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  • A device that increases the efficiency of barges is gaining in popularity on the West Coast, especially for Seattle to Alaska and Southeast Alaska runs.

    Many people report that Hydralift skegs substantially increase the efficiency of towed barges. This results in either increased towing speed or reduced fuel consumption because the horsepower required to tow at the same speed decreases.

    The Lynden Companies, Alaska Railbelt Marine (ARM) and Alaska Marine Lines (AML), have several barges with Hydralift skegs and another currently under construction. They are using the barges on Seattle to Alaska runs and runs within Southeast Alaska. According to George Williamson, Senior Port Engineer for ARB, AML, and Bering Marine Corp., the Hydralifts "seem to be [work] as advertised," which is "increase the [towing] speed or reduce the fuel burned." Western Towboat Company, Inc., which does all the towing for ARM and AML, has two gravel barges with Hydralift skegs themselves. They use them on all sorts of runs, including a weekly Seattle to Victoria run. Northland Services, Inc, has two barges, which are pulled by Dunlap Towing, on Seattle to Southeast Alaska runs. Foss Maritime has one barge they use for Prince Rupert to Whittier service. There is even one use by Young Brothers in Hawaii. Seaspan International still use one of the three first built, and in fact was one of the original users of barges with the Hydralift skegs.

    Hydralift skegs were invented by Joe Gruzling, president of Nautican Research and Development Ltd. in Vancouver Canada, 20 years ago. In general, skegs are required so a barge will track straight. Just like regular skegs on barges, there are two Hydralift skegs per barge, one on each side-port and starboard, located under the rake. Unlike a regular skeg, which is like a long single hydrofoil, each Hydralift skeg is made up of three narrow foils supported by a horizontal foil that holds the vertical ones in place. The vertical ones are angled inwards, similarly to a normal skeg, while the horizontal foil is angled downward, almost at the same angle as the rake.

  • The first phase of construction of a modern maintenance and repair shipyard for the Alaska State Ferries is presently underway in Ketchikan, in southeast Alaska. The yard will have facilities required to perform annual maintenance and repair work on the fleet of nine Alaska Marine Highway ferries. Work

  • singleboat contract. The vessel, which will accommodate 236 overnight cruise guests and 84 crewmembers, will be utilized for cruises in season in southeast Alaska and the Columbia/Snake River complex. Reportedly, the Empress will be the first sternwheeler on the Inside Passage in more than 100 years

  • Mid-Coast Marine recently delivered the 88-foot combination crabber- tender Controller Bay, designed for Southeast Alaska. The new Mid- Coast boat was designed and built for Dick Miller and Dennis Freed of Seattle. Her length overall is 88 feet 2 inches, beam 25 feet 8 inches and molded depth is 12

  • operate in the Kodiak area salmon and herring fisheries. Quiet Cove has orders for four more Cummins-powered Traktor-propelled skiffs, all for the Southeast Alaska salmon fisher. Besides commercial fishing, Mr. Hill sees potential applications for the Cummins-powered Traktor Jet in other types of

  • Workboats Nrothwest, Inc. of Seattle. It has barged north where it was christened at the city built on a narrow shelf along the Inside Passage in Southeast Alaska. The all-aluminum Newell culminates a more than three-year effort by Ketchikan to replace a well-used, 65-foot wooden fireboat, which despite its

  • service, both in San Francisco Bay. Nichols Brothers will christen a similar vessel in this month whose service will be split between San Diego and southeast Alaska. A catamaran designed to carry overnight diving parties to the Bahamas is now under construction in Florida. Nichols has also negotiated

  • include design, construction, acquisition and sustainment.The South Tongue of the Ocean Acoustic Measurement Facility (STAFAC) in the Bahamas and the Southeast Alaska Acoustic Measurement Facility (SEAFAC) near Ketchikan, Alaska, feature underwater arrays to perform high fidelity passive acoustic signature measuremen

  • development of specialized ports for LNG exports from Alaska to global markets. Alaska has a limited maritime community mostly in the south: Southeast Alaska is a maritime community; South Central, Valdez, The Kenai Peninsula and Anchorage much less so; Southwest Alaska and Aleutians have fishing fleets

