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In June, Eastern Shipbuilding launched the second of three new OCTOBER 2020 • VOLUME 77, NO. 10

ferries for the city of New York. Eastern Shipbuilding Group photo

FEATURES 18 Focus: Made in the USA Where do the 2020 presidential candidates stand on the 100-year-old Jones Act?

32 Cover Story: Well Built U.S. shipyards have been busy earning their ‘essential business’ designation during Covid-19.

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A list of vessels under contract, under construction or delivered in the past 12 months.

BOATS & GEAR 22 On the Ways • C&C Marine delivers new cutterhead suction hopper dredge to Callan Marine • Burger Boat builds another architecture tour boat for Chicago’s First Lady Cruises • Eastern Shipbuilding delivers second of two 5,100hp Z-drive tugs to Bisso Offshore • First U.S. zero-emission, all-electric passenger/vehicle ferry marks one year in operation • Gladding-Hearn delivers Chesapeake-class pilot boat for operation on the St. Lawrence Seaway • Metal Shark completes 85' patrol vessel for the Dominican Republic navy • Steel cut at Eastern Shipbuilding for new trailing suction hopper dredge for Weeks Marine

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On the Water: Plan ahead and beware — Part I. Captain’s Table: When customers disappear.

Energy Level: Gulf deepwater rig fleet turned upside down.

WB Stock Index: WorkBoat stocks jump over 6% in August.

Inland Insider: Seamen’s Church focuses on mariners’ emotional health.

Insurance Watch: There’s more to pollution liability than just spill cleanup.

Legal Talk: Turning over a safe ship.

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Coast Guard extends offshore third-party surveys for firefighting equipment.

New York ferry crew recognized by Coast Guard for July rescue.

American Commercial Barge Line names new CEO. Operator cancels Alaska cruises amid Covid-19 concerns.

Icebreaker fire takes out one of two main propulsion motors.

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Yards keep building

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espite the coronavirus pandemic, shipyards across the U.S. have been busy building new workboats.

But it hasn’t been smooth sailing for the industry during these trying times with some yards closing for short periods to adjust to Covid-19-related impacts. Most, however, reopened fairly quickly after implementing local, state and CDC safety guidelines, with some able to adjust and continue working through the pandemic.

Despite the virus, tugs, towboats, barges and other vessels are still in demand. Boats are under contract, under construction, and being delivered for both commercial and military customers on all coasts and the Great Lakes.

Ron Cleveringa with Burger Boat Co. said the company was fortunate to be deemed an essential business by the state of Wisconsin. “Burger immediately implemented Covid-19 precautions based on CDC and state guidelines throughout the shipyard.

Overall, the impact of the pandemic on operations was kept to a minimum,” he told WorkBoat.

In Tuckahoe, N.J., Covid-19 forced Yank Marine Inc. to lock out all visitors and even the boat owners earlier this year. “They didn’t take it too well in the beginning,” said Bette Jean Yank. “It’s been difficult. Temperatures are taken at the gate, and we have been disinfecting like crazy.”

But on May 7, the shipyard was able to deliver the 599-passenger aluminum ferry Franklin D. Roosevelt, the first of three ferries, to NY Waterway.

Shipyards are busy, but they all must deal with Covid-19 challenges.

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second-quarter earnings call in August, Richard Heo, president and CEO, discussed handling a big backlog during Covid-19. “As we attempt to increase headcount to support the execution of our historically high shipyard backlog, we are experiencing a greater degree of absenteeism for a variety of reasons, which include employees having concerns that they have symptoms of the virus, have family members or friends who have tested positive for Covid-19, or have overall apprehension due to Covid-19.”

The silver lining for shipyards is that backlogs are healthy and more workers are needed.

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Merchant mariner credentials extended through March

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he Coast Guard continues to evaluate the impact of Covid-19 to the maritime industry and mariners in order to take action needed to ensure the continuity of the Maritime Transportation System (MTS).

In this light, the Coast Guard has posted Change 3 to MSIB (Marine Safety Information Bulletin) 08-20, titled “Covid-19 – Mariner Credentials” that updates information on the extensions to merchant mariner credential, medical certificates and course approvals. The following significant changes are provided in Change 3 to MSIB 08-20:

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• Merchant mariner credentials, both national and STCW, that expire between March 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2020, are extended to March 31, 2021.

• The Coast Guard is accepting shipboard experience in lieu of refresher training in survival craft and rescue boats other than fast rescue boats (PSC), PSC-limited fast rescue boats (FRB), basic training (BT), and advanced firefighting (AFF) for mariners who are renewing MMCs that expire between March 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021. Shipboard experience in fire, emergency, and/or abandon ship drills is accepted as demonstrating continued competence in these areas provided the mariner has obtained at least 360 days of relevant service within the past five years.

• Approvals for temporary alternate training delivery methods are extended to align with the existing course approval expiration date, including any extensions that were previously granted by this MSIB. I encourage all mariners, ship owners and operators and providers of Coast Guard-approved training to read MSIB 08-20, Change 3 carefully. While the Coast Guard has provided the extensions noted in the MSIB, mariners and training providers are strongly encouraged to fulfill the requirements and submit applications as early as possible in order to avoid a lapse in their credential or training approval. Similarly, training providers need to make every effort to submit their application early to avoid expiration of their current approval.

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The Coast Guard will continue to monitor the impact of the pandemic and will make the necessary adjustments to ensure the continuity of maritime transportation within the MTS. Rear Adm. R.V. Timme Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy U.S. Coast Guard Washington, D.C.

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By Joel Milton

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crew change in New York Harbor often involves a routine ride over the VerrazzanoNarrows Bridge. But sometimes it isn’t so routine.

Hurricane Isaias recently provided a great example of a serious mental disconnect. Isaias, by then a tropical storm after raking the East Coast from Florida to North Carolina before moving inland, tracked just west of the New York City metro area on Aug. 4.

All of the usual weather warnings for a tropical cyclone had been provided: strong and gusty winds, heavy rains, thunderstorms, flash-flooding, dangerous lightning, etc. None of these conditions would be unexpected in such circumstances. The exact timing of when they would hit is the only variable.

Despite the known presence of Hurricane Isaias and all that comes with it, some truck drivers were somehow caught off guard by the strength of the wind when they drove across the Verrazzano Bridge at the entrance of New York Harbor. Wind

Captain’s Table When customers disappear

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By Capt. Alan Bernstein

Alan Bernstein, owner of BB Riverboats in Cincinnati, is a licensed master and a former president of the Passenger Vessel Association. He can be reached at 859-292-2449 or abernstein@ bbriverboats.com.

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headline in The Washington Post a few weeks ago read, “Bus tours have resumed in D.C. Now all they need is tourists.”

That pretty much sums up the plight of U.S. passenger vessel operators, including my company BB Riverboats. At my Cincinnati-based operation, we have implemented appropriate cleaning precautions, ensured that our employees and crew have the correct Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and are maintaining social distancing. But where are the customers?

In my over 50-plus years on the river, I have never dealt with such a pronounced business downturn before. My company was thriving just six months ago. To see it now, with business reduced by 85% to 90%, is staggering. What can I and other operators do to survive?

I called my management team together and began the tedious process of cost cutting. It hurt. I had to lay off employees, many of them like family to me. We developed plans for how we would handle the situation once operations resumed.

With the understanding that we needed to control

gusts peaked in the early afternoon at near-hurricane strength.

Wind speed increases over water and at higher elevations because of reduced friction. So, if it’s already blowing hard as you approach the bridge on the Staten Island or Gowanus expressways (the interstates that feed onto the bridge), you can be certain that conditions on the bridge decks, which are well over 200 feet above the Narrows, are only going to get worse. Many crew-changing tugboaters discovered this driving to or from their yards.

Nevertheless, the truckers went for it. It didn’t work out so well. First a box truck toppled, and less than an hour later, four tractor-trailers flipped over.

There’s a basic, individual duty to adequately plan ahead and maintain situational awareness.

Nonetheless, one of the truckers said, “Why did they let anyone go if they knew the storm was coming?”

That’s a fair question that deserves a detailed answer. But a more important question is why did a professional truck driver, who knew or should have fully known that Isaias would soon hit, try to drive an empty trailer across the bridge anyway? costs, we agreed to reconvene at regular intervals to evaluate further cost cutting measures.

We turned to the Passenger Vessel Association’s (PVA) Coronavirus Reopening Guidelines to help ensure the health and safety of our passengers and crew. We asked our management team to pitch in wherever they were needed to help keep things running. Office employees have helped during the boarding of our vessels, washed dishes, bussed tables and even served dinner to our customers. This “all hands on deck” effort is what we must to do to survive.

I recently took part in a conference call with the staff of Sen. Mitch McConnell to discuss our ongoing challenges. I described how business has literally disappeared because of the coronavirus pandemic, pointing out that BB Riverboats normally attracts approximately 1,200 motor coach groups in the summer. So far this year, there has been only six. We urged the senator’s staff to support the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act, which would lend assistance to the passenger vessel industry, and allow businesses to access additional rounds of the Paycheck Protection Program even if they had initially received PPP funds.

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hen operators regain their appetite for deepwater drilling, they’ll find a Gulf of Mexico floater fleet turned upside down.

Three offshore drilling contractors have already filed bankruptcy this year with a fourth likely headed that way.

After just over a year as a newly branded company, Valaris plc joined Noble Corp. and Diamond Offshore by filing for bankruptcy protection on Aug. 17. With a diversified 74-rig fleet, the former EnscoRowan plc, which was renamed a year ago after the merger of Ensco and Rowan Companies, is the world’s largest offshore contractor.

Noble filed for Chapter 11 reorganization on July 31, hoping to wipe out more than $3.4 billion of debt, while Diamond Offshore entered bankruptcy three months earlier. Though Noble listed three semisubmersibles as coldstacked in its July 9 fleet status report, it managed to extend Shell’s deepwater Gulf contracts for the drillships Noble Globetrotter I and Noble Globetrotter II into July 2022 and September 2023, respectively, each operating under modified $275,000 day rates.

By the time you read this, Seadrill will have likely filed a petition for bankruptcy protection for the second time in three years. After first filing in September 2017, the contractor successfully completed a reorganization in July 2018. But weak demand and Covid-19’s effect on prices rendered current market conditions untenable, Chief Financial Officer Stuart Jackson said in a June earnings call. “With the market changes, both from an oil price and the Covid-19 perspective arising in the last three months, we’ve decided not to progress with the interim solution and to move directly to a comprehensive restructuring.”

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WorkBoat Composite Index Stocks gain over 6% in August

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he WorkBoat Composite Index was up over 6% for the second consecutive month, gaining almost 6.5% in August, or 119 points. For the month, winners topped losers by a 4-3 ratio.

Gulf Island Fabrication was down about 5% in August. During the company’s second-quarter earnings call in STOCK CHART

August, Richard Heo, president and CEO, commented on dealing with the shipyard division’s historically high backlog during Covid-19.

During the quarter, the company delivered an icebreaking tug, its eighth harbor tug, and expected to complete the ninth tug in August, and 10th and Source: FinancialContent Inc. www.financialcontent.com

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final tug in the fourth quarter.

“Our previous expectation was for a third quarter completion of the last vessel,” said Heo. “Unfortunately, we experienced lower-than-anticipated labor productivity and a lower level of progress on the last two tugs due to the effects of the planned closure of the Jennings (La.) facility and Covid-19 mitigation measures. While our overall efforts to keep our employees safe and healthy from the impact of Covid-19 are working, social distancing requirements impacted the pace of work on the vessels ...

“With respect to our Houma (La.) facility, as we attempt to increase headcount to support the execution of our historically high shipyard backlog, we are experiencing a greater degree of absenteeism for a variety of reasons, which include employees having concerns that they have symptoms of the virus ... ” — David Krapf

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s essential workers, inland mariners By Pamela Glass have been under a lot of stress during the pandemic, working longer hours in often dangerous conditions, complying with new safety directives, and worrying about their health and that of their families.

