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DECEMBER 2023 VOLUME 80, NO. 12

FEATURES 22 In Business: Texas Two-Step

Signet Maritime’s new 7,725-hp tugs will operate in Corpus Christi, Texas.

36 Cover Story: Top 10 News Stories The 10 top workboat industry stories of 2023.

92 Big and Easy

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Coverage of the 43rd International WorkBoat Show, to be held in New Orleans Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2023.

93 WorkBoat Show schedule and exhibitors list.

BOATS & GEAR 28 On the Ways

• All American delivers two aluminum catamarans to Hawaii • Gladding-Hearn building new 73' pilot boat for Lake Charles, La. • Conrad delivers two 99' dredge support vessels to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock • Silver Ships completes six 40' riverine patrol boats for the Navy • Master Boat Builders and Sterling Shipyard to build four 7,000-hp Z-Tech tugs for Gulf LNG Tugs

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Highlights of the boats that appeared in WorkBoat from December 2022 through November 2023.

AT A GLANCE 8 On the Water: Decision-making — Part I. 8 Captain’s Table: An increase in rail jumping.

9 Energy Level: Natural gas faces winter test.

10 Insurance Watch: Always review contract insurance clauses.

12 Legal Talk: The rules of the road.

14 Inland Insider: Dredging comes to the rescue again.

16 Nor’easter: NOAA using AIS in vessel speed zones.

DEPARTMENTS 2 Editor’s Watch 6 Mail Bag 110 Port of Call 119 Advertisers Index 120 WB Looks Back

NEWS LOG 20 New York state awards three offshore wind contracts.

20 BOEM designates four Gulf of Mexico wind energy areas.

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EDITOR'S WATCH

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t’s that time of the year again.

Media outlets start publishing their top news stories of the year.

And WorkBoat is no different.

Each year in our December issue we present the 10 biggest workboat industry news stories of the year.

This year our coverage (see page 36) includes topics ranging from offshore wind to workforce retention to autonomous vessels and more.

The item that impressed me the most was the evacuation of the Staten Island Ferry Sandy Ground after a fire broke out in the engine room with 868 passengers aboard on Dec. 22, 2022. The story was a featured article in the April 2023 issue of WorkBoat.

The ferry was bound from Manhatten to Staten Island, N.Y. A little after 5:15 p.m. a 911 emergency call was made, prompting an array of entities to rush in to help. “Five New York Police Department vessels headed to the scene and a radio call went out for all available ferries to respond.

Tugboats came to help keep the Sandy Ground in position and another ferry moved close to create a lee as wind and waves increased with stormy weather,” writes our Contributing Editor Kirk Moore.

What happened next is hard to believe considering all the factors at play, not because of the tragedy, but because of a tragedy avoided. Rescue efforts went according to plan.

If you don’t remember the story, give it another look and take pride in the people who work in the commercial marine industry.

Meanwhile, this year’s International WorkBoat Show, to be held ai16389015345_editwatch_BPA_2021.pdf Nov. 29 through Dec. 1 at the Ernest

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N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, will feature more than 900 exhibits that will be seen by over 12,000 attendees.

One of my favorite parts of the show is handing out the awards to the designers, builders and operators of our 10 Significant Boats of the year.

Yes, another Top 10 list. See how I came back around to that?

In addition to passing out the plaques to the 10 winners, the Boat of the Year will be announced. The winner of that award was determined by you — the readers of WorkBoat.

It’s No. 1 on my trade show Top 10 list. See you at the show.

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’m writing in support of, and an expansion of, your excellent editorial regarding our precious Coast Guard and the impact of the Coast Guard Auxiliary (“Coastie Erosion,” October 2023, Editor’s Watch).

First, some background. I have been a Coast Guard auxiliarist for 23 years, 10 years when in Bangor, Maine, and volunteering with Coast Guard Stations in Maine (Rockland, Southwest Harbor, Jonesport and Eastport) and as a member of the Auxiliary Flotilla out of Bangor. Then I was an auxiliary member for 10 more years volunteering out of Coast Guard Station Tybee in Savannah, Ga. I have volunteered for four years out of Coast Guard Station Fort Myers, Fla., and now live in Naples, Fla. Additionally, I hold a 100-ton master’s license and have intermittingly served on the Maine Maritime Academy’s Board of Trustees for over 30 years and am a proud trustee emeritus of that fine institution.

Everything you write about the state of our Coast Guard is sadly true. Federal politicians have consistently added more responsibilities to the Coast Guard while consistently failing to increase funding to keep up with the latest demands. Timely and poignant editorials such as yours are solely needed to raise the alarm.

However, the role of the Coast Guard Auxiliary is unique to the Coast Guard.

Established by Congress on June 23, 1939, as the “Volunteer Reserve” (and unique to the Coast Guard), the auxiliary conducted many of the Coast Guard’s domestic missions while the active duty, and reserve components were forward deployed during World War II. The Coast Guard Auxiliary has continued that great service ever since.

With more than 21,000 trained professional volunteers, Coast Guard auxiliarists outnumber the active-duty Coast Guard, where the auxiliary can bridge gaps and perform missions in the dynamic global maritime environment.

We provide experience, talent, and our own facilities (vessels) for an expanding range of activities, including maritime safety outreach, public boating education, public vessel safety exams, search and rescue (I’ve always enjoyed our annual, three-day joint SAR missions out of Eastport with the Canadian coast guard each fall.), pollution response, culinary assistance, health services, legal services, and religious ministries.

While we are prohibited from carrying firearms and generally from any law enforcement actions, with appropriate training, we assist with watchstanding and even interpreter services in providing “force multiplier” services to the active-duty Coast Guard.

Please continue to support the Coast Guard and remember the thousands who volunteer as Coast Guard auxiliarists.

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On the Water Decision-making — Part I

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BY JOEL MILTON Joel Milton works on towing vessels.

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ecisions, decisions, decisions. We make them all day long, while afloat and ashore.

From those that affect many people, to the narrowly focused that affect few, people at every level must make countless decisions that impact (in no particular order) profitability, efficiency, reliability, safety and much more.

The aforementioned are in no particular order because, while they’re all important, their individual importance is a constantly changing variable. Judging that importance can be extraordinarily difficult because accurate riskanalysis is very hard to do.

Decisions made solely by individuals tend to compare unfavorably with those made by a group, although the dangers of groupthink should never be underestimated. In the interest of improving risk-analyses and making better decisions, various methods used throughout all types of organizations have evolved from the basic principle of advocatus diaboli, Latin for “devil’s advocate.” It began at least as far

Captain’s Table A surge in rail jumping

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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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he passenger vessel industry is beginning to wind down its season with operators starting to plan maintenance, evaluate future employee needs, prepare next year’s budgets, and begin to create new marketing plans.

This is also time for company owners, like me, to look back over the past year and identify trends that will affect the future of my passenger vessel business. As a licensed mariner, I admit that I often look past the balance sheet to try to identify things that relate to the safety of my passengers and crew.

In talking with other passenger vessel operators this fall, I discovered that an alarming trend has developed. These operators have witnessed an increase in what we call “rail jumpers.” This is when a passenger chooses to jump from a vessel that is underway.

When this occurs, we are forced to lend assistance by searching and attempting to retrieve the passenger who has jumped overboard. This is dangerous not only for the person who’s jumped overboard, but for passengers and crew.

back as the early 1500s as a way for the Roman Catholic Church to pre-screen candidates for canonization. Often, success in these human endeavors has historically been elusive.

A relatively modern version of this method is called the “10th man rule.” The core principle of the rule is that in a council of 10 people, if the first nine have all managed to reach the same conclusion and/or are in basic agreement on a course of action then it automatically becomes the duty of the 10th person, regardless of what they personally believe, to take an opposing or contrarian position or viewpoint and argue it.