  • are Vigor’s competitive advantage for working in Alaska,” Beck said. The Ketchikan shipyard has already built to suit for the unique challenges of Southeast Alaska. Back when it was Alaska Ship and Drydock, the shipyard built the one-of-a-kind ice-capable M/V Susitna. The 194-foot Susitna was built for about

  • "Co-Ops," Room VI, presented by Don Reinhardt, a manager of the Halibut Producers' Co-op (now Seafood Producers' Coop), Paul Peyton, manager, Southeast Alaska Salmon Gillnetters Co-op, and Lawrence Bozanich, manager, San Pedro Seineboat Co-op. 1—4 "Direct Restaurant Sales," Room VII, presented by Jon

  • MN Feb-24#27 Ian hit Florida and southeast states. sit – or crossings)
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    vehicle batteries.” This Alert followed ? ood- tors.” He said we either have the staff needed for safe tran- ing after Hurricane Ian hit Florida and southeast states. sit – or crossings are cancelled. “I would say that this is the The alert was not speci? cally directed at passenger vessels top issue

  • MR Jan-24#35 WASTEWATER TREATMENT In recent years the Even with)
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    WASTEWATER TREATMENT In recent years the Even with existing speci? cations for regulations, there most newbuild is a noticeable cruise ships have absence of included the formal oversight requirements for for monitoring ‘zero discharge’. compliance with sewage and grey – Martin Shutler

  • MR Dec-23#36 G REAT of HIPS S 2023 Eastern Shipbuilding OPC: A “G -C)
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    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

  • MR Dec-23#10 Back to the Drawing Board T e Worst Ship in History ...)
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    Back to the Drawing Board T e Worst Ship in History ... Exxon Valdez By Rik van Hemmen, President, Martin & Ottaway hile Greg Trauthwein never assigns me col- ? rst moment of conception. I can think of other more recent umn subjects, each time the Great Ships issue less well-known recent examples too

  • MR Nov-23#60 comparison, leading Southeast Asian yards will sell)
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    about U.S. offshore wind over the last few four CTVs annually. months will have experienced roller coaster emotions, lurch- By comparison, leading Southeast Asian yards will sell Eu- ing between optimism and pessimism. ropean speci? cation CTVs for around $5.5-6 million per ves- Developers have reported

  • MR Nov-23#59 PORT FUNDING The Author Program: This program supports)
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    PORT FUNDING The Author Program: This program supports large, complex projects that Macek are dif? cult to fund by other means and likely to generate na- Nathan Macek serves as HDR’s infrastructure ? nance tional or regional economic, mobility or safety bene? ts. director. He has more than 20 years

  • MR Nov-23#58 PORT FUNDING The ports authority found success by tailoring)
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    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#54 PORT FUNDING SECURING FEDERAL GRANT RESOURCES FOR U.S.)
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    PORT FUNDING SECURING FEDERAL GRANT RESOURCES FOR U.S. PORTS Image courtesy HDR Leveraging IIJA Funds to Deliver Crucial Solutions for Ports By Nathan Macek, Aurah Landau, and Kevin Keller ike many ports, the Alaskan Port of Homer faces ag- Though federal funding levels in IIJA have increased, compe- ing

  • MT Sep-23#73 to re- shelters in southeast Alaska. market for remotely)
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    offshore structural to explore submerged caves and rock autonomous platform will transform the and met ocean data transmission to re- shelters in southeast Alaska. market for remotely operated vessels al-time ADCP data. RadiEM has reli- This multi-year project not only push- surveys and inspections services

  • MN Jun-23#30 enforcement throughout southeastern Alaska. with the)
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    small boat Small, used to carry out search and rescue, law enforcement and living training and exercises marine resources enforcement throughout southeastern Alaska. with the crew of the French ? shery patrol vessel Fulmar off the Illustration of NOAA oceanographic coast of Boston, in research

  • MN Aug-23#29 ship docking tugs in the Southeast, as well as passenger)
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    hoist already on site at its shipyard on Yonges Island in South Carolina. “We hope to meet the needs of the dry docking for ship docking tugs in the Southeast, as well as passenger boats,” said Johnson Stevens, president at Stevens Towing. Eric Haun www.marinelink.com MN 29

  • MN Aug-23#15 “I am especially proud of the work that we have done)
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    “I am especially proud of the work that we have done with Alaska on developing, designing, and building ? ve oil spill recovery barges.” Elliott Bay Design Group www.marinelink.com MN 15|

  • MN Aug-23#14 Insights propulsion technology, the propellers more ef?)
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    Insights propulsion technology, the propellers more ef? cient and Over the course of your career, as you look back, is coatings and everything that goes along with that. there a project that sticks out to you as being most There is a challenge to keep up with the rapid pace of memorable or interesting?