Normally, river chaplains with the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) would meet with mariners on vessels or shoreside, offering counseling or just a reassuring word to those feeling emotionally drained or down. But such interactions have been severely cutback due to Covid-19 restrictions.

To continue to support mariners and shoreside personnel during these stressful times and beyond, SCI is forming “Resilience Crews,” virtual conversations composed of a small group of mariners and led by a SCI chaplain. The idea is to give an outlet for mariners to talk about things that concern them and learn coping skills to overcome challenges and adversity.

“It’s difficult to take care of ourselves, but there’s never been a time that we need to do more self-care than right now,” said the Rev. Tom Rhoades, a former towboat deckhand and cook who is now an ordained chaplain with SCI’s River Ministry program.

Having a chance to meet with others “give us the support we need to build ourselves up,” Rhoades said during an Aug. 4 webinar organized by the American Waterways Operators.

The small groups started with women working shoreside and are now being organized for mariners in a second phase.

“The pandemic certainly increases stress and need, but these services for resilience in day to day as well as traumatic stress are sorely needed anyway,” Rhoades said via email. “As an industry, we have done a great job of generating a culture of safety for most companies. But the next 30 years we need to cultivate a culture of mental health. Whole-person wellness is the best way to accomplish a better sense of well-being.”

SCI is using a format developed by the Living Compass Wellness Initiative, “which has created an infrastructure that helps participants take small steps in accomplishing goals that generate better health,” said Rhoades, who works with towboat and tug crews in the Lower Mississippi, Intracoastal Waterway and Houston Ship Channel.

Rhoades said it’s important that health and safety managers at inland barge companies encourage employees to participate, and he suggests that managers also join a group. “The healthier we are shoreside, the better we are able to respond to the needs of our mariners out there.”

Achieving wellness is hard work, he added, because it requires motivation, support and changing life patterns.

Pam Glass is the Washington correspondent for WorkBoat. www.workboat.com • OCTOBER 2020 • WorkBoat

Insurance Watch

Pollution liability is more than just the cleanup

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Marine pollution isn’t just associated with petroleum spills. Another source can be spills or discharge of other hazardous materials stored or transported on your vessel. A chemical spill can be just as big of a problem as an oil spill.

What about when you tow a barge?

Is it safe from pollution claims? Even though it is not self-propelled and does not bunker fuel, you are still at risk.

What if a fuel storage container on deck goes overboard? You now have a pollution claim. If your tow detaches and the barge is involved in a collision or allision that causes a fuel spill, your company will face a pollution claim.

After the spill is contained and cleaned up, who pays for your defense costs? Whether or not you are found liable, defense costs can add up quickly.

Having these covered by your insurance policy is very important.

And what if your spill was a total accident? Will that stop any fines or penalties imposed on your company by state or federal authorities? Don’t count on it. A pollution policy can provide coverage for any fines that are imposed.

The only thing worse than the actual spill are images on TV or social media of oil-soaked birds on the beach. Informing the public that you are doing your best to take care of the situation can go a long way.

You may never need your pollution policy, but the coverage it provides if you have an incident will pay off in the long run. A standalone pollution policy is an important part of your vessel’s coverage and in some instances is required by the Coast Guard.

Chris Richmond is a licensed mariner and marine insurance agent with Allen Insurance and Financial. He can be reached at 800-439-4311.

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Legal Talk

Turning over a safe ship

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oday’s large commercial vessels can present a wide range of occupational hazards. Cavernous holds with 50-foot drops into darkness, rusting cofferdams void of breathable air, and corrosive cargo vapors are only some of the dangers that professional mariners contend with on a daily basis.

In the eyes of the law, some shipboard hazards are apparent while others are harder to identify, such as airborne fibers released during maintenance work. In a recent case involving an injured longshoreman, a federal court described the hazard presented by a walkway spanning a cargo hold as being “open and obvious.” The significance of this description goes to something known as a turnover duty. This is essentially the duty to present shoreside cargo personnel with a safe ship.

The longshoreman was working as a lasher for a stevedoring company that had been hired to secure containers. He was injured after falling off a walkway that spanned two container bays. It did not have a rope fence that day.

The ensuing lawsuit was brought under the Longshore Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA). Shoreside personnel are not part of a vessel’s crew, so the Jones Act does not apply.

The longshoreman’s lawsuit alleged that the vessel interests were negligent in breaching the duty to turn over a safe vessel to the stevedore company, the duty to intervene, and the duty to exercise ordinary care to keep the vessel in reasonably safe condition.

The lower court ruled in favor of the vessel interests. The turnover duty means that a vessel owner must use reasonable care to turn over a vessel and its equipment in such condition that an expert and experienced longshoreman would be able to work with reasonable safety. On appeal, the higher court sided with the lower court, concluding that a vessel does not breach the turnover duty when the hazard was “open and obvious,” which it felt to be

the case with the walkway.

The higher court held that a reasonably competent stevedore could have avoided the risk by loading the lower bay first and staying off the walkway until the lower bay was filled, thus reducing the roughly eight-foot gap a person could fall into. The court dismissed the longshoreman’s claim for

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negligence under the LHWCA. Tim Akpinar is a Little Neck, N.Y.By Tim Akpinar based maritime attorney and former marine engineer.

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n light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Coast Guard has extended offshore third-party surveys for firefighting and lifesaving equipment until Sept. 30.

MSIB 20-03-Change 1, updates guidance concerning surveys that are normally conducted offshore by thirdparty service providers contracted to maintain compliance with Coast Guard regulations for fixed and floating facilities.

To minimize possible spread of Covid-19 offshore, the Coast Guard District 8 Outer Continental Shelf OCMI will consider, on a case-by-case basis, extending the requirement for thirdparty surveys associated with Coast Guard-regulated systems to Sept. 30.

Extensions will be considered for inspections related to firefighting and lifesaving equipment, including but not limited to lifeboat servicing, fire extinguishers, and fixed firefighting equipment.

Operators are expected to reach out to the OCS OCMI to request an extension under this Marine Safety Information Bulletin at least seven days prior to expiration, and to continue performing maintenance that would regularly be completed by the crew onboard the facility.

This extension does not apply to any system regulated by any other government organization, and it is not applicable to units that are subject to the 16

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) or the International MODU Code. For these vessels it is recommended that companies contact the flag state for direction.

Any questions regarding this bulletin should be sent via email to ocscorrespondence@uscg.mil or via phone to Cmdr. Mickey Dougherty at 504-6712106.

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he Coast Guard presented a Public Service Award in August to the crew of the 276-passenger Fireball, a 75'×18' ferry owned and operated

by Fire Island Ferries, Bay Shore, N.Y. Capt. Eva Van Camp, Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound commanding officer, recognized the Fireball crew for their efforts in the rescue of six people from a vessel in distress near Fire Island, N.Y., in July.

“I am honored to recognize the Fireball’s crew for stepping up and taking action without hesitation to save six lives,” said Van Camp. “The rescue is a testament to the professionalism and training of the Fire Island Ferries team of professional mariners. We rely on our network of port partners to ensure the continued safety and security of our waterways. This is just another example of why our partnerships in the maritime community are so vital.”

On July 26, the captain and crew of the Fireball noticed a vessel in distress, sitting low in the water along their route in the Great South Bay. As the Fireball approached, the vessel capsized, tossing all six persons aboard into the water. The Fireball crew acted quickly, maneuvering the vessel in high winds and dense vessel traffic, while

ACBL NAMES NEW CEO

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merican Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) named Mike Ellis the company’s new chief executive officer in August. Ellis assumed his new position on Aug. 17. In July, Mark Knoy announced his retirement as president and CEO and member of the board of the Jeffersonville, Ind.-based inland barge operator.

PASSENGER VESSEL OPERATOR CANCELS ALASKA CRUISES

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he key to cruising in the age of Covid-19 is rapid testing until there’s a vaccine in the view of an operator who tried to start regular sailing again.

If quick Covid-19 test results had been available, UnCruise Adventures could have completed its first Alaska trip in early August instead of cutting it short and cancelling 10 weeks of cruises in the state and the Pacific Northwest.

They’re still hoping to start cruising in Hawaii sometime this winter, but that’s in question — a reflection of the dilemma facing passenger vessel operators shut down by the coronavirus pandemic nationwide and trying to figure out how to safely get going. — Dale K. DuPont

ICEBREAKER HEALY FIRE TAKES OUT MOTOR

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he Coast Guard icebreaker Healy suffered a fire in one of the ship’s main propulsion motors on Aug. 18 while underway in the Arctic. No injuries were reported. The Healy was 60 nautical miles off of Seward, Alaska, en route to the Arctic when the electrical fire was reported.

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s the presidential race heats up before the Nov. 3 election, Jones Act observers are keeping an eye on what candidates are saying about the 100-year old shipping law and how they would deal with it during their administrations.

Normally the Jones Act has been an untouchable and relatively quiet cabotage law that protects the U.S. shipping industry from foreign intrusion, garnering strong bipartisan support in Washington, while drawing scant public attention — unless efforts are made to dismantle it, which sends the shipping lobby into counterattack mode.

Presidents of both parties have generally supported the

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Act, which since 1920 reserves domestic shipping routes to vessels that are built (or rebuilt) in the U.S., manned by U.S. citizens and registered in the U.S. Buoyed by a well-financed shipping lobby that counts many well-placed lawmakers as supporters, presidents have resisted efforts to repeal or rewrite the law, often overruling dissenting voices within their own administrations that call the Jones Act an antiquated law that discourages competition, raises prices and is counter to open and free markets.

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pro-Jones Act candidates. Opposition remains relatively weak by comparison and includes groups like the Cato Institute and a few federal and state lawmakers who favor free markets and limited government, energy industries such as oil and gas that want to move their products, and some foreign governments that want to enter U.S. coastwise shipping. They argue that restrictions in the law drive up shipping costs and restrict competition.

critical of the Act and urges reforms.

“Presidents of both parties have voiced support in speeches and prepared remarks, but to actually make it part of your platform early on, that was a bit of a surprise.”

President Trump’s Jones Act position is more muddled, as he has been less public about his position and considered several waivers to the law that troubled supporters. While the

BIDEN: JONES ACT ADVOCATE In the presidential race, Democratic nominee Joe Biden has been the most vocal, including the Jones Act as part of his “Made in All of America” economic platform, and writing directly to maritime unions reiterating his support.

“I have been a consistent and strong advocate for the Jones Act and its mandate that only U.S.-flag vessels carry cargo in the coastwise trade,” Biden said. “As president, I will continue my strong support for the Jones Act.” He also underscored his support for U.S. cargo preference laws: “I understand that merchant ships do not sail, and U.S. merchant mariners do not work, unless they have cargo to carry.”

This position tracks Biden’s close ties to labor unions, and he has received endorsements from the Seafarers International Union (SIU), International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots (MMP), and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (MEBA).

“Just as unions are essential to the middle class, the U.S.-flag merchant marine fleet and the men and women who operate U.S.-flag ships are crucial to America’s national security, our international trade relationships, and economic development,” he wrote in accepting endorsements from MEBA and MMP. Not many presidential candidates have been as public about the Jones Act, according to Colin Grabow, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute, a free market libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C., who has been highly www.workboat.com • JULY 2019 • WorkBoat

Jones Act would appear to fit his “Keep America First” campaign, some who have worked with him at the White House say he deeply dislikes the act.

“The good news is that not everyone is onboard with the Jones Act, namely President Trump,” Casey Mulligan, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago and former chief economist on Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, wrote in an opinion piece in

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“He sees it for what it really is: a harmful regulation like the ones he has succeeded in eliminating from health insurance, telecommunications, farming and many other industries.

Moreover, he hates that America has fallen so far behind shipbuilders in China, Korea and Japan. He and others on his staff find it ridiculous that nowhere on earth is there a single LNG carrier that fits the Jones Act criteria,” he wrote.

Mulligan and other senior administration officials said that Trump initially favored Jones Act reforms during internal talks at the White House. In his upcoming book, “You’re hired!: Untold Successes and Failures of a Populist President,” Mulligan cites an Oval Office meeting in May 2019 at which Trump endorsed a Jones Act waiver that would allow foreignflagged ships to transport liquified natural gas from U.S. ports to Puerto Rico and the Northeast. Currently there are no U.S. ships that offer bulk LNG transport.