The point is to continually engage in goodfaith but serious discussion of all ideas, assumptions, practices, procedures, specifications, etc. Everything, without exception, should be thoroughly researched, checked for accuracy or outright errors that could result in failure.

Doing this consistently — for many reasons mostly having to do with human nature — does not guarantee success. But it can go a long way towards lowering the likelihood of a failure, or at least lessen the severity of a failure that cannot be avoided.

You may recall the young man who jumped from an excursion vessel in the Bahamas this summer on a dare and was never found. In another incident this year, a passenger jumped from a Long Island ferry on a $1,000 dare, was arrested and fined $2,500 by the Coast Guard.

There have been numerous other rail jumping incidents in other U.S. markets that underscore this alarming trend.

Passengers who jump overboard can face federal civil fines of up to $25,000 for “interfering with the safe operation of a vessel.”

This is language taken from a bill proposed by the Passenger Vessel Association (PVA) and passed by Congress that gives the Coast Guard a tool to fight this problem.

As our operating season winds down, I believe that the frequency of rail jumping will also slow.

During this period, I urge the Coast Guard to look to the future and continue to discourage rail jumping.

The best course of action is for the Coast Guard to use the existing law to vigorously prosecute those who choose to jump from a commercial vessel and put passengers and crew at risk. It’s a safety issue that needs to be addressed.

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AT-A-GLANCE

Energy Level Gas faces winter test

BY JIM REDDEN, CORRESPONDENT

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fter the hottest summer on record, market watchers are keeping a close eye on natural gas supplies as demand reignites with the winter heating season.

Ironically, the state of gas storage is especially questionable in energy-rich Texas and elsewhere in the south as weeks of consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures had air conditioners working overtime. The abnormal demand for gas-driven electrical power came during the typical build-up of winter stockpiles.

“Throughout the summer, power generation really surprised to the upside,” said Leticia Gonzales, North America price and markets editor for Natural Gas Intelligence, Houston.

“We set records starting in the spring and that continued even through September. In the south-central region, inventory builds during the seasonal [gas] injection period were lower due to the extreme heat.”

Gonzales joined Emily Merchant, senior production manager for market

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data at power market software company Yes Energy LLC, Boulder, Colo., in examining what could lie ahead for the volatile U.S. gas market. Despite increased summertime demand, U.S. Henry Hub spot prices settled at $2.64 per million BTU in September, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), far below the average $6.45/MMBtu for most of 2022. The EIA reported just over 3.4 Bcf of gas in storage in the U.S. as

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“Henry Hub pricing is not expected to fluctuate too much over the next several months, depending on how the weather plays out, but are expected to average in the $3 to $4 range throughout all of next year,” Gonzales said.

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Insurance Watch Review contract insurance clauses

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Chris Richmond A contract, is a licensed when properly mariner and marine drawn and signed, insurance agent with Allen Insurance is an enforceable and Financial. He document. But can be reached at your signature on 800-439-4311 or crichmond@allenif. the document does com not mean that your insurance policy will react to it. Your insurance policy is also a legal contract, and the insurance company is only going to respond to the limits and conditions written there. It is important to make sure that the limits and conditions that you are insured for will meet the requirements in the contract you are signing.

There are often other stipulations that need to be verified with your agent before signing a contract. Waiver of subrogation and hold harmless clauses are often inserted in a contract. While these can be very beneficial to the party requesting them, they first need to be approved by your insurance company.

Contracts often include the words “any and all” when referring to risks covered.

Your insurance policy most likely will not react to “any and all” claims made against it. Again, have these clauses reviewed before signing the contract. And a contract is a two-way street. What are the insurance requirements you want the other party to carry?

Because many contracts are written for land-based businesses, we often see general liability and workers compensation required for a vessel under contract.

These coverages won’t respond to something that happens aboard a vessel, so talk to both parties about protection and indemnity that includes Jones Act crew coverage.

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Legal Talk Rules of the road

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BY MICHAEL T. NEUNER Michael T. Neuner is a maritime attorney with Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand, & Brackett. He can be reached at 504-595-3000 or mneuner@mblb. com.

ule 5 of the Coast Guard Inland Navigation Rule (better known as the rules of the road) requires captains to “at all times maintain a proper lookout by sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and the risk of collision.”

Whether a lookout is “proper” is often the subject of litigation involving collisions and allisions. In September, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana issued an opinion which discussed Rule 5 in the context of a maritime fatality.

In In re Chester J Marine, the family of a deceased captain, Lloyd Standridge, brought claims against Chester J Marine, the owner and operator of the inland pusher tug Cecile A. Fitch. The family alleged that Standridge drowned on the night of Feb. 10, 2020, after the Fitch and her tow col-

lided with a skiff in which Standridge was riding near Plaquemine, La. They claimed that the Fitch’s captain violated Rule 5 because, among other things, he did not post a supplemental lookout at the head of the Fitch’s tow. Chester J Marine filed a complaint in the Middle District of Louisiana, seeking exoneration or limitation of liability.

The court exonerated Chester J Marine from liability. In its opinion, the court acknowledged that when determining whether a supplemental lookout is necessary, a captain must “consider, among other things, the following factors: visibility, traffic density, the attention necessary when navigating in areas of increased vessel traffic, and proximity of dangers to navigation.”

The court held that, although it was “pitchdark” at the time of the incident, darkness is not a “restricted visibility” as defined in the rules of the road. Finally, the court rejected the family’s argument that the blind spot in front of the Fitch’s tow required that a supplemental lookout be posted.

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Inland Insider

River navigation: Dredging comes to the rescue again

BY PAMELA GLASS, CORRESPONDENT

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s the grain shipping season this fall experienced a second consecutive year of low water levels that disrupted barge traffic on the inland system, the importance of river dredging again stepped into the spotlight.

Faced with deep-water declines on key navigational sections of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, the Army Corps of Engineers has capitalized on what it learned from last year’s historic drought, communicating frequently with industry, adjusting allowable barge loads on low rivers and being more proactive. The Corps started important dredging work earlier on shallow hot spots that need more frequent attention to keep commerce moving on the waterways.

Last year, 40 days of critically low water was responsible for numerous barge groundings and stalled traffic at the height of the harvest season, driving up costs and freight rates. This year, 61% of the Midwest was deemed abnormally dry or in a drought as of late August, and most of the Mississippi River basin faced low water levels because of heat and no rainfall well into October.

The drought again occurred during the important grain harvest. About 60% of the nation’s grain exports — mostly corn and soybeans — move down the Mississippi, which must have at least nine feet of water for vessels to pass.

The Corps kept 17 dredges working 24/7 removing sediment and debris and contracted several private dredging companies to keep the channels at the required draft levels.

The agency spends about $1.5 billion a year on dredging across the nation, and Congress continues to fund the program generously.

Meanwhile, a recent study by the U.S. dredging industry says construction of new Jones Act dredges totaled $2.5 billion in newbuilds and capital expenditures over the past five years.

Private dredges have been busy with 52 companies awarded federal dredging contracts in fiscal year 2022.

Multiple companies bid on each project, evidence that the U.S. private sector dredging industry “is fiercely competitive and is delivering services that save the federal government and therefore the taxpayer hundreds of millions of dollars,” according to the Mike Hooks Report, an analysis of the fiscal 2022 federal dredging market that was released in September.

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dictate that vessels over 65' slow to 10 knots when making transits, with the goal of reducing fatal strikes on whales that are swimming near the surface.

