployed simultaneously. Precision navigation
Turkey, Seçkin Uz has who was appointed CEO in September. been appointed managing director of Bellerud Named COO of SCHOTTEL’s sister company elkon. Northwest Seaport Alliance Daniels Named Director at The Northwest Seaport Alliance has Menoyo Courtney Port of Baltimore named Jeff Bellerud as chief
Vessels WINDEA Intrepid & WINDEA Courageous The ? rst two designed, BV-classed CTVs for WINDEA CTV. The third newbuild crew and fourth vessels are under construction at St Johns, and transfer vessels construction of the ? fth vessel is well underway at Breaux (CTV) for WIN- Brothers in Louisiana.
Feature Passenger Vessel Safety ? re risk and related technical issues. Canada: Transport Canada.” In the U.S., last February, the Coast Guard issued a Another top issue, just as in the U.S. – workforce re- Marine Safety Alert: “Saltwater intrusion causes damage cruitment, which he called a “key issue for
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
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
. As the world thaws, Suojanen sees opportunities uses the funds to help pay for Arctia’s service. The company opening up in the high north. The Northwest Passage is now clears frozen shipping lanes and frees any vessels that get more accessible to vessel traf? c, including cargo shipping and stuck
SUBSEA EUROPE SERVICES www.subsea-europe.com/ Established at the beginning of 2020 with the goal to “simplify marine data acquisition” and make it possible for every organization to collect and evaluate marine data professionally, Subsea Europe Services provides easy access to precision sensors and
MTR 100 data to inform how we work and understand the ocean,” said for EverClean. “We have operators in Plymouth that supervise Kinnaman. “Greensea IQ will use our technology and the in- these robots as they clean and maintain ships and collect data telligence that enables to extend our presence into the
cost signi? cantly more than And information on – employing a single diesel-powered tractor.” • Availability and production capacity; Similarly, the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA, in- • Performance; cludes the Ports of Tacoma and Seattle) reached out to its ter- • Pricing; and, minal operators about
Vessels Voyager Space Perspective Space tourism company Space Perspective is converting will arrive to stabilize the capsule, which will be lifted back an offshore support vessel (OSV) to function as the world’s onto the Voyager by a custom-built A-frame provided by ? rst “marine spaceport”. The
SHIPYARD CAPACITY Panagiotis Mitrou, Philip Lewis, Lloyd’s Register Intelatus Global Partners (see chart below). But the demand will still be there for US- some scope for upgrades and conversions. In mid-July, Horn- built SOVs and CTVs. beck Offshore revealed a deal with Florida-based Eastern Intelatus’
and around the peninsula include the Atlan- tic Ocean and Lower New York Bay to the south and west and the Gravesend Bay and Coney Island Creek to the northwest. Coney Island Beach extends 2.7-miles along the south shore of the peninsula and has a boardwalk that extends from Coney Island Proper to Brighton
on just making those as best you can and pumping them out. Little did Sullivan realize that shortly thereafter, the executive That’s how business works; I get it. But if you’re a scientist director spot at FAU Harbor Branch would become vacant. who’s really into developing novel instruments for the
Editorial raveling to visit companies and organizations where they work is one of the things I Tmissed most in the nearly three years of restricted travel during Covid. Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly © Nicolas Winkler Photography www.marinetechnologynews.com enjoyed being off the road after nearly
May/June 2023 On the Cover Volume 66 • Number 4 An OTN Teledyne Webb Research Slocum glider. © Nicolas Winkler Photography 14 Vehicle Tech Crawlers in the Surf Zone The tumultuous surf zone presents many challenges. Bayonet Ocean crawlers can help bridge the gap. By Kira Coley 19 Family Affair
Autonomy & Defense PROTECTING OFFSHORE ENERGY SOURCES By George Galdorisi Photo courtesy Mr. Dave Meron hen most people discuss energy sources such as ronmental concerns – impelled by major events such as the fossil fuel and green energy, it is from an “either- Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of
The Path to Zero – Sponsored EverClean The always clean hull solution Collaborations Foster Innovation to Manage Biofouling anaging biofouling on ship hulls has been a topic sailboat racing, and has long recognized the value of clean of interest since the ancient Phoenecians 3300 hulls. Serious racers
Vessels New Launch for St Johns Bar Pilots Gladding-Hearn pilot boat since 1962. Designed by Ray Hunt Design, the all-aluminum launch measures 35 feet overall. It has a 13-foot beam, including the foam collar, and a 3-foot draft. The deep-V hull features a steep 24-degree dead-rise at the transom that
2025 and 2026; and the Polar Security Cutter program underway at Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding (previously VT Halter Marine) in Pascagoula, Miss.—the series’ ? rst vessel Polar Sentinel is scheduled to be launched in 2025. In June last year, Mobile, Ala. shipbuilder Austal USA was awarded a
ployment 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
David Wallace-Wells,” as plankton play an important role in the did 73 percent of ? sh surveyed in the ocean’s carbon cycle, capturing carbon Northwest Atlantic.” Investigators have dioxide at the surface and transporting About the Author found that mollusks (such as clams, carbon to the ocean
Although shipping losses have more than halved over the past decade, f res on board vessels remain among the biggest safety issues for the maritime industry. AGCS analysis of over 240,000 marine insurance industry claims between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2021, worth approximately $10B in value
INTERVIEW JENS GROTH, CEO, CHRIS-MARINE “If you maintain your engine well, you get the best running engine and the best running engine has the least emissions.” – Jens Groth, CEO, Chris-Marine control of speed and power date, and there is no need to mod- lenge is signi? cant as “we are a traditional