TRUMP NOW PRO JONES ACT But Trump reversed himself after meeting with six Republican senators from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alaska, who made strong economic and national security arguments against a waiver.

“They convinced him that they would make (his) life so uncomfortable if he even did a waiver for the Jones Act, let alone repealed it,” Mulligan told the Examiner in a recent interview, citing the influence of the shipping lobby that mobilized against the waiver. These groups include the American Waterways Operators, the Shipbuilders Council of America and the American Maritime Partnership (AMP).

While the LNG exemption failed, the Trump administration did approve two temporary Jones Act waivers to facilitate emergency shipments after Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The oil and gas industry, seeking help during an unprecedented crash in oil demand due to the pandemic, asked Congress for a Jones Act waiver in March to facilitate movement of domestic energy products, but nothing became of that.

Given Washington’s historic support for the law, the shipping industry is confident that the Jones Act will remain intact and survive any future challenges no matter who occupies the White House. Advocates cite support from both Biden and his Vice President nominee Kamala Harris, and Trump’s decisions against Jones Act waivers and the alignment of the law to the president’s buy American and hire American agenda.

“American presidents for decades have supported the Jones Act and the American maritime industry (based on) commerce, national security and jobs, and we have every reason to believe that if there’s a change as a result of the election, a Biden administration would continue that support for the Jones Act,” said Michael Roberts, president of AMP, an industry-supported pro-Jones Act group, and senior vice president at Florida-based Crowley Maritime Corp.

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point during the last four years when a question about the Jones Act has come up, the correct decision was made that was in line with the president’s agenda,” he said. “President Trump doesn’t issue policy statements the way political candidates often do, so we don’t have a piece of paper we can point to saying the president supports the Jones Act. But based on the actual decisions taken by this president, we believe he’ll continue to be a supporter.”

With support from the White House and the most recent mobilization of

The launch of Crowley Maritime’s U.S.-flag El Coquí, one of the world’s first combination container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) ships powered by liquefied natural gas, in 2017.

pro-Jones Act GOP senators, there’s “no mood to push for reform,” Grabow of the Cato Institute admitted. “But

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even if it’s unlikely to be changed, (the Jones Act) deserves to be called out and analyzed.”

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C&C Marine delivers new dredge to Callan Marine T

he General MacArthur, Callan Marine’s new cutterhead suction dredge built by C&C Marine and Repair, Belle Chasse, La., entered service earlier this year.

Downey Engineering, Metairie, La., designed the 290'×72'×16' dredge’s hull and superstructure. SPI/Mobile Pulley, Mobile, Ala., built the dredging equipment.

The General MacArthur has a digging depth of 97', a 34" suction diameter and a 31.5" discharge diameter. Three diesel-electric Caterpillar MaK VM32Cs generate a total of 24,000 hp for dredging. The General MacArthur’s equipment runs off a single Caterpillar C18 producing 600 kW of electrical power.

“She’s 100-percent diesel electric,” said Maxie McGuire, Callan Marine’s president. “We gained the benefit of the efficiency and power of electricity over direct-drive diesel.”

The new dredge, which meets all Coast Guard and ABS requirements for a manned barge, is an ABS all-ocean dredge and “even worked in SOLAS requirements in case they want to take the barge overseas,” said Darren Preston, chief naval architect, at Downey Engineering.

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through mechanical vibration isolators,” said Preston. And the structure was designed so it “won’t fail over time from fatigue.”

“We worked hard on creature comforts,” said McGuire.

Accommodations include separate staterooms for the captain and chief engineer. There’s an additional 31 beds in several staterooms, each with a private bathroom. With “diesel electric, you can be in the living quarters and it’s no different than being in a hotel room.”

Each stateroom has air conditioning, Wi-Fi, satellite TV and cellphone coverage. The crew quarters also include a galley, gym, TV/rec room, laundry facilities and conference room.

At the stern of the General MacArthur when dredging in sheltered water will be the 180'×34'×13' idler barge outfitted with spud carriage. The non-self-propelled General MacArthur requires a tug’s assistance.

The General MacArthur took a while during development, but from McGuire’s standpoint it was worth it. “We’ve got some technology that puts us with the upper echelon of the best dredges in the country. We needed to build a technologically advanced machine and that’s what we did.”

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Burger Boat launches 98' Chicago cruise vessel

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urger Boat Co. has launched a new 98'×32' passenger vessel for Chicago’s First Lady Cruises.

This is not the first time the two companies have collaborated. Chicago’s Emerald Lady is the third passenger vessel Burger has built for Chicago’s First Lady Cruises.

The new vessel follows in the line of Chicago’s Classic Lady and Chicago’s Leading Lady.

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Corpus Christi, Texas. After that it is due to go to Louisiana’s Brenton Island, to work for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Next in line for Callan Marine is the 341'×52'×10.5' (6'6" draft) General Bradley, scheduled for launch in the second quarter of 2021 at Halimar Shipyard, Morgan City, La. The dredge will have 28" suction and discharge diameters. Unlike the General MacArthur, which can work in the ocean, “the Bradley will be a premier, major ship channel dredge,” said McGuire. — Michael Crowley

98' cruise boat for Chicago was scheduled for delivery in August.

doesn’t necessarily mean the shipyard can breeze through the third boat, according to Ron Cleveringa, Burger’s vice president, sales and marketing.

“It is easier in the sense that Burger has history to draw from. But, on the other hand, when regulations, equipment and machinery used on previous vessels changes, it requires our engineering team to modify bills of materials and change drawings or reengineer systems to meet specification and regulatory compliance,” he said.

The U.S.-built steel vessel has a capacity of 299 passengers and was designed by Seacraft Design, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Main propulsion comes from twin energy-efficient Caterpillar C9.3 diesel engines, producing 375 hp at

1,800 rpm each, providing a sustainable option that lowers emissions.

The Cats are connected to Michigan Wheel 38"×28", 4-bladed nibral wheels through ZF 360 marine gears with 2.48:1 reduction ratios. The propulsion package gives the new boat a running speed of 11 knots.

Ship’s service power is the responsibility of two Caterpillar C4.4 gensets, sparking 75 kW of electrical power each.

“We have built a great relationship with Burger over the years, and they have once again delivered a quality vessel that will provide an enjoyable and comfortable experience for our guests and a reliable addition to our fleet,” Holly Agra, president of Chicago’s

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Chicago’s Emerald Lady is Coast Guard certified, Subchapter K. Its tankage includes 4,000 gals. of fuel, 1,050 gals. water, and a 1,750-gal. holding tank.

“Burger is focused on developing long-lasting, collaborative partnerships that lead to truly extraordinary experiences on the water,” said Jim Ruffolo, president and CEO of Burger Boat.

“We love building for Chicago’s First Lady Cruises, as they share our mission

of building a memorable, unique experience for their guests.”

The Emerald Lady was scheduled for delivery in August. — Ken Hocke

Eastern delivers second 5,100-hp, Z-drive tug to Bisso Offshore

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astern Shipbuilding Group Inc., Panama City, Fla., delivered the second of two 80'×38'×13'2" 5,100-hp Z-drive tugs on June 11 to Bisso Offshore LLC, a division of E.N. Bisso & Son Inc., New Orleans.

The following day the tug A. Thomas Higgins completed its bollard pull testing (66.10 short tons stern, 64.20 short tons bow), witnessed by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), and received its Subchapter M Certificate of Inspection (COI). The A. Thomas Higgins is a RAL RApport 2400 Z-drive ship-handling tug design

from Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL), Vancouver, Canada. The sister vessel, C.D. White, was delivered in January and is currently working in New Orleans.

E.N. Bisso is one of Eastern’s longterm customers and has taken delivery of five previous modern Z-drive ship assist tugs from the shipyard starting in 2007 (Josephine Anne, Beverly B., Elizabeth B., Archie T. Higgins, C.D. White).

The two new RAL-designed tugs have been customized by the designer, builder, and owner to provide specific operational features including a high bollard pull forward and aft, enhanced maneuverability and escort performance, better fuel economy, crew comfort, and safety under the new Subchapter M requirements, and reduced emissions that meet new EPA Tier 4 emissions regulations.

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of Caterpillar 3512E Tier 4 marine diesel engines supplied by Louisiana Cat. The Cats connect to Kongsberg/ Rolls-Royce US205 P20 Z-drives.

DDR Flow Control, Gray, La., a joint venture between Louisiana companies Donovan Controls and The Del Rio Company, developed and produced a redundant dual pump DEF transfer skid in order to comply with Tier 4 emission regulations.

“Both A. Thomas Higgins and C.D. White have been performing as expected since they went into service as the second and third Tier 4 vessels on the Mississippi River,” said co-owner Brad Del Rio. “The teamwork between all parties involved with these new Tier 4 vessels has been outstanding. We are proud to contribute to the value of the dependable Caterpillar SCR system on these two tractor tugs. By the end of next year, DDR will have skids on 13 EMD and Caterpillar powered vessels

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Ship’s service power comes from twin John Deere 4045AFM85 Tier 3 certified marine auxiliary diesel gensets, sparking 99 kW at 1,800 rpm each. The gensets were supplied by Kennedy Engine Co. On deck is a Markey Machinery DEPCF-42 HS, single drum 40-hp, render/recover, line tension display, electric escort hawser winch; Markey

CEPB-40 SHP tow bitt capstan; and a Washington Chain & Supply 90ton, electric-air remote control, manual or remote release SWL tow hook.

Tankage includes 28,000 gals. of fuel oil; 8,750 gals. potable water; and twin 850-gal. DEF/urea tanks.

A. Thomas Higgins is USCG certified, Subchapter M and ABS classed (but not classed under ABS rules). — K. Hocke

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twin keel-cooled Volvo Penta D16, EPA Tier 3-compliant diesel engines, each delivering 641 hp at 1,800 rpm. This gives the boat a top speed of 23 knots. A Humphree interceptor trim-tab control system, with automatic trim optimization is installed at the transom. Diesel capacity is 800 gals., which shipyard officials said will provide a range of at least 300 miles at an economical speed of about 20 knots. The engines turn 5-bladed nibral propellers via ZF 500-1-A gear boxes.

The launch is equipped with a keel-cooled 12-kW Northern Lights EPA Tier 3-compliant genset.

Metal Shark, Jeanerette, La., has delivered an 85'×19'6" welded aluminum near coastal patrol vessel (NCPV) to the Dominion Republic’s navy. The Betelgeuse was delivered to the Dominican Republic under a $54 million U.S. Navy contract awarded to Metal Shark to produce up to 13 85' Defiant-class patrol craft for U.S. partner nations. The NCPV is a monohull vessel utilizing the parent-craft hull form of Damen Shipyards’ 2606 standardized patrol vessel. Powered

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he first zero-emission, all-electric passenger/vehicle ferry in the U.S. marked its first anniversary this spring.

Alabama’s Gee’s Bend Ferry completed its annual COI, “and that was very successful. The vessel has worked as envisioned and is doing it safely,” said Tim Aguirre, general manager, HMS Ferries Inc., which operates the ferry for the Alabama Department of Transportation. The 95'×42'×5', 15-vehicle/132-passenger ferry makes five round trips daily across the Alabama River between Gee’s Bend and Camden.

While charging stations are on both sides of the river, the boat was designed so it could charge on just one side. The $1.8 million project was funded by federal grants and the state of Alabama. The conversion, which was handled by Master Marine Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala., involved removing four 125-hp John Deere engines from the vessel, which was First all-electric, zero emission built in 2004. passenger/vehicle ferry in the U.S. Replacement equipment included new propulsion motors, new gears and two Spear battery banks (135-kW each). For the fire suppression system, each battery space is serviced by 3M Novec 1230 fire protection fluid. Fuel costs were expected to be cut by almost 80%. — Dale K. DuPont Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corp. recently delivered a Chesapeake-class pilot boat to the Seaway Pilots Inc., Cape Vincent, N.Y. The Seaway pilots navigate ships in and out of the ports and harbors of the St. Lawrence Seaway between St. Regis, N.Y., and Port Weller on Lake Ontario. With a 4.8' draft, the 53.6'×17.8' all-aluminum pilot boat features the Ray Hunt Design Deep V hull. It is powered by

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by twin 1,600-hp Caterpillar C-32 marine diesel engines turning fixed-pitch Michigan Wheel propellers through Twin Disc MGX-6599 transmissions, the NCPV has been designed for missions of up to six days at sea in nearshore ocean conditions, supporting an operating crew of 10. The NCPV was built at Metal Shark’s Franklin, La., facility.

Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc., Panama City, Fla., began cutting steel recently for the 356'×79'6"×27'3" R.B. Weeks, a new trailing suction hopper dredge for Weeks Marine Inc. The contract to build the dredge was signed earlier this year. Designed by Royal IHC, the new vessel will be built at Eastern’s Allanton, Fla., shipyard. The dredge, which will have a hopper capacity of 8,550 cu. yds., is the second trailing suction hopper dredge project for Weeks Marine.

(The Magdalen was delivered in December 2017.) Main propulsion will come from twin GE 16V250 MDC Tier 4 diesel engines connected to Wärtsilä CPP in nozzles through Siemens marine gears. For additional maneuverability, the new dredge will feature an AC 730-kW VFD fixed pitch tunnel unit bowthruster. Ship’s service power will come from two

Eastern Shipbuilding Group

BOATBUILDING BITTS Eastern Shipbuilding held a steel cutting ceremony recently for a new trailing suction hopper dredge the shipyard is building for Weeks Marine.

3,400-kW main shaft generators, a GE 6L250 MDC 1,423kW auxiliary generator, and a Caterpillar C18-powered 430kW emergency generator.

Austal USA and the Navy’s Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) program successfully completed sea trials on the future Newport (EPF 12) in the Gulf of Mexico. The 337'10"×93'6" ship was ready to be delivered in August.

Austal has delivered 11 EPFs and has two more under construction, including EPF 12, at its Mobile, Ala., facility. Four MTU 20V8000 M7 11 diesel engines, producing 12,203 hp at 1,150 rpm each, supply the EPF with its main propulsion. The mains connect to four Wärtsilä WLD 1400 SR waterjets through ZF 60000R2H marine gears. Maximum speed without payload is 43 knots, with a running speed (with payload) of 35 knots. Its range is 1,200 nautical miles.

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Well Built

By Ken Hocke, Senior Editor

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hipyards across the U.S. have been working all year. But it hasn’t been business as usual during the coronavirus pandemic. Some yards closed for short periods to adjust to the problems Covid-19 created for them but reopened in short order, following strict CDC safety guidelines. And some yards continued working through the pandemic.

“We are very blessed to live in a community with a lower transmission rate. That coupled with our proactive approach to safety and working conditions here at the shop has kept our team on a great path forward,” said Micah D. Bowers, CEO of Inventech Marine Solutions/Life Proof Boats, Bremerton, Wash. “While this approach has proved to keep our team healthy, it has also proven to impact some production.”

The shipyard industry has had to adjust.

Shipyards have stayed busy in 2020. Newbuild and repair work has continued during the coronavirus pandemic.

Despite the virus, tugs, towboats, barges and other vessels are still in demand. Boats are under contract, under construction, and being delivered for both commercial and military customers on all coasts and the Great Lakes.

Ron Cleveringa, vice president, sales and marketing for Manitowoc, Wis.-based Burger Boat Co. said, “As Burger performs refit and repair services on passenger vessels, it was fortunate to be deemed an essential business by the state of Wisconsin. Burger immediately implemented Covid-19 precautions based on CDC and state guidelines throughout the shipyard. Overall, the impact of the pandemic on operations was kept to a minimum.” www.workboat.com • OCTOBER 2020 • WorkBoat

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Shipyard industry earns its designation as an essential business.

BLOUNT SHUTTERS CRUISE BUSINESS TO CONCENTRATE ON SHIPBUILDING

Burger Boat Company

lount Boats is selling its three small overnight cruise ships and placing all its emphasis on the family shipbuilding business, citing the coronavirus pandemic.

“It was really just the requirement that all the cruise lines had to shut down for Covid, and at this point we decided not to start again,” said Marcia Blount, president and CFO of the Warren, R.I., company. “What we really decided was to focus on building.”

Now known as Blount Small Ship Adventures, the cruise business was started in 1966 by company patriarch and small ship pioneer Capt. Luther H. Blount, who founded the yard in 1949. An engineer and innovator, Blount, who died in 2006, received patents for a number of designs including retractable pilothouses, bow ramps, adjustable pitch props and water conserving marine toilets. The retractable pilothouse design enabled them to cruise under low bridges where others might not be able to go.

Marcia Blount said she thought her dad would understand the decision. “He would definitely support the family,” she said. “The

The 98-foot Chicago’s Emerald Lady, built by Burger Boat, has a capacity of 299 passengers.

The vessel was designed by Mark Pudlo of Seacraft Design.

NEW DELIVERIES In July, Burger launched a new $4 million 98'×32' passenger vessel for Chicago’s First Lady Cruises.

Chicago’s Emerald Lady was scheduled for delivery on Aug. 12. The boat will immediately be placed into the rotation of the Chicago Architecture

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Blount Boats

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Blount is selling off its cruise vessels to concentrate on boatbuilding. shipyard is the core business. We’re healthy with some great contracts.”

Most recently Blount Boats was awarded a $9.1 million contract to build a 90'x26'x10' icebreaker/buoy tender for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Delivery is scheduled for June 2022. Blount also is building two 65' crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for Atlantic Wind Transfers developed by the UK’s Chartwell Marine to support new wind farms off the East Coast.

—Dale K. DuPont

Foundation Center (CAFC) river cruise.

The steel-hulled vessel can carry up to 299 passengers and was designed by naval architect Mark Pudlo of Seacraft Design in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Burger has built two other passenger vessels for the company — Chicago’s Classic Lady and Chicago’s Leading Lady.

Cleveringa said having delivered the other two vessels gave the yard some advantages in building the new boat, but there were still some challenges.

“It is easier in the sense that Burger has history to draw from. But, on the other hand, when regulations, equipment and machinery used on previous vessels changes, it requires our engineering team to modify bills of materials and change drawings or reengineer systems to meet specification and regulatory compliance,” he said.

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“As anyone who has built a vessel knows, changes do not make the process easier. One thing that does make change easier, however, is experience.”

Main propulsion for Chicago’s Emerald Lady comes from twin Caterpillar C9.3 diesel engines, producing 375 hp at 1,800 rpm each, providing a sustainable option that lowers emissions. The Cats are connected to Michigan Wheel 38"×28", 4-bladed nibral wheels through ZF 360 marine gears with 2.48:1 reduction ratios. The propulsion package gives the new boat a running speed of 11 knots.

Ship’s service power is provided by two Caterpillar C4.4 gensets, sparking 75 kW of electrical power each.

While the yard is hunting for its next commercial newbuild, it has plenty of repair work and its yacht business to keep its workers busy in the months to come. “Burger’s outlook over the next year looks to be strong due to

Shipyard workers have proven to be essential to the U.S. economy. Yards such as GladdingHearn Shipbuilding have kept busy in 2020.

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an increase in another. It also appears that research vessel refit and repair activity should remain steady.”

Out west, Inventech Marine Solutions/Life Proof Boats is also dealing with the challenges presented by the pandemic. Inventech is the manufacturer of Life Proof vessels and FAST collar systems.

“You can’t have things going on as normal at a time like this,” said Bowers. However, he added that the shipyard is “conducting business accordingly.”

That included the delivery this year of a 46'×12' twin inboard dieselpowered waterjet full-cabin tour boat to Argosy Cruises, Seattle. The boat is Coast Guard approved for 38 passengers and two crew for partially exposed service.

Main propulsion comes from twin Cummins QSB6.7 diesel engines, producing 480 hp each. The mains connect to HamiltonJet HJ292 waterjets through ZF 280 transmissions.

During builders trials the vessel’s top speed was 33 knots with 3/4 fuel and water, and five people on board.

The vessel is outfitted with a Furuno GPS/depth/radar, Icom VHF and Fusion marine stereo. The console is set forward within the cabin, with an enclosed head forward of the console.

To assist with an unbalanced load, the vessel is fitted with Zipwake automatic

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Yank Marine

trim control system. Defrost for the windows and heat for the cabin is provided by four waste heaters plumbed to the main propulsion engines.

Not only is the boat manufacturer conducting itself accordingly, it has found the time to grow its business.

In July, Life Proof announced that it was expanding into the Northeast through a partnership with LC8 Marine, Plymouth, Mass., its first official sales and service center in that part of the U.S. “Our strategic partnership with LC8 Marine allows us to better serve current and future boat owners in the region, while providing the unparalleled level of service our owners expect,” said Bowers.

Back East in Tuckahoe, N.J., Covid-19 forced Yank Marine Inc. to lock out all of the visitors and even the boat owners earlier this year.

“They didn’t take it too well in the be-

599-passenger aluminum ferry built at Yank Marine for NY Waterway.

ginning,” said Bette Jean Yank, who along with her husband, John, own the shipyard. “It’s been difficult. Temperatures are taken at the gate, and we have been disinfecting like crazy.”

On May 7, the shipyard delivered

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the 599-passenger aluminum ferry Franklin D. Roosevelt, the first of three ferries, to NY Waterway.

The 2,000-hp ferry is similar to the pair of ferries Yank delivered to NY Waterway in 2015 and 2016 — the 350-passenger Molly Pitcher and Betsy Ross. The ferries were all designed by LeMole Naval Architecture in Tuckahoe. The ferry’s hull construction is made up of 5086 aluminum plate and the extrusions are 6061 aluminum.

Covid-19 delayed delivery of the Franklin D. Roosevelt, which had been scheduled for early this year.

The second 109'×31' ferry is scheduled for delivery in October, with the final ferry set for April 2021. “We had some delays in getting parts,” Yank said The new Subchapter K ferries have the same hull design as the Molly and Betsy from the deck down and have similar dimensions.

“The big difference is that the new ferries have a lot less power than the Molly and Betsy since these aren’t the long commuter ferries,” said Phil Adams, Yank Marine’s newbuild project manager. “The FDR along with the other two have an upper open deck versus the enclosed upper deck you see on the Molly and Betsy.”

The FDR is powered by a pair of Cummins QSK38 engines, producing 1,000-hp each at 1,800

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PROJECT PLANNING MUST BE FLAWLESS

rpm. The engines turn a pair of ZF 5-bladed nibral wheels through ZF marine gear with 2.952:1 ratios. The package gives the ferry a service speed of 22 to 23 knots.

Ship’s service power is provided by a Kohler 65EOZCJ 45-kW generator.

University of Michigan and the University of Sydney. “The installation, connection and testing of cables and connected equipment for electronics, control, alarm, and monitoring, as well a power distribution, are the single biggest challenge of any such project. When detailed electrical design falls behind schedule, it is a bad omen for the project.”

Secondly, incompetent and inefficient approaches to any part of the shipbuilding process can lead to financial instability. “Mismanagement of any one topic, no matter how small, can completely destroy the economic benefits of the project for either or both the owner and the contractor,” he said.

Finally, thorough engineering analysis is key to any shipyard project. Optimism is not a substitute for research and planning, Fisher said. “When shipyards bid for work that is different from other recently completed jobs, they tend to think there are only small differences that they will be able to work out in process, not realizing that the subtle differences in vessel design will have major productivity and cost impacts.

When commercial shipyards bid for work from a public entity, they almost always significantly underestimate the massive amount of documentation and owner oversight that will become a very costly and delaying component of the project, unlike that of most commercial jobs.” — K. Hocke Kenneth W. Fisher

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he pandemic is not the only problem shipyards face, of course.

Sometimes yard officials can be the company’s own worst enemy.