Overall compliance with the

BY KIRK MOORE, speed rule is now up to about 80% of CONTRIBUTING EDITOR transiting vessels, compared with 50% Contributing when the speed rule Editor Kirk Moore a reporter for first went into effect was the Asbury Park in 2008-2009, said Press for over 30 years before Lauren Gaches, a joining WorkBoat spokeswoman for in 2015. He has NOAA Fisheries. also been an editor for WorkBoat’s That’s amid a sister publication, heightened enforce- National Fisherman, ment effort by NO- for over 25 years.

AA’s Office of Law Enforcement, which uses automatic identification system (AIS) tracking of ships to catch speeders in the whale management areas.

Uniformed NOAA officers also set up portable radar on shorelines near shipping channels to clock passing ship speeds — and even use highway patrol-style radar on small boats.

Civil penalties in excess of $900,000 have been levied on vessel operators in the just past year, although NOAA officials could not immediately say how much of that has been collected.

A few hours before NOAA issued an optimistic progress report, the environmental group Oceana put out its own critique. That analysis “found that 84% of boats sped through mandatory slow zones and 82% of boats sped through voluntary slow zones.

This report, which provides an update from Oceana’s 2021 analysis, shows that stronger safeguards and increased enforcement are needed to save North Atlantic right whales,” the group said.

“If NOAA wants to save this species from extinction, ships must slow down when these whales are present, and speeding boats must be held account-

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able. Time is of the essence before North Atlantic right whales reach the point of no return,” said Gib Brogan, campaign director for Oceana.

How can those conclusions be so divergent? It’s all in how you crunch the numbers, said Brogan. The NOAA and Oceana reports differ in the methodology each use to measure compliance with the rule.

The NOAA findings are presented through a new online digital “dashboard” that allows users to examine vessel speeds in special management areas over time. It provides a summary through 2022-2023. Oceana’s analysis runs through the 2021-2022 season.

While both groups rely on AIS data, “our methods to classify speeding are different,” Brogan told WorkBoat.

“NOAA looks at the entire distance the boat travels inside the mandatory speed zone and uses a weighted average approach. Oceana uses a yes/ no approach,” said Brogan. “A boat is considered speeding if they go over the speed limit twice (two data points over 10-knots).

“For example, using NOAA’s methodology, there was almost 79% compliance (or 21% non-compliance) in the 2021-22 season in the New York/ New Jersey Seasonal Management Area,” said Brogan. In contrast, he said, “Oceana’s analysis shows a much lower 12.9% rate of compliance during the 2021-22 season (reported in our report as 87.1% speeding on page 18).

“It only takes one second for a speeding ship to strike a whale. We can’t rely on weighted averages when it comes to speeding. Just like speed enforcement on our roads doesn’t account for the weighted average speed of the car’s trip. You’re either speeding, or you’re not.”

Both reports will play into the ongoing debate over NOAA’s proposal to extend speed limits down to vessels between 35' and 65' — a measure fiercely opposed by the charter fishing industry, recreational boatbuilders and other maritime interests with allies in Congress. Oceana is pushing for faster action on vessel speed limits and said

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AT-A-GLANCE its new report shows a pressing need for it.

Oceana believes its case for extending the rule down to smaller vessels was bolstered by several incidents, including a 2021 case when a 54' charter sportfishing yacht returning to St. Augustine, Fla., struck and killed a juvenile right whale, despite the captain and mate keeping visual and radar lookouts. They barely made it back to the inlet with eight passengers and grounded on a sandbar before sinking, a $1.2 million loss.

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from a growing network of Gulf Coast terminals, which are currently sending more than 14 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/D) abroad.

“In addition to the supply and demand fluctuations in the U.S., we are becoming more and more intertwined with the global gas market,” said Gonzales. “So, when you have major events happening across the pond it will influence Henry Hub prices here and then it’s just a ripple

effect down the market as well.”

Overall, Merchant said the data suggests U.S. gas supplies will be sufficient to meet winter demand with prices staying below the 2022 highs, but any forecast will go out the window if the winter follows a trend like that seen this past summer.

“Mother Nature is always the biggest wild card,” she said. “We can look at as many forecasts as possible, but Mother Nature often has different plans in store for us.”

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New York state awards three offshore wind contracts

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he Coast Guard has released a new strategic vision for the Coast Guard Academy. The strategic vision outlines three imperatives: Developing and preparing tomorrow’s commissioned officers by investing in technology and infrastructure to keep pace with advances in STEM education and mission excellence; enhancing the Coast Guard’s readiness for the future by investing in and advancing its intellectual resources; and ensuring the academy is ready for the future by becoming an employer of choice for the young women and men who will make up the future workforce.

Partners Equinor and BP had sought a 54% increase in New York power purchase prices for energy.

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resh off a sharp setback on long-planned offshore wind projects, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration announced three new contracts for 4,032 megawatts of offshore generation capacity, part of what it called “the largest state investment in renewable energy in United States history.”

The “conditional awards” include three offshore wind contracts out of the state’s latest solicitation: • Attentive Energy One (1,404 MW) developed by TotalEnergies, Rise Light & Power and Corio Generation. The project includes a novel fossil repurposing plan in Queens that seeks to retire fossil fuel power generation in the heart of New York City and transition the current workforce to clean energy jobs.

• Community Offshore Wind (1,314 MW) developed by RWE Offshore Renewables and National Grid Ventures. The project includes a new grid interconnection being developed by Con Edison in downtown Brooklyn — made possible by the New York state Public Service Commission’s “order approving cost recovery for clean energy hub” to maximize delivery of clean electricity into New York City.

• Excelsior Wind (1,314 MW) developed by Vineyard Offshore (Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners). The project includes proposed cable route options providing energy deliverability to Long Island, leveraging the electric grid expansion provided through the Long Island Public Policy Transmission Need outcome.

“New York continues to set the pace for our nation’s transition to clean energy,” Gov. Hochul said in announcing the new plans. “Today, we are taking action to keep New York’s climate goals within reach, demonstrating to the nation how to recalibrate in the wake of global economic challenges.”

It’s part of a drive under state law to have 70% of New York state power coming from renewable sources by 2030. That goal was dealt a blow when the state Public Service Commission turned down offshore wind developers’ petitions to win a boost-up in their future power purchase agreements to cover their escalating costs. — Kirk Moore

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he Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced in October it had finalized four new Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico. Together, the WEAs could support offshore wind projects with the potential to produce enough clean, renewable energy to power more than three million homes, BOEM said. This announcement follows the first-ever Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale earlier this year.

Hornbeck Offshore settles vessel construction litigation

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ignet Shipbuilding & Repair (SS&R), Pascagoula, Miss., recently delivered the first of two new Robert Allan Ltd.-designed Rotortugs to Signet Maritime.

SS&R is owned by Houston-based Signet Maritime, which operates a fleet of tugs that provide ship assist, ship escort, towing, offshore support, subsea and rig moves.

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Signet Maritime’s new Rotortugs will operate in Corpus Christi, Texas. purchase of a 600-ton Marine Travelift boat hoist. The recent addition of the Signet 1650 floating drydock further enhanced the shipyard’s capabilities.

The drydock has a 1,650-ton lifting capacity and a 90' beam. The shipyard can now accommodate nine vessels simultaneously.

“Close collaboration between the fleet and shipyard, as the same company, has ensured that the design ‘lessons learned’ from the dozens of other vessels in our fleet are applied to this design,” said Hans L. Schmidt, the shipyard’s president.

The Signet Capella is scheduled for delivery later this year.

NEW TUGS The shipyard delivered the first of two new 103'4"×45'6"×15'7" Robert Allan Ltd.-designed Rotortugs, the purpose-built Signet Sirius, to Signet this fall.