  • MR Jun-23#17 and logistics Beyond Southeast Asia, offshore energy)
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    under development including the Greater Changhua wind farm proj- Gathering Pace ect, which is being supported by global shipping and logistics Beyond Southeast Asia, offshore energy construction and services provider GAC. maintenance projects are also gathering pace. Mainland Chi- Two of the windfarms

  • MR Apr-23#24 INTERVIEW KEVIN SLIGH SR., DIRECTOR, BSEE Report] and FIR)
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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

  • MN Apr-23#43 Nelson will cover the Southeast region. Senior Defense)
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    repair industry, cover the Gulf of Mexico and Inland today announced Frank Collins as Rivers regions, and Adrian Navarro Heil Nelson will cover the Southeast region. Senior Defense Advisor. 43| www.marinelink.com M

  • MN Feb-23#32 Feature Passenger Vessels Renewed government funding for)
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    Feature Passenger Vessels Renewed government funding for infrastructure, which Hole Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Au- includes the realm of terminals and access projects, will thority ($3.5 million), the Virginia Department of Trans- greatly bene? t the ferry sector. The U.S. Department of

  • MR Nov-22#56 Bookshelf Working Boats: An Inside Look at Ten Amazing)
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    Bookshelf Working Boats: An Inside Look at Ten Amazing Watercraft, by Tom Crestodina Reviewed by Alan Haig-Brown, Sept. 2022 seiner, and Bristol Bay gillnetter, ? sh for salmon and Crestodina provides knowledgeable detailed drawings of the workings of each gear type. He gives similarly detailed

  • MR Nov-22#50 TECH FEATURE HEAVY LIFTERS Heavy Lifters Heavy lift)
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    TECH FEATURE HEAVY LIFTERS Heavy Lifters Heavy lift equipment, from moving vessels on land to deploying and retrieving assets from vessels, are key to ef? cient, safe ops. Following are updates from a few leaders in the ? eld. imolai Technology won the contract to supply Markey Machinery is a storied

  • MR Nov-22#43 . “That means connecting Southeast Asia with various other)
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    . intra-Asian trades, intra-European trades, and intra-Amer- “We have two vessels ordered now and we are looking at icas trades. “That means connecting Southeast Asia with various other projects,” said Baack. “We believe that the fuel China, feeding into the hubs, the main lane hubs of con- constellation

  • MT Sep-22#76 MTR 100 PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY TRITECH INTERNATIONAL XSE)
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    MTR 100 PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY TRITECH INTERNATIONAL XSENS PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY A team of scientists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory have ‘trained’ an Ar- ti? cial Intelligence (AI) model to recog- nize and classify the different types of marine plastic captured in images shot by a video

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  • MN Oct-22#68 MN Schottel Schoellhorn-Albrecht Machine Co., Inc. S -A)
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    MN Schottel Schoellhorn-Albrecht Machine Co., Inc. S -A CHOELLHORN LBRECHT Schoellhorn-Albrecht M C ., I .ACHINE O NC Schoellhorn-Albrecht is one of the leading designers and Machine Co., Inc. manufacturers of marine deck equipment, dock equip- ment and vessel access systems, possessing vast knowledge

  • MN Oct-22#48 MN DLBA Naval Architects Jeffrey Bowles DLBA Naval Architect)
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    MN DLBA Naval Architects Jeffrey Bowles DLBA Naval Architects is great there may not be the best for us. We are working on neering and production support for the marine industry. a monohull design that meets or exceeds the performance EBDG has brick and mortar of? ces in Seattle and Cov- parameters that