“Shipyards often set themselves up for problems and costly challenges when they bid a job with insufficient investigation and analysis of the bid package (specifications, drawings and the draft contract),” said Kenneth W. Fisher, founder of Fisher Maritime, a Derry, N.H., consulting firm that specializes in naval architecture, marine engineering, and shipyard project management. “Often the estimators give unrealistically low values of labor hours and other cost components because they are thinking too competitively, or they are not familiar with the new technology aspects of the project.”

Fisher, a Webb Institute graduate with over 40 years of industry experience, recently authored the book, “Shipyard Projects: Planning & Management — Insights, Lessons, and Guidance.”

Using hundreds of case studies, the book lays out an argument that there are three common lessons learned.

“The first such significant finding is that nearly every shipyard project today is essentially an undertaking of cables and the equipment to which they are attached,” said Fisher, who also holds advanced degrees from the

The FDR and her sisters to follow feature an electronics suite from Simrad and have tankage for 2,000 gals. of fuel, 100 gals. water per side, and 200 gals. sewage per side.

Last year, Yank Marine put both their shipyards — in Tuckahoe and

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Dorchester, N.J. — up for sale.

Bette Jean Yank told WorkBoat in an interview earlier this year that those plans were on hold because of the Covid-19 pandemic. “We would like to sell it,” she said. “We would so like to retire.”

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2019-2020

Special Delivery WorkBoat‘s 2019-2020 Construction Survey

By Ken Hocke, Senior Editor

the 583 vessels and barges contained in the 2017-2018 survey.

The top category, Patrol Boats, led the rebound this year after falling to 54 last year from 221 in 2017-2018.

This year’s survey contained 215 patrol boats. Other categories that posted

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he total number of boats and barges in WorkBoat’s Annual Construction Survey rebounded in 2019-2020, from 386 last year to 576 this year. The number fell just short of

Powered Vessels Reported for 2019-2020 11

TOTAL- 576

7 29 8

1 92 54 43 Boom: Spill Response

10 13 215 12 33

Non-self-propelled Vessels

48 25

38

50

75

100

125

150

175

200

increases include Pushboat/Towboats, Tugs, and Fire/Rescue. And in a sign of the tough times that continue to plague the offshore oil and gas industry, only one supply boat was reported in the 2019-2020 survey. The same can be said for passenger vessels, which have been hit hard by the coronavirus.

Twenty-eight vessels were reported last year in the Dinner/Excursion/Sightseeing category. This year that number dropped to 11.

This year’s survey again contains newbuild boats that are under contract, under construction or have been delivered over the past 12 months.

Some shipyards choose not to participate, so WorkBoat’s annual survey is not a complete list. Non-participation is the choice of the individual shipyards. Usually, boatbuilders opt out because their clients do not want to publicize what they are building.

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Construction Survey

Vessel Name or Hull #

Delivery Date

Dimensions (LxB) & Hull Material Steel, Aluminum, Fiberglass

Type Vessel

Owner

ALL AMERICAN MARINE mmullett@allamericanmarine.com • www.allamericanmarine.com Matt Mullett, CEO • 1010 Hilton Ave., • Bellingham, WA 98225 • Tel: 360-647-7602 Duke Research Vessel Rich Passage 3

11/19 11/19

73'x26.7' 78'x28'

A A

—

1/20

73x26.7'

A

Research Vessel 119-Passenger High-Speed Ultra Low Wake Ferry (hydrofoil assisted) Patrol Boat

4/20-7/20

77.5'x26'

A

Tour Vessel

11/20

70'x24.5'

A

Major Marine Tours Spring 2021 83'x31.7 Olympic Coast National Summer 2021 49.5x18.3 Marine Sanctuary 47' Motor Lifeboat IDIQ 47'x15' (Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity)

A A

Tour Vessel (Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered) Tour Vessel Research Vessel

Four Seasons Marine NOAA

A

Lifeboat

U.S. Coast Guard

(2) Orca I, Orca II Switch E-Ferry

Duke University Kitsap Transit Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Great Western Attractions Switch Maritime

ARMSTRONG MARINE cordeliaa@armstrongmarine.com • wwww.armstrongmarine.com Charlie Crane • Sales & Marketing Director • 151 Octane Lane • Port Angeles, WA 98362 • Tel: 360-457-5752 • Fax: 360-457-5753 Salish Scout

2019

38'x13'

A

Patrol Boat

– TBD TBD

2019 2019 2019

42'x16'x5' 18'x8' 32'x12'

A A A

Sea Wolf

2019

35'x13'

A

(2) TBD TBD Bob and Betty Beyster George Ryan OMC Piloto VIII — — Liberty National I

2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2020 — — —

38'x13' 40'x13' 42'x16' 46'x17'6" 46'x15' 31'x11' 45'x18'4" 37'x13' 46'x15'

A A A A A A A A A

Research Vessel Wildlife Survey/Research RIB Tour/Charter Landing Craft Catamaran Lodge/Fishing Landing Craft Catamaran Dive Patrol Compliance Monohull Research Monohull Research Catamaran Whale Watching Catamaran Landing Craft Pilot Boat Ferry RIB Ferry

Washington Department of Natural Resources Orca Maritime — — — — — Scripps Institution of Oceanography — — Port of Manzanillo, Mexico Hat Island, Wash.

Bay Voyager Liberty National Golf Club

AUSTAL USA michelle.bowden@austalusa.com • www.austal.com Michelle Bowden, Sales & Marketing Assistant • P.O. Box 1049 • Mobile, AL 36633 • Tel: 251-434-8000 • Fax: 907-247-7200 (10) Cincinnati (LCS 20) Kansas City (LCS 22) Oakland (LCS 24) Mobile (LCS 26) Savannah (LCS 28) Canberra (LCS 30) Santa Barbara (LCS 32) Augusta (LCS 34) Kingsville (LCS 36) Pierre (LCS 34) (4) Puerto Rico (EPF 11) Newport (EPF 12) Apalachicola (EPF 13) Cody (EPF 14)

2019 2020 2020 2020 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 2019 2020 TBA TBA

418'x100'

A

Littoral Combat Ship

U.S. Navy

338'x93'6"

A

Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessel

U.S. Navy

BLOUNT BOATS INC. Julie@blountboats.com • www.blountboats.com Julie Blount, Executive Vice President • 461 Water Street • P.O. Box 368 • Warren, RI 02885 • Tel: 401-245-8300 • Fax: 401-245-8303 Governors I

2019

132'x40'x13'

S

Isle of Fire

5/19

85'x27'

A

Passenger Vessel (Double-Ender) Passenger Ferry

Southern Cross Breaker II Hull 367 Hull 373

5/20 8/20 2020 2022

101'x40' 56'x18'6" 65'x28.4' 90'x26'x10'

S S A S

Double-Ended Ferry Icebreaking Twin-Screw Tug Crew Transfer Vessel Icebreaker/Buoy Tender

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Governors Island Corp.

Fire Island Ferries South Ferry Co. New York Power Authority Atlantic Wind Transfers Maryland Department of Natural Resources

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Vessel Name or Hull #

Delivery Date

Dimensions (LxB) & Hull Material Steel, Aluminum, Fiberglass

Type Vessel

Owner

JOHN BLUDWORTH SHIPYARD LLC info@jbludshipyard.com • www.jbludshipyard.com Gasper C. D’Anna, President • 3101 E. Navigation Blvd. • Corpus Christi, TX 78402 • Tel: 361-887-7981 • Fax: 361-887-6014 (6) G. Brooks Sperry Ouizze Raymond Butler Signet Freedom Signet Puritan Signet Volunteer (2) Hull 169

8/19 10/19 12/19 2/20 4/20 6/20 3/21 5/21

84'x32'

S

Inland Pushboat Conventional Propulsion

Maritime Partners LLC

110'x32'

S

Inland Pushboat Conventional Propulsion

Maritime Partners LLC

BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS INC. ericb@bollingershipyards.com • www.bollingershipyards.com Eric Bollinger, Vice President, Sales • P.O. Box 250 • Lockport, LA 70374 • Tel: 985-532-2554 • Fax: 985-532-7225 — TBA

2021 2019

395'x100' 183'

S S

Ocean Transport Barge Vehicle Ferry

Aveogan (tug) Oliver Leavitt (barge) ATB (Multiple)

4/20

483'x85

S

20192020

154'x26'8"x14'

S

Alaska-class ATB 100,000-bbls.

Fast Response Cutter Patrol Boat

General Dynamics Electric Boat North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division Crowley Fuels LLC U.S. Coast Guard

BURGER BOAT COMPANY

• dborys@burgerboat.com • www.burgerboat.com Douglas Borys, 1811 Spring St. • Manitowoc, WI 54220 • Tel: 920-686-5149 (office)/920-242-2352 (cell) Chicago's Emerald Lady

2020

98'x32'

S

Passenger Vessel

Chicago's First Lady Cruises

C&C MARINE AND REPAIR LLC mjpescudier@ccmrepair.com • www.ccmrepair.com Jean-Paul A. Escudier • 701 Engineers Road • Belle Chasse, LA • Tel: 504-433-2000 • Fax: 504-433-2044 (3) Scarlett Rose Furlong TBD, TBD General MacArthur Randy Mauer (15) Paula M. Sperry, (14 more) (2) Brooks M. Hamilton, Madeline B Hamilton Olive Parker Ned D Brooks (2) — — — — — — — — — — —

2020

170'x50'x11'6"

S

Towboat

Hines Furlong Line

5/20 5/20 5/20, TBD

290'x72'x16' 160'x50' 84'x34'

S S S

Cutterhead Suction Dredge 6,600-hp Towboat 2,600-hp Towboat

Callan Marine LLC — —

8/20 9/20 10/20 12/20 2/20 6/20 5/20 3/20 8/20 2/21 2/20 3/21 9/20 12/20 10/20

84'x34' — 147'x34' 84'x34' 297'x50' 195'x35' 180'x54' 150'x50' 180'x72' 250'x64' 150'x40' 200'x35' 140'x40' 200'x35' 200'x35'

S — S S S S S S S S S S S S S

2,600-hp Towboat — 4,000-hp Towboat 2,600-hp Towboat 30,000 bbl. Tank Barge Deck Barge Deck Barge Deck Barge Crane Barge Crane Barge Deck Barge Tank Barge Deck Barge Deck Barge 10,000-bbl. Tank Barge

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CHESAPEAKE SHIPBUILDING CORP. martin@cheship.com • www.chesapeakeshipbuilding.com Charles Robertson, Owner • 710 Fitzwater St. • Salisbury, MD 21801 • Tel: 800-784-2979 • Fax: 410-742-3689 (4) Salisbury Annapolis TBD, TBD —

2019 2020

94'x34'x10'6"

S

Push Tug

Vane Bros.