Its sistership, the Signet Capella, is scheduled for delivery later this year.

Gale C. Snyder, Signet’s executive vice president, said she believes that the new tugs are the first towing vessels to receive an ABS ENVIRO notation, first in the U.S. to achieve an ABS LEV (low-emissions vessel)

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Main propulsion comes from three MTU 12V4000 M65L Tier 4 marine engines producing a total of 7,725 hp.

notation, and first in the U.S. to receive an ABS Cybersecurity-1 (CS-1) notation.

“From an ESG (environmental, social, and governance) posture, we’ve pushed the boundaries in attaining the ABS ENVIRO and full ABS LEV notations, awarded for meeting a higher defined standard of ecological stewardship and

performance than is required by statute,” said Schmidt. “In recognition of rising cybersecurity risks in the maritime industry, we’ve achieved the ABS CS-1 notation with a much greater level of scrutiny applied to the security of our operational technology systems.”

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tugs will have to maintain outbound speed to steer the ships properly and pull the ships against the crosscurrent at the bar.

“Robert Allan specially designed these tugs to be able to make the tight turn needed in the Corpus Christi ship channel,” Snyder said.

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A hull breach in any space will keep the vessel upright. In addition, the tugs will carry custom-designed, modular ultra-high-performance polyurethane elastomer fenders from Buoyant Works. The fenders are 30% lighter than materials normally used and can be individually replaced.

This eliminates the need to replace an entire fender because of damage to one section of it.

Main propulsion comes from three MTU 12V4000 M65L Tier 4 marine engines producing a total of 7,725 hp.

The mains connect to Kongsberg US 205 controllable pitch Zdrives with 2,500mm-dia., 4-bladed nibral propellers in nozzles.

Ship’s service power comes from a pair of Tier 3 John Deere 6135 AFM85 gensets, sparking 300 kW of electrical power each.

The tugs have two Markey Machine winches on deck — a DESF-52 AGILE, 200-hp, electric winch on the bow; and a TESF-32 AGILE, 200-hp, electric winch on the stern. These were complete winch redesigns. Both winches transition between gears for increased line tension and speed to protect the vessel from high pitch and roll moments in two-meter, six-second seas and protect ship and tug from shock loads and zero-tension (slack line) issues.

The tugs are the result of years of “iterative” simulation and are designed to meet the demand of deepdraft VLCC escort, said Schmidt.

“After defining this scope of work in simulation, close collaboration between Signet, Robert Allan, and Markey Machine resulted in a truly unique, next-generation advanced Rotortug design that exceeded our initial criteria.”

Also on deck, the tug is equipped with a Fire Fighting Systems AS (FFS) SFP 1,000-kW centrifugal fire pump, and two FFS 1200LB remotely operated monitors with 10,600-gpm flow and a range of 400'.

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Pilots Institute, Covington, La. The Sirius and the Capella have a three-thruster design — two forward and one aft — making them able to steer and affect line tension in different directions.

The new tugs’ design was supported by computational fluid dynamics.

Snyder said the new tugs’ direction of travel and line tension vector do not need to be aligned.

The tugs are built for close-quarter operations in narrow marine terminal slips and can shoulder indirect and accelerate assist maneuver deep-draft VLCCs not otherwise possible.

“The result is a tug with the combined maneuverability of three controllable-pitch thrusters and the high-speed, high-torque performance of the agile winches, unmatched close-quarters ship-handling and constant line ‘time under tension’ to safely maneuver laden 300,000-deadweight ton-plus ships,” said Schmidt.

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All American delivers 68' research vessel and 50' tour boat to Hawaii

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eing surrounded by so much water and with so many tourists, Hawaii is a natural market for boatbuilders. Some vessels are built locally, but many are “imported” from the mainland. All American Marine, Bellingham, Wash., recently sent two aluminum workboats, separately, to Hawaii for very different purposes.

One, the IMUA, is a 68.5'×25' offshore research vessel built for the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. The semidisplacement catamaran was designed

by Nic de Waal at Teknicraft in Auckland, New Zealand. The new research vessel incorporates proven design elements from other Teknicraft/AAM projects including the Blue Manta and the Shearwater.

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hull can cruise at 22-24 knots fully laden and slow down to a steady, fuelefficient three knots for survey work.

Fuel capacity is large at 1,800 gals., which allows multiday missions. The boat’s accommodations can handle a science team of eight for overnight trips and up to 22 students and crew for day excursions.

“The ability to get to remote places quickly means considerably more opportunities to conduct research,” said Carl Meyer at the Institute of Marine Biology.

The back deck is large enough to carry an outboard-powered skiff that is lifted and launched by a pedestalmounted HS.Marine knuckle-boom

crane. There’s also a stern gantry with a winch mounted on the aft end of the upper deck behind the pilot house.

Inside, both wet and dry lab space provides the necessary workspace for students and staff.

Speed and ride comfort were both important features for the new owners.

The IMUA provides both.

The other new AAM boat for Hawaii is built for fun. The Poseidon was also designed by Teknicraft, but the 50'×17', 70-passenger catamaran doesn’t have a foil support system as it wasn’t built for speed. Instead, its owner/operator, Dolphin Tours, takes tourists out for a few hours of sightseeing and snorkeling.

Both decks have open sides, bench seating and are connected by two staircases.

The forward helm station on the upper deck has a hard cover for protection from sun and rain.

The propulsion package includes twin Cummins QSB 6.7 SL-SW engines, each rated at 355 hp at 3,000 rpm.

An unusual feature that makes the vessel especially fun is a built-in slide that allows passengers to slide down from the upper deck right into the ocean at the vessel’s stern. The aluminum slide is continually lubricated with small streams of water pumped out at the top.

The slide is an improvement on an inflatable slide deployed off the side of another Dolphin Tours boat. Guests enjoyed it, but Yurika Iruka, company president, said setting that slide up was time consuming and unsafe when winds picked up. The built-in aluminum slide eliminates both problems and the customers are enjoying the new boat, as do the captains and crews, according to Iruka. “I love this boat very much,” she said. — Bruce Buls

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pilot boat that the Port of Lake Charles Pilots of Lake Charles, La., recently ordered from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corp. in Somerset, Mass.

The pilot boat, a deep-V hull from Ray Hunt Design, New Bedford, Mass., will have “one of the longest pilot runs in the country,” said Gladding-Hearn’s president Peter Duclos. It’s over 30 miles from Lake Charles, through the Calcasieu Ship Channel — what the locals call “the ditch” — to the Gulf of Mexico and then out to the incoming ship.

In 2019, Gladding-Hearn delivered the Cameron Pilot II, to the Lake Charles Pilots. “They were so happy with that boat they didn’t want us to change it,” said Duclos. “They are happy with the way it runs. It’s fast and pushes through the steep, short Gulf chop very well.”

Thus, Duclos said, Gladding-Hearn will strive to make the new pilot boat, which will be delivered in 2025, “feel the same and be as close as possible to that boat.”

Duclos said the “most significant difference” between the two pilot boats will be that the Cameron Pilot II was EPA Tier 3 certified without exhaust aftertreatment. The new pilot boat (as yet unnamed) will have EPA Tier 4-certified twin Cummins 38-M1 main engines developing 1,300 hp at 1,800 rpm.

The engines have SCR exhaust aftertreatment systems. That should reduce nitrogen oxide and particulate emissions by more than 80%.

The Cummins diesels will turn Brunton 5-bladed propellers through Twin

Disc gear boxes that will get the pilot boat to about 27 knots.

Another change from the Cameron Pilot II’s design is due to the aftertreatment system’s roughly 1,500 lbs. of additional weight. Thus the new pilot boat’s fuel capacity is being reduced with smaller fuel tanks to offset that weight. “In situations where they can fuel every day, they don’t need to drag all that weight around,” Duclos said. The Cameron Pilot II carries about 2,000 gals. of fuel. Capacity will be about 1,500 gals. in the new pilot boat.

The wheelhouse with forward leaning front windows and retractable solar blinds will be built aft of amidships on a flush deck. Inside will be eight Llebroc pilot and crew seats, a sofa and two baggage racks. Down below, the foc’s’le will have a stateroom with upper and lower berths, a head, small galley, hanging lockers and storage. Interior sound levels will be below 80 decibels at full power.

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Conrad delivers dredge support vessels to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock

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reat Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. announced in October the delivery of two 99'×41'×12'dredge support vessels from Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, La. The Cape Hatteras and the Cape Canaveral are Damen 3013 multicats.

Main propulsion comes from three Caterpillar 3412D TTA diesel engines, producing a total of 2,500 hp at 1,800 rpm. The mains will connect to Promarin fixed-pitch wheels in Optima nozzles through Reintjes WAF 464 marine gears with 5.591:1 ratios.

The propulsion package will give the new multicats a speed of 9.6 knots and a bollard pull of 35 metric tons. For added maneuverability, the new multi-purpose dredge support vessels will feature a 360° hydraulically driven, 310-hp bowthruster (no manufacturer given).

Ship’s service power will come from two Caterpillar C 04.4 gensets, sparking 107.5 KVA (one KVA is equal to 1,000 volt amps) each. Hydraulic power will come from a Caterpillar 3412D TTA engine, producing 632 kW of electrical power.

“This is a milestone for our company and the U.S. dredging industry,” Chris Gunsten, Great Lakes’ senior vice president of project services and fleet engineering, said in a statement.

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Crowley has been awarded the design and production contracts for a 92' Tier 4 ship assist tugboat from Crescent Towing, New Orleans. Crowley said the new tug design offers enhancements from the existing Crowley Engineering Services-designed tugs Crescent operates, including additional horsepower that increases the vessel’s ability to meet demanding operational requirements. The new tug, currently under construction at Blakeley BoatWorks, Mobile, Ala., will feature twin Caterpillar 3516E Tier 4 engines that will provide an estimated 80 tons of bollard pull. The tug will have a combined 6,000 hp, adding nearly 700 more horsepower than the current tugs have.

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SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY

trict new federal rules took effect earlier this year that require the reporting of harassment and sexual misconduct within the maritime industry. Six months later, commercial shippers are still trying to clarify exactly what the rules mean for them.

At issue is a provision in the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), enacted by Congress last December, which included a provision on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment (SASH), creating new requirements for both the military and commercial shippers. While the law’s intent is focused on preventing sexual misconduct, industry critics say it could vastly expand criminal prosecution for any kind of harassment, not just sexual.

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To implement the law, the Coast Guard in February issued a Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB), “Reporting Sexual Misconduct Aboard U.S. Vessels.” The MSIB requires the “responsible entity” of a vessel (defined as the owner, master, or managing operator) to report to the Coast Guard any complaint or incident of harassment, sexual harassment, or sexual assault that violates company policy.

It also requires that detailed incident reports be filed with the Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS), which is mandated to investigate and follow up. “CGIS will leverage all available resources to immediately initiate a criminal investigation for a sexual crime occurring on a U.S.-flagged vessel anywhere in the world,” the MSIB said. The reporting requirement will be satisfied only if the incident is filed with CGIS or with the Coast Guard’s National Command Center.

The major problem, according to

the American Waterways Operators, is that Congress did not define what “harassment” means in the law, and that reporting is required only if an incident “violates company policy or law” — which can vary from company to company and jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In a recent website post, AWO also said reports of harassment should be predicated on a company’s determination that its policy has been violated, and is asking Congress and the Coast Guard for legal clarity.

“The undefined stand-alone term ‘harassment’ expands the reporting requirements far beyond ‘sexual harassment’ into a very wide range of workplace conduct that’s already extensively addressed in and prohibited by law and employer policy,” said Caitlyn Stewart, vice president of regulatory affairs for AWO. She said it’s important that the new reporting requirements do not end up interfering with a company’s ability to take prompt remedial or disciplin-

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COVER STORY ary action to ensure the safety of vessel crewmembers.

However, a plaintiff’s attorney representing victims of maritime harassment argues that the existing legal patchwork provides mariners with little or no effective protection, and getting the Coast Guard involved would help.

“Harassment is an enormous problem in the maritime industry and much more widespread than sexual misconduct. Mariners cannot depend on existing laws or company policies to protect them from harassment and bullying,” said attorney J. Ryan Melogy.

“AWO wants to roll back protections for mariners.”

Jeremy Gauthier, director of the CGIS, said in a statement to WorkBoat that his office “has seen an increase in the number of incident reports since the Marine Safety Information Bulletin was released,” and that detailed statistics will be published early next year. He believes this reflects growing intolerance of harassment and that victims “trust the Coast Guard will work relentlessly to hold perpetrators accountable.”

While “harassment” is a sweeping term, sexual misconduct has far more specific (although still very complicated) legal definitions. “Sexual assault” is basically an umbrella term covering rape, attempted rape, and fondling, but that can vary by state and even within a state. “Sexual harassment” is typically defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature. The term “sexual misconduct” covers both assault and harassment.

The Coast Guard last April updated its Sexual Assault Prevention, Response and Recovery Program (SAPRR) to create a special trial counsel in its Office of Chief Prosecutor to handle court-martials in serious crimes such as sexual misconduct. The Coast Guard’s policy also extends sexual assault, prevention, response and recovery services to former Coast Guard Academy cadets and recruits.

Separately, earlier this year Congress amended the Maritime Administration’s

budget for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy to pay the cost of new responsibilities at Marad and at the academy to curb persistent sexual assault and harassment problems. Also, commercial vessel operators must now comply with new SASH standards to accept cadets from the academy’s Sea Year training program. — Stephen Blakely

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fter two years of steadily marching forward, the renewable energy ambitions of the Biden administration and offshore wind developers ran head-on into escalating financial challenges in 2023.

By September, construction work was well underway at the U.S. industry’s marquee Vineyard Wind project, an 804-megawatt turbine array off Massachusetts that will be the first utility-scale site in federal waters. Joint venture partners Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners with their U.S. service contractor Foss Maritime moved turbine components out of the Port of New Bedford, Mass., as cable laying operations began. The first of 62 turbines were being assembled by Oct. 12.

But way back in January, Avangrid was already taking legal steps to be released from its earlier Massachusetts power purchase agreements for its own planned 1,200-MW Commonwealth Wind project. It was an early warning signal that wind power companies, beset by inflation, rising prices for turbines and other components, as well as higher interest rates for financing, saw their previously negotiated state power agreements as untenable.

Nine months later, danger was evident as governors of six Northeast states urgently asked the Biden administration to boost federal tax credits for offshore wind developers, give their states a share of revenue from offshore energy leases and hasten permitting for the projects.

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The Sept. 13 letter from governors of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Maryland was a stark departure from their usual boosterism of offshore wind power and its economic prospects.

Calling for more federal support for their states’ wind power agreements with developers, the governors’ letter echoed warnings from Ørsted and other wind companies seeking to revise previous power agreements: “Inflationary pressures, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the lingering supply chain disruptions resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic have created extraordinary economic challenges that threaten to reverse these offshore wind gains.

“Instead of continued price declines, offshore wind faces cost increases in orders of magnitude that threaten states’ ability to make purchasing decisions,” the letter stated. “These pressures are affecting not only procurements of new offshore wind but, critically, previously procured projects already in the pipeline.