2023

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S

Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock

CONRAD LOUISIANA sales@conradindustries.com • www.conradindustries.com Robert Sampey, Shipyard Contact • Robert Socha, Director of Marketing & Sales • 1501 Front St.• Morgan City, LA 70380 • Tel: 985-384-3060 (2) — (2) — (16) — — — —

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— — — — — —

S S S S S S

Tug Crane Barge Deck/Spud Barge Dock Barge Hopper Barge Pump Barge

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Vessel Name or Hull # (23) — (2) —

Delivery Date — —

Dimensions (LxB) & Hull Material Steel, Aluminum, Fiberglass — —

Type Vessel

S S

Owner

Tank Barge LPG Barge

— —

CONRAD TEXAS sales@conradindustries.com • www.conradindustries.com Troy Skelton, Shipyard Contact • Robert Socha, Director of Marketing & Sales • 710 Market St. • Orange, Texas 77631 • Tel: 409-883-6666 — (3) — (8) —

— — —

— — —

S S S

Tug LPG Barge Tank Barge

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DAKOTA CREEK INDUSTRIES mike@dakotacreek.com • www.dakotacreek.com Mike Nelson • P.O. Box 218 • Anacortes, WA 98221 • Tel: 360-293-9575 • Fax: 360-293-1372 (3) WETA Ferry 2, WETA Ferry 3 (4) YT 808

2019 — —

144'x40'

A

Passenger Ferry

90'x38.25x16.5

S

Yard Tug

Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) U.S. Navy

DIVERSIFIED MARINE INC. dmi83723@aol.com • www.dmipdx.com Kurt Redd, President • P.O. Box 83723 • Portland, OR 97285 • Tel: 503-289-2669 • Fax: 503-289-2825 (2) —

2021

—

S

Tug

Brusco Tug & Barge

EASTERN SHIPBUILDING GROUP info@easternshipbuilding.com www.easternshipbuilding.com Kenneth R. Munroe, Vice President • 2200 Nelson St. • Panama City, FL 32401 • P.O. Box 960 • Panama City, FL 32402 • Tel: 850-763-1900 • Fax: 850-763-7904 (2) DPJ 2, Jaden Pasentine (3) Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, Sandy Ground, TBD Capt. Jim McAllister,

8/19 11/19 — — — 8/19

90'x32'x10'

S

320'x70'x21'6"

S

100'x40'x16'4"

S

(2) C.D. White, A. Thomas Higgins Argus (WMSM-915), Chase R.B. Weeks

1/20 6/20 —

80'x38'x13'2"

S

360'x54'x17'

S

—

356'x79'6"x27'3"

S

Canal Class Inland Towboat Staten Island Passenger Ferry ASD Z-Drive Tug 6,772 hp, Tier 4 ASD Z-Drive Tug 5,150 hp, Tier 4 Offshore Patrol Cutter

Florida Marine Transporters City of New York Department of Transportation McAllister Towing & Transportation Co. Inc. Bisso Offshore LLC U.S. Coast Guard

Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge (self-propelled)

Weeks Marine Inc.

FINCANTIERI MARINE GROUP/FINCANTIERI MARINETTE MARINE george.moutafis@us.fincantieri.com • www.fincantierimarinegroup.com • www.marinettemarine.com George Moutafis, Vice President of Programs • 1600 Ely St. • Marinette, WI 54143 • Tel: 715-735-9341 ext. 6610 LCS TBD (8) RBM J-1, RBM J-2, (Multiple) RBM B-1, RBM B-2, RBM B-3, RBM B-4, RBM B-5, RBM B-6 (2) RBM 2019 (6) RBM

(Multiple)

(4) —

(Multiple)

386'x57' 13.6 m x 4.5 m

S A

Littoral Combat Ship Response Boat Medium

U.S. Navy U.S. Coast Guard

13.6 m x 4.5 m 13.6 m x 4.5 389'x58'x14'

A

Response Boat-Medium

DHS

A

Response Boat-Medium

DHS

A

Multimission Surface Combat Ships

Foreign Military Sales (FMS)

FINCANTIERI MARINE GROUP/FINCANTIERI BAY SHIPBUILDING

Michael.Pinkham@us.fincantieri.com • www.fincantierimarinegroup.com • www.bayshipbuildingcompany.com Michael Pinkham, Vice President Sales & Marketing • 605 N. 3rd Ave. • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 • Tel: 715-587-6960 Hull 3787 Clean Carnaval (Multiple) Madonna Hull 3788 Hull 3790

2020

740'x78'x45'

S

2021 Various 2020

340'x66'x32'10" — 124'x40'

S S S

2022 2022

639'x78'x45' 340'x66'x32'10"

S S

www.workboat.com • OCTOBER 2020 • WorkBoat

33,892-dwt Self-Unloading Bunker Great Lakes ATB Barge Liquified Natural Gas Bunker Barge Guided Missile Frigate Passenger/Vehicle Ferry (150 passengers/28 vehicles) Great Lakes Bulk Carrier ATB LNG Bunkering Barge

VanEnkevort Tug & Barge Inc. NorthStar Midstream U.S. Navy Washington Island Ferry Line The Interlake Steamship Co. Polaris New Energy

41

Vessel Name or Hull #

Delivery Date

Dimensions (LxB) & Hull Material Steel, Aluminum, Fiberglass

Type Vessel

Owner

GLADDING-HEARN SHIPBUILDING, THE DUCLOS CORP. sales@gladding-hearn.com • www.gladding-hearn.com Peter Duclos, President • 1 Riverside Ave./P.O. Box 300 • Somerset, MA 02726 • Tel: 508-676-8596 • Fax: 508-672-1873 Sea Pilot Hull 425 Julia Leigh

7/20 4/19 5/19

52'6"x16'11"x4'8" 70'x21' 112'x33'

— A A

Pilot Boat Pilot Boat Catamaran Ferry

Hull 426 Baltimore class Richmond

8/20 2021 2020

53'6"x17'8" 48'6"x15.6'x4' 55'10"x17'2"x4'11"

A A A

Pilot Boat Pilot Boat Pilot Boat

Delta Launch Services Lake Charles Pilots Rhode Island Fast Ferry St. Lawrence Seaway Pilots Maryland Pilots Virginia Pilot Association

GREAT LAKES SHIPYARD jps@thegreatlakesgroup.com • www.thegreatlakesgroup.com Joseph P. Starck Jr., President • 4500 Division Ave. • Cleveland, Ohio 44102 • Tel: 216-367-8126 (4) Hull 6503 Hull 6504 Hull 6505 (5) Hull 6506 Hull 6507 Hull 6508 Hull 6509 Hull 6510

Summer 2019 Fall 2019 Spring 2020 Fall 2020 Spring 2021 Summer 2021 Fall 2021 Spring 2022

65'x24'x11'

S

Damen Stan Tug

Great Lakes Towing

65'x24'x11'

S

Damen Stan Tug 1907 ICE, Tier 3

TBD-spec TBD-spec TBD-spec TBD-spec TBD-spec

Whale Watch Boat

Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch

GULF CRAFT www.gulfcraft.com 320 Boro Lane • Franklin, LA 70538• Tel: 337-828-2580 • Fax: 337-828-2586 Dolphin XI

2019

114'x25'x9'

A

GULF ISLAND SHIPYARDS LLC cvaccari@gifinc.com • www.gulfisland.com Chris Vaccari, Senior Vice President • 217 N. Columbia St. • Covington, LA 70433 • Tel: 985-635-6009 • Fax: 985-635-6011 • Cell: 985-778-3556 — (2) Taani, Hull 6097 (4) Hull 6013, Hull 6015, Hull 6017, Hull 6020 (4) Hull 2014 Hull 6016, Hull 6018, Hull 6021 Hull 6019

2021

293'x66'x16'

—

Ferry

2021 2021 2019, 2019 2019, 2020 2019 2019, 2020 2020 2019

193'x41'x18'6"

S

Research Vessel

98'6"x42.7'x19'

S

Terminal/Escort Tug

Texas Department of Transportation Oregon State University Bay Houston Towing Co.

98'6"x42.7'x19'

S

Terminal/ Escort Tug

Suderman & Young Towing Co.

118'x45'x19.6'

S

Icebreaking Tug Towing, Salvage, Rescue Ship (T-ATS) Inland Pushboats Limited Loadline for Great Lakes Double-Ended Vehicle/ Passenger Ferry Casino Boat Conversion to 245-Passenger Overnight Riverboat

St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp.

NAVSEA Florida Marine Transporters North Carolina DOT Ferry Division American Queen Steamboat Co.

Hull 6111 Hull 6119, Hull 6120

2021 2019

263'x59'x24'7" 105'x34'x10.5'

S S

Hull 6022, Hull 6023

2020

184'x47'x10'6"

S

American Countess

3/20

362'x78'x14'

S

GUNDERSON MARINE/THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES gbrx.info@gbrx.com • www.gbrx.com One Centerpointe Dr., Suite 200 • Lake Oswego, OR 97035 • Tel: 503-684-7000 • Fax: 503-684-7553 —

1/21

350'

S

ATB Barge 55,000-bbl.

Crowley Fuels LLC

INVENTECH MARINE SOLUTIONS LLC/ LIFE PROOF BOATS

info@inventechmarine.com • www.lifeproofboats.com Jenson R. Charnell, President • 5626 SW Imperial Way, Bremerton, WA 98312 • Phone: 360-674-7019 — 070 083 075 086 076 069

42

2020 8/20 6/20 4/20 3/20 2/20 1/20

46'x12' 31'x10' 40'x12' 36'x10' 25'x9' 27'x8.5 44'x12'

A A A A A A A

Tour Boat Full Cabin Patrol Boat T-Top Hard Top D. Console Full Cabin Full Cabin

Argosy Cruises Law Enforcement Commercial Commercial Commercial Law Enforcement Commercial

www.workboat.com • OCTOBER 2020 • WorkBoat

Vessel Name or Hull #

Delivery Date

Dimensions (LxB) & Hull Material Steel, Aluminum, Fiberglass

Type Vessel

Owner

LAKE ASSAULT BOATS/FRASER SHIPYARD www.lakeassault.com 1 Clough Ave. • Superior, WI 54880 • Tel: 985-876-6302 Glastonbury MHA

10/19 4/20

(119) Force Protection Medium TBD Four Bears Casino 4/21 Ann Arbor San Bernardino County Milwaukee Hennepin County International Falls Flowers Mound Bartow County Owasco County Tyndall Sherrills Ford

12/20 3/21 8/20 6/20 4/20 4/20 5/20 4/20 1/20 3/20

23' 26'

A A

Fireboat Landing Craft/Rescue Boat

33' 79'x30'

A S (hull)

Patrol Boat Casino Passenger Vessel

28' 28' 30' 26' 23' 26' 26' 26' 22' 28'

A A A A A A A A A A

Workboat Landing Craft/Fireboat RIB/Patrol Boat Patrol and Rescue Boat Fire and Rescue Boat Rescue Boat Fire and Resue Boat Fireboat Patrol Boat Fire and Rescue Boat

Glastonbury Fire Department Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation Three Affiliated Tribes U.S. Navy Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation Three Affiliated Tribes USGS Great Lakes Science Center San Bernardino County Fire Department City of Milwaukee Police Hennepin County Rural Fire Protection Association Flower Mound Police Department Bartow County Owasco Fire Department Tyndall Air Force Base Sherrills Ford-Terrell Fire and Rescue

S

Z-Drive Tug

Bisso Towboat

MAIN IRON WORKS 148 Old Ferry Road • Houma, LA 70364 • Tel: 985-876-6302 (2) Andrew S, TBA

2019 Fall 2021

100'x38'x17'2"

MARINE INLAND FABRICATORS rudy@marineinland.com • www.marineinland.com Rudy Sistrunk, Managing Member • 1725 Buchanan St. • Panama City, FL 32409 • Tel: 850-265-1383 • Fax: 850-265-0487 Hull 355, Hull 356 Hull 357 Hull 358 Hull 359 Hull 360 Hull 361 Hull 362 Hull 363 Hull 364 Hull 365 Hull 366 Hull 367 Hull 368 Hull 369 Hull 370 Hull 371 Hull 372 Hull 373 Hull 374 Hull 375 Hull 376 Hull 377 Hull 378 Hull 379 Hull 380 Hull 381 Hull 382 Hull 383 Hull 384 Hull 385 Hull 386 Hull 387 Hull 388 Hull 389 Hull 391 Hull 392 Hull 393 Hull 394 Hull 395

8/19 8/19 9/19 2/20 9/19 8/19 12/20 10/19 11/19 11/19 1/20 1/19 11/19 3/20 5/20 5/20 6/20 5/20 5/20 5/20 7/20 6/20 8/20 8/20 9/20 9/20 8/20 10/20 10/20 10/20 11/20 12/20 12/21 1/21 4/21 3/21 4/21 4/21 6/21 6/21

25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 40'x16'x3' 25'x20'x6' 30'x12'x3' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 33.33'x14'x6' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x6' 25x14'x5 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x12'x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 20'x8'x4' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x6' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x5' 25'x20'x6' 25'x16'x6' 25'x14'x5' 25'x14'x6' 60'x12'x4' 60'x12'x4'

www.workboat.com • OCTOBER 2020 • WorkBoat

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Barge Towboat Barge Towboat Towboat Dredge Tender Dredge Tender Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Dredge Tender Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Dredge Tender Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Barge Barge

NY State Canal Corp.

NY State Canal Corp.

Sealevel Marine McLean Construction Newt Marine Dales Marine Vulcan Materials Ansley Construction Paducah Barge Patriot Marine Southern Dredge Southern Dredge McDonough Marine McDonough Marine H.F. Darling NY State Canal Corp.

Sealevel Marine Newt Marine Newt Marine McDonough Marine McDonough Marine Barnstable County McDonough Marine McDonough Marine Newt Marine Newt Marine K.T. Construction Norfolk Dredging Paducah Barge Marine One Ltd. Newt Marine Patriot Marine J.F. Brennan Creole Bayou McDonough Marine Ports & Terminal NY State Canal Corp.

NY State Canal Corp.

Clarendon Farms Clarendon Farms

43

Vessel Name or Hull #

Delivery Date

Dimensions (LxB) & Hull Material Steel, Aluminum, Fiberglass

Type Vessel

Owner

MASTER BOAT BUILDERS adubroc@masterboat.net • www.masterboat.net Andre Dubroc, General Manager • P.O. Box 702 • Bayou La Batre, AL 36509 • Tel: 251-824-2388 • Fax: 251-824-4401 Seacor Totonaca —

2/19 2021

221'x48'x18' 60'

S S

Offshore Support Vessel ATB Tug

Seacor Offshore LLC Crowley Fuels

MASTER MARINE s.authement@mastermarineinc.com • www.mastermarineinc.com Steven Authement, Director of Business Development Inland & Gulf Region • 14284 Shell Belt Road • Bayou La Batre, AL 36509 • Tel: 985-226-0282 (2) Charlie T, Frank Mellor (4) Iron Lady Grain Express Rock Solid Steel Skipper Otto Bayou Petit Caillou

11/19 3/20 6/20 9/20 12/20 2/21 12/20 11/20

67'x28'x9'6"

S

Towboat

67'x28'x9'6" 67'x28'x9'6" 67'x28'x9'6" 67'x28'x9'6" 67'x28'x9'6" 70'x30'

S S S S S S

Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat Towboat

Osage Marine Services Plimsoll Marine

Marine Chartering Bayou Fleet

METALCRAFT MARINE bob.c@metalcraftmarine.com • www.metalcraftmarine.com Bob Clark, Contracts Manager • 347 Wellington St. • Kingston, Ontario K7K6N7 • Tel: 800-410-8464 • Fax: 613-542-6515 Interceptor

2019

34'

A

Patrol Boat

82' 43'x13'4"x6' 35'

A A A

Fireboat Patrol Boat Offshore Patrol

Mobile (Ala.) Police Department Kuwait Los Angeles Port Police USCG

24'

A

Offshore SAR

USCG

25'

A

Utility Boat

Navy

30'

A

Landing Craft Boom Boat

Navy

2020-2021 2020 2020-2021

24' 30' 33'

A A A

Unmanned Surface Vessel Offshore SAR Offshore/Inshore Patrol

USCG Coast Guard Auxiliary State Fish & Wildlife

2020 2020 2020 2020 2021 2020 2019-2020

33' 44' 32' 27' 28' 33' 55'

A A A A A A A

Offshore/Inshore Patrol Fire/Harbor Patrol Dive Boat Inshore/offshore Fire-Rescue Inshore/offshore Fire-rescue Offshore Patrol and Pilotage Offshore Patrol

State DNR (Multiple) Port Authority Police Municipal Police Dept.

Municipal FD Municipal FD Caribbean African Port Authority

2019-2020

30'

A

Inshore/Offshore Patrol

Asian Military

2020 2021 2021 2020

39' 81' 26' 26'

A A A A

Offshore/Inshore Patrol/Fire Custom Catamaran Fireboat Patrol, Inshore/Offshore Patrol, Inshore

Asian Police Dept Kuwait Fire Services Directorate Municipality Band Police

2020 2019-2020 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2020-2021

26' 66' 39' 39' 43' 30' 28' 23'

A A A A A A A A

Patrol, Offshore Custom Glass Bottom Tour Boat Fireboat Offshore/Inshore Fireboat Inshore Fireboat Inshore Fireboat Offshore/Inshore Fireboat Offshore/Inshore Patrol Inshore

State Police Municipal FD Municipal FD Municipal FD Municipal FD Municipal FD State Police

2020-2021

23'

A

Patrol Inshore

State Police

2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2020-2021 2020

33' 30' 30' 30' 24' 70' 43'

A A A A A A A

Patrol Offshore/Inshore Fireboat Inshore Patrol Inshore Fireboat Offshore/Inshore Fireboat Offshore/Inshore Fireboat Offshore/Inshore, Fireboat

Municipal Police Latin America FD Municipal Police Municipal FD Municipal FD Port Authority Kingston FD

— 2021 Boat 42 2020 Interceptor 35' 2019-2020 Long Range Interceptor II (Mutliple) Interceptor 7M, 2019-2023 RIB Cutter Boat Large, (Multiple) Oil Spill Response, 2016-2022 (Multiple) Oil Spill Response, 2016-2022 (Multiple) The Watcher Interceptor 30' RIB Interceptor 33' RIB (Multiple) Interceptor 33' RIB Fire/Interceptor 44' RIB Bullnose landing craft Fire Interceptor 27, RIB Firebrand 28, Interceptor 33' RIB Interceptor 55' (Multiple) Interceptor 30 (Multiple) Firestorm 36' FireCat 81' Interceptor 8M RIB Interceptor 8M RIB (Multiple) Interceptor 8M RIB Blue Heron 9 Firestorm 36 Firestorm 36 Firestorm 40 Firebrand 30' Firebrand 28' First Responder 23' New Model Line (Multiple) First Responder 23' New Model Line (Multiple) Interceptor 10M RIB Fire Rescue 30' Interceptor 9M Non-RIB Fire Interceptor 9M RIB Fire Interceptor 7M RIB Firestorm 70 Firestorm 40

44

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Vessel Name or Hull #

Delivery Date

Dimensions (LxB) & Hull Material Steel, Aluminum, Fiberglass

Type Vessel

Owner

METAL SHARK callard@metalsharkboats.com • www.metalsharkboats.com Christopher Allard, Owner • 6816 E. Admiral Doyle Dr. • Jeanerette, LA 70544 • Tel: 337-364-0777 • Fax: 337-364-0337 (Multiple)

(Various)

26'x9'4"

A

High-Speed

(Multiple)

(Various)

29'x8'6"

A

(Multiple) (Multiple) (Multiple) (Multiple) (Multiple) (Multiple) (Multiple) (Multiple)

(Various) (Various) (Various) (Various) (Various) (Various) (Various) (Various)

32'x10' 25'x10' 36'x10' 27'x8'6" 29'x8'6" 32'x10' 33'x10' 38'x11'6"

A A A A A A A A

Response Boat-Small Patrol Boat Force Protection Boat-Medium RIB Patrol Boat Patrol Boat Patrol Boat Patrol Boat Patrol Boat Patrol Boat

(Multiple)

(Various)

45'x15'

A

Patrol Boat

U.S. Navy Surface target U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Navy U.S. Navy Puerto Rico Police Department FMS (Latin America) FMS (Africa/Caribbean) FMS (Africa/Caribbean) FMS (Africa/Latin America) FMS (Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Latin America) FMS (Asia)

METAL SHARK ALABAMA callard@metalsharkboats.com • www.metalsharkboats/alabama-shipyard.com Christopher Allard, Owner • 13980 Shell Belt Road, Bayou La Batre, AL 36509 (3) Stephanie Pasentine TBA

2020 2020

120'x35' 70'6"x30'x11'

S S

Towboat Sound-class Z-Drive Tug

Florida Marine Transporters North Carolina DOT

MOOSE BOATS stephendirkes@mooseboats.com • www.mooseboats.com Stephen Dirkes, General Manager • 1175 Nimitz Ave., Suite 150 • Vallejo, CA 94592 • Tel: 707-778-9828 • Fax: 707-778-9827 M1-46 — M1-46 M1 — M2 M3

2019 2019 9/21 3/20 12/20 3/21 12/21

46'x16' 75'x24' 46'x16' 46'x16' 75'x24' 38'x14' 35'x13'

A A A A A A A

Fireboat Crewboat Fisheries Patrol Boat Fireboat Crewboat Fireboat Harbor Patrol Boat

Chesapeake Beach San Francisco Calif. Department of Fish and Wildlife North Beach Volunteer Fire Department Westar Marine Services Rochester (N.Y.) Fire Department Santa Cruz Port District

NICHOLS BROTHERS BOAT BUILDERS INC. mattn@nicholsboats.com • www.nicholsboats.com Matt Nichols, CEO • 5400 S. Cameron Road/P.O. Box 580 • Freeland, WA 98249 • Tel: 360-331-5500 — TBA (2) — (4) Jamie Ann TBD, TBD, TBD

—

139'x44'x19'

S

ATB Tug

2019 2020 —

100'x40' 140'x37'x12' 100'x40'x17'

S S S

Z-Drive Hybrid Tug Passenger Ferry Tractor Tug

Savage (the Mosaic Co.) Baydelta Maritime Kitsap Transit Foss Maritime

RIB RIB RIB RIB RIB RIB RIB RIB RIB

First Responders Private Industry Workboat State Agency First Responders Private Industry U.S. Navy State Agency U.S. Navy

RIBCRAFT USA info@ribcraftusa.com • www.ribcraftusa.com P.O. Box 463 • Marblehead, MA 01945 • Tel: 781-639-9065 • Fax: 781-639-9062 Ribcraft 4.8 Ribcraft 45.8 Ribcraft 5.85 Ribcraft 5.85 Ribcraft 5.85 Ribcraft 6.5 Ribcraft 7.0 Ribcraft 7.8 Ribcraft 11.0

(Multiple) (Multiple) — (Multiple) (Multiple) — (Multiple) (Multiple) (Multiple)

15'7"x6'11" 15.7'x6'11" 19'4"x8' 19'4"x8' 19'4"x8' 21'5"x8'5" 24'x8'8" 25'7"x8'9" 39'x11'6"

F F F F F F F F F

SAFE BOATS INTERNATIONAL

tknivila-ritchiesafeboats.com • www.safeboats.com Troy Knivila-Ritchie, Marketing & Sales Specialist • 8800 SW Barney White Road • Port Orchard, WA 98367 • Tel: 360-674-7161, ext. 1017 • Cell: 360-801-4437 Center Console Full Cabin Cutter Boat (Over the Horizon IV) Full Cabin Walk Around Cabin

2019 2019 Various

19'x9' 25'x9' 26'x9'

A A A

Research Vessel Patrol, Security, SAR SAR, Pursuit and Interdiction

NOAA U.S. County/Sheriff; International U.S. Coast Guard

2019

27'x10'

A

Patrol, Security, SAR

2019

29'x10'

A

Law Enforcement, SAR

U.S. County/National Park Service; U.S. Tribal Police; International U.S. Municipality, U.S. Tribal Police

www.workboat.com • OCTOBER 2020 • WorkBoat

45

Vessel Name or Hull #

Delivery Date

Dimensions (LxB) & Hull Material Steel, Aluminum, Fiberglass

Type Vessel

Walk Around Cabin EMT Full Cabin

2019 2019 2019

31'x10' 31'x10' 33'x10'

A A A

Law Enforcement, SAR Emergency Medical Transport Patrol, Security, SAR

Walk Around Cabin Interceptor (T-Top) Full Cabin Full Cabin (inboard) Full Cabin Center Console

2019 2019 2019 — —

33'x10' 35'x10' 36'x12' 36'x12' 37'x10' 41'x13'

A A A A A A

Interceptor (T-Top)

2019

41'x12'

A

Law Enforcement, SAR Multimission Interceptor Concept Demonstrator Patrol, Security, SAR Patrol, Security, SAR Law Enforcement, SAR, Dive Operations Coastal Interceptor Vessel

Full Cabin Inboard

2019

44'x14'