“Absent intervention, these near-term projects are increasingly at risk of failing. Without federal action, offshore wind deployment in the U.S. is at serious risk of stalling because states’ ratepayers may be unable to absorb these significant new costs alone.”

Along with more subsidies for wind power, the governors want “a new revenue-sharing program for federal offshore wind leasing” — for the first time giving coastal states a cut of the money energy companies pay to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

In July Rhode Island Energy decided not to enter a power purchase agreement for the proposed Revolution Wind 2 project because the projected costs for electric customers were too high — a setback for developers Ørsted and Eversource that came just after BOEM had completed a positive environmental review for the partners’ first-phase Revolution Wind project.

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Park City Wind had canceled contracts for planned turbine projects that would have generated 3.2 gigawatts off southern New England. The developers paid $124 million in penalties with hopes of rebidding into new state procurement rounds.

“The resulting delay will inevitably push back installation dates to the late 2020s,” the non-profit industry group Business Network for Offshore Wind said in its third quarter report to members.

Then, on Oct.12, New York state power regulators denied petitions by offshore wind developers to charge customers billions of dollars more in future energy sales, a setback that could threaten the viability of four projects and the state’s ambitions for renewable energy sources.

Petitions from developers Ørsted and Eversource for their planned Sunrise Wind project sought a 27% increase in

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future power prices, while joint venture partners Equinor and BP wanted 54% more overall for their Empire Wind 1, Empire Wind 2 and Beacon Wind projects.

In announcing the denial, the New York State Public Service Commission said it “opted to preserve the robust competitive bidding process that provides critically needed renewable energy resources to New York in the fairest and most cost-effective manner

that protects consumers.”

“The commission,” said commission chair Rory M. Christian, “has repeatedly stated that competition in the procurement process is necessary to protect ratepayers and provides the soundest approach to mobilize the industry to achieve our critical state goals dependably and cost-effectively, and we do so again through today’s action.”

Wind power advocates saw the decision as a major step backward for New York’s renewable energy plans, among the most ambitious in the U.S. “Sunrise Wind’s viability and therefore ability to be constructed are extremely challenged without this adjustment,” Ørsted CEO Americas David Hardy told Reuters.

“With one shortsighted decision, the NYSPSC has thrown New York’s environmental and clean energy future into peril,” said Jason Grumet, CEO of the American Clean Power Association.

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COVER STORY “Absent a robust offshore wind industry, it will not be possible for New York state to achieve its climate or environmental justice goals. Moreover, critical economic benefits from new manufacturing facilities and the revitalization of ports will be squandered along with the creation of good paying union jobs,” said Grumet. “We urge New York state to maintain its clean energy commitment and reconsider this decision.”

The winter and spring of 2022-2023 had summoned another storm for offshore wind advocates. Opponents accused developers and their offshore survey work of contributing to whale deaths off the Mid-Atlantic coast.

The controversy began when a series of dead humpback whales washed ashore along the New Jersey and New York coasts starting in December 2022 at Atlantic City, N.J., and subsequently at other beaches in the region. By Sept.

23 of this year, the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration had reported 17 humpback strandings in the two states — half of 34 in all, reported from Massachusetts to Florida. The sight of the dead whales triggered an intensive campaign by offshore wind critics, as well as a coalition of Jersey Shore community groups including Clean Ocean Action, tourism businesses, and commercial fishermen. Ørsted’s planned 1,100-MW Ocean Wind 1 was caught up in the escalating opposition, with the company suing local governments in Cape May County, N.J., over their attempts to block onshore construction. Cape May and its allies in the commercial fishing and tourism industries fired back Oct. 17 with a lawsuit in federal District Court claiming the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and other agencies violated federal laws in granting Ørsted a lease in federal waters and positive environmental reviews. — Kirk Moore

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STATEN ISLAND FERRY FIRE: TRAINING WAS KEY

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COVER STORY “our main objective was to secure the vessel and to start getting the passengers offloaded onto other boats,” said FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Frank Leeb at a press conference that evening.

Five New York Police Department vessels headed to the scene and a radio call went out for all available ferries to respond. Tugboats came to help keep the Sandy Ground in position and another ferry moved close to create a lee as wind and waves increased with

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stormy weather.

Leeb said the decision was made to move passengers onto other ferries “as that was a safer alternative than putting them on to fire or police boats. At that point we had a total of five injuries.

Three people were transported to the hospital, all with minor injuries. There were approximately 868 people on board and then an additional 16 crew members.”

The fire was brought under control

and John Garvey, deputy commissioner and chief of operations for the Staten Island Ferry, credited the Sandy Ground crew for putting it out and making the decision to anchor and call for evacuation instead of proceeding to the terminal. Boats operated by NYC Ferry, Hornblower and New York Waterway responded to assist in the evacuation.

“This was not a lucky event,” Leed said in response to a reporter’s question. “This is years and a long time of preparation and training with the different stakeholders. The crew acted as the crew was supposed to act.”

The Ollis-class ferries are a longawaited upgrade for the cross-harbor service and entered service in 2022.

The first, the SSG Michael H. Ollis, went into service in February 2022. It was WorkBoat’s 2022 Boat of the Year.

In the weeks that followed the ferry fire, city officials offered more details on how the Sandy Ground crew and rescuers conducted the operation. The crew’s immediate response to the fire was to evacuate, close off the engine space, and released 3M Novec 1230 fire protection fluid, a clean agent fire extinguishant, which effectively put the fire out, said Capt. Barry Torrey, assistant commissioner for ferry operations for the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT).

During the incident, Torrey worked with Sandy Ground Capt. Joseph Ajar, and the 15-member crew by cell phone.

The fire, he said, was caused by a fuel leak that turned into a machinery space fire. There were no flames and minimal smoke throughout the vessel. The ferry had no propulsion so both anchors were dropped in a channel near Bayonne, N.J., as Ajar radioed for assistance.

Police, fire, and Coast Guard vessels arrived along with five tugboats and several small passenger ferries. Another Staten Island ferry stood by.

Evacuating the passengers safely was the main priority. Many were frightened at first because they did not know what was going on. One said she feared the boat would blow up.

Officials decided the safest way

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er, put its bow against the Sandy Ground and tied off. Crew from the Sandy Ground, River Sprinter, and the tugs helped 138 passengers aboard. River Sprinter dropped them at St. George and relayed land-based firefighters to the Sandy Ground.

NY Waterway’s Franklin Delano Roosevelt was standing by and snugged up to the Sandy Ground as soon as there was space. Crews from the ferries and tugs tied things off and guided passengers, almost all wearing lifejackets, aboard the Roosevelt. The decks were at the same height, so passengers could walk from one vessel to the other, rather than step down or jump.

There were still 50 or so people waiting to leave the Sandy Ground as the Roosevelt pulled away. But with the pressure of the tugs and the wind picking up, Sandy Ground’s anchors started to drag. Torrey said to end the transfers and keep the remaining pas-

sengers aboard as they raised anchor and tugs eased the big ferry into a slip at the St. George ferry terminal.

The success was the result of constant training with weekly safety drills on the smaller ferries and regular coordination with police, fire, and Coast Guard.

“This is New York Harbor,” Torrey said. “These guys talk to each other regularly on the radio. It’s not the first time in New York Harbor that professional mariners have come together to respond to a rescue without having done that exact event.”