A

Patrol, Security, SAR

Owner

U.S. State Agency, U.S. County U.S. State Agency, U.S. County U.S. County, U.S. Municipality, International U.S. County/Sheriff, International International — U.S. County International International U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. County/Sheriff, International

STANLEY ALUMINUM BOATS brian@connerindustries.com • www.stanleyboats.com Brian Higgins, Commercial Sales • 75 Tudhope St. • Parry Sound, Ontario • Tel: 705-746-5875 71624 71692 71710 71622 71641 71640 71668 (2) 71653, 71650 71597 71631 71660 71698 71549 71601 71526 71727 71728 71707 (2) 71704, 71736 71546 71545 (2) 71581, 71578 71587 71600 71658 71676 71588 71602 71724 71596 71720 71696 71720 71728 71577

2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2019

24'x8'4" 32'x10'6" 26'x9'6" 26'x9'10" 22'x8'4" 26'x8'6" 24'x8'6" 24'x9'10" 33'x10' 26'x9'10" 33'x10' 33'x10' 24'x8'6" 22'x8'6" 21'x8'6" 31'x10' 28'x9'6" 28'x10'6" 28'x10'6" 28'x9'6" 26'x9'6" 24'x9'10" 26'x8'6" 24'x8'6" 26'x8'6" 20'x8'6" 24'x8'6" 22'x8'6" 22'x8'6" 25'x9'6" 30'x10'6" 28'x9'10" 26'x8'6" 22'x8'6" 33'x10'

A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A

Landing Craft/Patrol/Rescue Pilot Boat Landing Craft/Workboat Landing Craft Landing Craft/Fire/Rescue Research Vessel Research Vessel Landing Craft/Workboat Landing Craft/Fire, Search and Rescue Landing Craft/Workboat Landing Craft/Harbor Patrol Landing Craft/Fire/Search and Rescue Landing Craft/Workboat Landing Craft/Workboat Arctic Research Landing Craft/Search and Rescue Search and Rescue Search and Rescue Search and Rescue Search and Rescue Search and Rescue Landing Craft/Workboat Landing Craft/Dive Boat Landing Craft/Fire/Search and Rescue Landing Craft/Workboat Landing Craft/Dive Boat Landing Craft/Fire/Search and Rescue Landing Craft/Spill Response Landing Craft/Workboat Patrol Boat Environmental Protection Landing Craft/Crewboat Landing Craft/Dive/Workboat Landing Craft/Fire/Search and Rescue Landing Craft/Harbor Patrol

State Parks Co. USA St. Lucia Commercial, MI (USA) Municipal Fire Dept. Georgia Municipal Fire Department CT (USA) Ontario Government Ontario Government Commercial Ontario Fire Department Commercial Massachusetts Ontario Fire Department New Hampshire PWGSC (Canada) PWGSC (Canada) CCGA Arctic Region CCGA Central Region CCGA Arctic Region CCGA Arctic Region CCGA Arctic Region CCGA Arctic Region Hydro One Seattle Municipal Fire Department (Oklahoma) Commercial (Ontario) Commercial (Oklahoma) Ontario Fire Department Commercial (Ontario) Bell Canada Band Police New Hampshire Cree Trapers (Quebec) Commercial (Missouri) Municipal Fire Connecticut

STEINER SHIPYARD INC. tara@steinershipyard.com • www.steinershipyard.com Tara Steiner Marshall, President • 8640 Henley St. • Bayou La Batre, AL 36509 • Tel: 251-824-4143 • Fax: 251-824-4178 Hull 511

9/19

100'x34'

S

Conventional Towboat

Hull 531 (2) Hull 543, Hull 544

10/19 3/20 7/20

120'x34' 88'x35'

S S

Z-Drive Towboat Conventional Towboat

Florida Marine Transporters Southern Towing Florida Marine Transporters

ST. JOHNS SHIP BUILDING www.stjohnsshipbuilding.com 560 Stokes Landing Road • Palatka, FL 32177 • Tel: 386-328-6054 • Fax: 386-328-6046 Charleston (4) Hull 88, Hull 89, Hull 118, Hull 119 H 90 MB1710 Annie (12) Hull 106-117 Hull 121

46

June 2019 2019 2020 2019 4/19 4/19 2019 6/19

100'x34'x15' 152'x52'x12'

S A

Tug Passenger Ferry

Vane Brothers Co. —

97'1"x27'11"'x11'6" 154'x54'x8' 25'x13'6"x5' 75' 26'x15'6"x5'

A — — — —

Passenger Ferry Deck Barge Truckable Tug Barge Truckable Tug

HYC Ferry Fleet LLC Mobro Marine Brothers Construction — Tate & Lyle

www.workboat.com • OCTOBER 2020 • WorkBoat

Vessel Name or Hull #

Delivery Date

Dimensions (LxB) & Hull Material Steel, Aluminum, Fiberglass

Type Vessel

Owner

SWIFTSHIPS panderson@swiftships.com • www.swiftships.com 1105 Levee Road • Morgan City, LA 70380 • Tel: 985-380-2544 • Fax: 985-380-2559 (2) PB 613-614 (2) PB 619-620 (10) PB 641-646, 654-657 Hull 649 (4) LCU 1700-1703

2/20 9/20 2018-2019

35m x 7.5m 35m x 7.5m 28m x 5.7m

A A S

12/19 2020-2022

53.34m x 9.14m 41.1m x 9.1m

A S

Patrol Boat Patrol Boat Patrol Boat Kit Unmanned Vessel Landing Craft

Bahrain Navy Egyptian Navy Egyptian Navy — U.S. Navy

VIGOR

athena.maris@vigor.net • www.vigor.net Athena Maris, Marketing Manager • 1801 16th Ave. Southwest • Seattle, WA 98134 • Tel: 206-623-1635, Ext. 861

Hubbard Wave Energy Conversion Buoy (2) Jordan #1, Jordan #2 (4) Bahrain CG #3, Bahrain CG #4, Bahrain CG #5 Bahrain CG #6 (6) RBS — — Ongoing Production — Ongoing Production (2) RBM (6) RBM

2019 4/19

280'x67'x12'6" 125'x59'x31'

S S

3/19, 3/19 3/19 7/19 9/19 11/19 12/19 3/19 12/19

44'11"x14'7"x3' 44'11"x14'7"x3'

A A

30'3"x9'8"x2'6" 39'11"x13'6"x2'4" 49'x16'6"x4'

A A A

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Take Your Seat

By Michael Crowley, Correspondent

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hat vacation trip that you’ve been looking forward to for a long time starts with a two-and-a-half hour ferry ride to a coastal island you’ve never been to. No driving for you.

Forget the stress. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the coastal scenery and fresh air.

Not so long ago, that would have been an easily envisioned scenario but not now, not with the coronavirus pandemic. Not with constantly having to wear a mask and keeping a bottle of hand sanitizer in your pocket. Then, before getting on board that ferry, you likely may have to answer self-assessment health questions and submit to a temperature check. Once on board, if food is available, it just might come prepackaged and sealed.

All in all, it’s not what you may have imagined when you started making plans for the vacation trip a little over a year ago.

Considering today’s health-related circumstances, the more effort ferryboat operators put into making the ride as comfortable and safe as possible (emphasize the safe), the greater the chances

Beurteaux’s Alby Bench, on a ferry built in the UK at Wight Shipyard in the Isle of Wight.

of getting repeat business. Perhaps start by turning to a company that has taken the coronavirus pandemic into consideration for its seating designs.

UES Seating, an Australian company with a U.S. manufacturing facility in Los Angeles, has been striving to reduce the impact of Covid-19 on passengers, even creating its own Covid-19 task force.

“During the pandemic we’ve really gone back to the drawing board,” said Zachary Reed, UES Seating’s international sales manager. Coming up with a seating arrangement that’s safe and comfortable while maintaining social distancing protocol “is key to making passengers feel comfortable.”

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For seating, it’s about safety and comfort during Covid-19.

number of seats and replacing them with tables, which are about the same weight, won’t throw off a vessel’s stability.

When Covid-19 finally eases, the seats can just as easily be returned to their original locations, “allowing you to quickly revert back to your original deck plan.”

CLEANLINESS Maintaining clean seating is critical for health reasons, but who wants to sit on a dirty seat, even one that only appears to be slightly dirty? Well, nobody. So, it helps to have seats that aren’t magnets for dirt, lint and whatever else might be brought aboard.

Australia’s Beurteaux, which supplies marine seating to the fast ferry market throughout the world, has recently come out with a couple of

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“A snap-in and snap-out system is one thing we do for ferries,” said Reed.

For a fixed row of UES seats, the seats are mounted on an aluminum beam that’s bolted to the deck. In a row of five seats, removing two seats allows for social distancing, he noted. Each seat is quickly removed by undoing two bolts. It takes 30 seconds to a minute to remove a seat. “It comes right off without leaving weird holes.”

With the seats gone, what happens with the space that was just created?

UES makes a table that can be “clicked into the spot” as well as a clear Plexiglas sneeze-guard divider. The two can be combined with the Plexiglas divider mounted on the table. “It doesn’t look weird,” said Reed. “Passengers taking ferries want that experience without it being strange.”

The seats, Reed said, are “the lightest in the industry,” so removing a large

The Nyra lounge system is a lower profile bench-style seat.

seats designed to be as maintenance free and clean as possible.

The Alby Bench has a classic look to it and is Beurteaux’s newest exterior seat. Constructed of extruded aluminum it is designed to be weather proof and maintenance free, said Dan Reed, sales manager for Beurteaux North America in Swansea, Mass. It can be powder coated to almost any color, and

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In a row of five seats, removing two seats permits for social distancing. Each seat can be quickly removed in less than a minute by removing two bolts.

UES makes a table that can be clicked right into the spot created by each seat’s removal.

powder-coated surfaces are relatively easy to clean.

The Alby Bench is available in any length and can be mounted on a supporting wall or on deck with its own custom leg system. The fastening system for the extrusions is out of sight creating a smooth seating surface. The Alby Bench can also be set up to store life jackets beneath it.

Maintenance, or should we say the lack of maintenance, has been a customer demand that has been driving the

development of Beurteaux seats for both exterior and cabin seating. “On a ferry boat it used to be a bear of a job to put new seat covers on after they became faded, ripped or dirty,” said Reed.

To make that chore less onerous for a ferry’s crew, Beurteaux developed what Reed refers to as “the quick change approach.” It’s used with Beurteaux’s BTFC seats and the Nyra bench lounge system. Both were introduced in the past

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ith the coronavirus pandemic in mind, UES Seating, working with its suppliers, put together a list of disinfectants that can be used to clean marine furniture.

• Disinfectant wipes: Clorox, Green Works, Sani-Cloth, Lysol, Oxivir, CaviWipes • 3M Quat Cleaner No. 5 • Spartan Chemical Co. Green Solution Neutral Disinfectant Disinfectants to avoid include bleach, which is at the top of the list since it corrodes metals and damages environmental surfaces.

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couple of years and are mostly used on high-speed ferries and crewboats.

The “quick change” means the covers can be switched in five to 10 minutes, which is especially important for ferries on busy passenger routes.

The Nyra lounge is a lower profile bench-style seat with fully padded back and bottom cushions. It’s often found on passenger ferries facing dining tables. The BTFC is a high-backed seat with a fully padded cushion, though it is also available in a low backed model for ecotourism runs, so outboard seats don’t block the windows. “To get highbacked fully upholstered padded seats is very difficult to achieve with the new regs,” said Reed.

He’s referring to Coast Guard fire load requirements for certain highspeed ferries for the foam and fabric used in the seat. In fact, the fire load requirement for U.S. ferry operations

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was the impetus for the development of the BTFC and Nyra lounge seats.

The fire load requirement is a measure of the weight of combustible materials that are within a particular space. It includes seating materials and carpets but not a seat’s aluminum frame, which is noncombustible. “The

Coast Guard wants to keep (combustible materials) to one pound per square foot of deck,” said Reed. “A lot of high-speed catamaran ferries have that requirement.” So, if it is a 1,000 sq.-ft. area you would be allowed a total of 1,000 lbs. for however many seats you want.

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