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PASSENGER VESSEL INDUSTRY REBOUNDS

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That “something” is hydrogen. The storage of pure hydrogen on vessel introduces significant challenges of cost and complexity, yet methanol overcomes these and can be used to create hydrogen as needed, where needed. With methanol at the ready, the chemical process known as methanol-to-hydrogen (M2H2) reforming is charting a course to cleaner propulsion today. No large tanks. No cryogenics. It’s technology that gives workhorse vessels the means to use hydrogen onboard without actually bringing hydrogen on board.

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Some effects of the pandemic lingered through 2022, but 2023 is a different story.

“U.S. passenger vessel operators are reporting that they have largely rebounded from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and in many cases have reached or exceeded 2019 passenger levels,” said John Groundwater, executive director, Passenger Vessel Association.

Two years ago, owners were agonizing over how to keep the boats they already had in their fleets, much less building new vessels. This year, WorkBoat’s annual Construction Survey recorded 26 new dinner, excursion, and sightseeing boats delivered, under construction, or under contract, and another 11 ferries and water taxis.

This past year, All American Marine (AAM) delivered the highly customized 50'×17' semi-displacement aluminum catamaran Poseidon to Hawaii Dolphin Tours, Honolulu.

The vessel’s hull was developed by Teknicraft Design, Auckland, New Zealand. Poseidon was built in AAM’s facility on Bellingham Bay and is operating out of Oahu.

The new vessel will add capacity to Hawaii Dolphin’s range of snorkel and tour vessel trips. The 70-passenger vessel was built to Coast Guard Subchapter T regulations and is fuel efficient at cruising speeds as well comfortable during tours and snorkel operations, according to AAM officials.

Main propulsion comes from twin Cummins QSB 6.7 SL-SW engines, rated at 355 hp at 3,000 rpm each, driving fixed-pitch propellers.

The open-air concept vessel was carefully designed for efficient operations.

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70-passenger vessel was built to Subchapter T regulations.

With a helm station on the bow and stern of the upper deck, the Poseidon’s captain has optimal viewing angles, no matter the mission of the vessel.

“Our experience during the project design and construction has been excellent,” Yuriko Iryka, Hawaii Dolphin’s owner, said in remarks during the boat’s delivery.

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by ACI and Coastwise, the 54'×20', 80-passenger Subchapter T vessel will be an all-aluminum symmetrical planing catamaran for Orcas, Wash.based Outer Island Excursions.

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The main floor will accommodate 54 passenger seats, three dinettes, a galley, and two head compartments. The upper cabin will feature four dinettes, bench seating, and an enclosed helm station, accommodating up to 16 passengers.

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stubborn shortage of mariners to fill open positions has eased slightly from a year ago, but retention is a growing problem, as many workers retire or switch careers in a tight labor market.

Finding men and women excited to join the marine industry has been a challenge for decades, but the situation has worsened over the past few years.

There are several reasons including a major shift in the economy toward e-commerce and warehousing, fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, a decline

in the number of people in the workforce even as open jobs in maritime increase, new regulatory requirements on mariners, and a younger generation that’s less interested in a mariner’s lifestyle. There’s also growing competition for workers within the industry as the new sectors of LNG transport and offshore wind develop.

Despite offering well-paying jobs that can often reach six-figures depending on experience, the labor crunch has hit all maritime sectors from barging and towing to passenger vessels, shipyards, deep sea vessels and offshore service vessels. Some maritime training academies also report having a hard time recruiting teachers and not filling their classes with students.

“Workforce is definitely still a hot issue,” Patrick Parson, counsel and director of government affairs at the American Waterways Operators (AWO), the national association of the tug, towboat and barge industry, told WorkBoat. “In

general, there has been some improvement in hiring, but I’m increasingly hearing that retaining new hires is a challenge.”

That’s been the case at tank barge operator Golding Barge Line, Vicksburg, Miss. President Austin Golding said there’s been a slight uptick in applications for open positions since the summer, and several returning employees.

“It hasn’t been a drastic increase, but it has trended in the right direction,” he said. “Retention is still a struggle. The time away from home has been cited as the biggest reason for departures.”

Golding said the best solution is to provide opportunities for advancement by offering workers more responsibility and “of course, more pay. But they must come together. More pay alone won’t keep people. It especially won’t keep the people you want.”

Buckley McAllister, president of McAllister Towing in New York, said applications are up for entry-level mari-

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There’s also been an increase in shoreside jobs requiring maritime experience for offshore wind development. Because of the strong interest by maritime companies to hire for both shoreside and vessel positions, some maritime schools are organizing two separate career fairs focusing on maritime and non-maritime jobs, said McAllister, whose company operates more than 60 tugboats along the East Coast.

To attract applicants, maritime companies have gotten creative, offering signing bonuses, reaching far beyond their geographic locations to find workers, partnering with maritime academies and community colleges, attending job fairs, advertising on various social media platforms, offering more attractive benefits and pay, and tweaking work

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schedules.

Maritime academies and community colleges that offer maritime programs have become an increasing focus for recruiting efforts as these schools graduate mariners with training and licenses that make them ready to quickly start work.

But, Parsons said, “just as our members are working hard to recruit to fill open mariner positions, those schools are also struggling to fill seats in their

training programs.”

He said there are many opportunities for the schools and the industry to work together to encourage high school students to join training programs, especially those that create a pathway into the tug and barge industry.

He cited the tug and barge licensing program at Maine Maritime Academy, one of the few such specialized programs teaching these specific workboat skills. To grow the number of qualified candidates for work in the inland industry, more schools need to offer similar license tracks and vessel experience relevant to tugboats, towboats and barges. “Right now, that’s pretty limited, with Maine Maritime Academy as the standout.”

At an online workforce forum organized by AWO in October, Maine Maritime officials outlined their workboat program, which offers a range of credential-track pathways and profes-

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COVER STORY sional development courses for the workboat industry that also includes continuing education for current mariners.

Tim Leach, assistant professor of maritime transportation, said the school wants to partner with companies that will offer a minimum of 60-day hands-on internships that help fulfil the school’s requirements for sea time.

He suggests that companies pay students a day rate for their work experience. “It helps develop loyalty to that company,” Leach told the forum. “I’ve watched this over the years, and often a company might not get that student immediately after graduation, but the student might end up back at the company later and with even more experience.”

He also encourages company representatives to come ride on training boats with academy students, attend career fairs, serve as guest speakers in class or remotely, and steer people who are interested in attending a maritime academy to apply for admission.

Timothy Achorn, director, Center for Professional Mariner Development, added that experienced mariners are needed to teach at Maine Maritime. “We’re always looking for instructors,” he said, especially deck instructors. “Don’t be afraid to teach. I never thought I’d do it, and I’ve been doing it now for 23 years.” — Pamela Glass

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UPLIFT CONTINUES IN THE GULF

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s global tensions have oil prices flirting with triple digits, Gulf of Mexico operators are going all out in a resurgence that has continued to gain steam throughout the year.

Production is on track to exceed 2 million barrels per day (bbl/d) this year, after last hitting the 2 million milestone in August 2019, just prior to the Covid-induced shutdown. According to the latest numbers available, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported production in federal-controlled waters reaching just over 1.9 million bbl/d in July.

Increasing production has been a priority as fear that the Israeli-Hamas war could escalate across the Middle East and short-circuit global supplies, coupled with the ongoing UkraineRussia war, has some analysts predicting crude prices could in the not-so-distant future return to $100/bbl. Prices on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmark closed at $93.68 bbl on Sept. 27, before settling at $83.03 bbl on Oct. 24.

Kicking off 2023 production, Shell Offshore delivered first oil in February from its oft-delayed Vito field in Mississippi Canyon, which at its peak will produce around 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOE/D) from four blocks in 4,000' of water. Among the Gulf’s most active operators, Shell took delivery of the Whale floating production unit (FPU) in mid-October, which replicates the Vito design and is likewise designed to produce up to 100,000 bbl/d, beginning in early 2024 in Alaminos Canyon. www.workboat.com • DECEMBER 2023 • WorkBoat

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Elsewhere, BP began first production from the Argos floating production system in April. Argos serves as the nucleus of the $9-billion Mad Dog 2 development that covers three Green Canyon blocks. The deepwater field will produce up to 140,000 bbl/d from 14 wells in roughly 4,500' of water.

Meanwhile, after averaging around 21 active rigs for much of the year, the Gulf saw 22 rigs drilling as of Oct. 20, according to Baker Hughes, most of these are engaged in development drilling on producing assets. Independent Kosmos Energy, however, is among the latest to prove that new oil is still being found in the outer reaches of the Gulf. In October, Kosmos said its Tiberius exploration well in roughly 7,500' of water in Keathley Canyon Block 964, uncovered around 250' of net oil pay.

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Shell took delivery of the Whale floating production unit (FPU) in mid-October, which will begin producing up to 100,000 bbl/d in early 2024.

emissions, and discoveries like Tiberius can bring lower-carbon U.S. supply to meet near-term growing oil demand,” CEO Andrew Inglis said of the discovery.

Drilling contractor Transocean Ltd. owns nine of the drillships currently working in the Gulf, with day rates averaging just over $464,000, according to the company’s Oct. 18 quarterly fleet status report. Transocean’s backlog now stands at approximately $9.4 billion.

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. is operating five drillships while Noble Corp. has Booth 1911 four active floaters in the Gulf, according to the contractors’ latest fleet status reports.

“The fundamental setup for our industry is arguably the best that it has looked in the past 20 years based on a confluence of macro supply and demand factors,” Robert Eifler, Noble president and CEO said earlier this year. “Leading indicators on offshore project sanctioning uniformly point to a sustained multiyear upturn in offshore investment and rig demand.”

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Higher paydays and utilization rates have likewise extended to the latest generation platform and drilling support vessels (PSV/OSV). “Every region and every vessel class experienced a modest to quite significant day rate increase during the second quarter,” Tidewater Inc. President and CEO Quintin Kneen said in an Aug. 8 earnings call.

Earlier this summer, 320' PSVs up to 6,000 dwt were netting from $30,000 to $55,000/day on the Gulf of Mexico spot market, said S&P Global senior marine analyst Richard Sanchez, adding that the inventory of both suitable vessels and, more notably, the crews to man them remains tight. “There’s stiff competition for Jones Act-qualified mariners right now and I don’t think it’s going to abate. We’ve seen a big reshuffling where people with high skills can pick whatever they want from a range of jobs.”

All this comes as the industry has steadily criticized what it sees as a less-than-supportive stance by the Biden administration, particularly with respect to the Sept. 29 decision to authorize only three offshore lease offerings through 2029, which the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) decried as an “utter failure for the country.”

Nevertheless, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved 41 new well drilling permits for waters deeper than 1,000' between Jan. 1 and Oct. 24, up from 32 new well authorizations for the same period in 2022. — Jim Redden

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AUTONOMOUS INTEREST GROWS

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ccording to a white paper published in 2021 by the American Bureau of Shipping, the International Maritime Organization has identified four degrees of vessel autonomy: 1) Ship with automated processes and decision support in which some operations may be automated and

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A good example of category two is the Nellie Bly, a small tug built by Damen in Europe. Two years ago, the 36' tug circumnavigated Denmark navigating primarily by AI (artificial intelligence)-assisted machinery while being guided from Boston. The voyage was called the Machine Odyssey and the equipment that guided the tug was provided by Sea Machines. And even though the on-board machinery was almost constantly in control (96.7% of the time), while being guided and monitored by licensed U.S. mariners, there were also two live mariners onboard the boat for “safety and redundancy,” according to Sea Machines.

The boat was named in honor of the female journalist who circumnavigated the globe in 72 days in 1889. This Nellie Bly’s trip was considerably shorter, about 1,000 nautical miles in 13 days, but the historical impact is similar, according to Michael G. Johnson, founder and CEO of Sea Machines.

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The tug Rachael Allen boasts a Sea Machines 300 autonomous system to enhance crew and vessel safety.

marks the catalyst for a new era of atsea operations,” Johnson said in a statement. “Remotely commanded autonomous vessels provide the industry with significant increases in productivity and operational safety and will provide a new world of actionable operational data for improved planning and business practices.

The tug’s navigation was controlled by the company’s SM300 autonomy system, so named because it contains 300 main processors that integrate everything from radar, AIS and cameras to sensors that monitor the vessel’s pitch, roll and heave-to area charts. Waypoints and speed can be input in advance, as are collision avoidance parameters that trigger course and speed alterations.

During the trip through Danish waters, the SM300 successfully executed 31 collision-avoidance situations and traf-

fic separation maneuvers.

More recently, the SM300 system has been installed on a Foss Maritime tug, the Rachel Allen. In August 2022, the tug and its autonomous control system received approval from ABS following a process of new technology evaluation. ABS’s approval “moves our entire industry yet another step closer to widespread adoption of autonomous marine technologies,” said Sea Machine’s Johnson.

Foss project manager Dan Cole said that the SM300 system would be used to provide “additional crew and vessel safety through the enhanced situational awareness.” (In other words, an IMO category one operation.) Foss and Sea Machines have been working with the Coast Guard to get final approval for full operation.

Sea Machines and HamiltonJet have also teamed up to produce a voyage control system called JETsense. Using multiple sensors and artificial intelligence, JETsense can perceive the domain and maintain precise control of steering and speed while also avoiding traffic and obstacles. The new product was introduced at the 2021 International WorkBoat Show.

The development of autonomous vessel operations also continues to evolve in Europe. Fugro, a multinational

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Fugro also deployed a Blue Essence USV in Australia for a remote inspection of three gas trunk lines.

In Norway, Yara International teamed up with the Kongsberg Group to build the world’s first autonomous and zero-emission container vessel, the Yara Birkeland. The 262' vessel has a cargo capacity of 120 TEUs and is powered by a 6.8-MWh battery bank. It will transport mineral fertilizer between Norwegian ports and replace 40,000 trips by diesel-powered trucks, thereby eliminating 1,000 tons of CO2 annually. The ship is nearing the end of a two-year testing period.

Back in the U.S., the Navy continues to develop uncrewed surface vessels for a variety of missions. Bollinger Shipyards is building seven USVs that are designed to detect and destroy undersea mines. With options, the contract may grow to 20 additional vessels potentially worth $123 million for Bollinger.

In May, the Navy established the Unmanned Surface Vessel Division for the Pacific Fleet. It’s designed to be “the catalyst for innovation as we employ unmanned surface capabilities in the Pacific fleet,” Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener said in a statement. “The implementation of unmanned systems will increase decision speed and lethality to enhance our warfighting advantage.”

Saildrone, a U.S. USV fleet that now comes in three sizes, has just completed 10 years of operation during which the company’s boats have sailed over one million nautical miles, including circumnavigation of the Antarctic.

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ARMY LANDING CRAFT Vigor

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Vigor, Seattle, was awarded a 10-year contract from the Army in 2017 to design and build up to 36 new-generation landing craft. The shipyard partnered with BMT to design the Army’s new 117'×28'2" aluminum, tri-bow monohull maneuver support vessel light, or MSV(L). A prototype was launched in October 2022 at Vigor’s marine fabrication facility, Vancouver, Wash.

Currently, the Army’s objective is to build 13 vessels to replace the landing craft mechanized-8 (LCM-8), a Vietnam-era watercraft that is unable to transport some of today’s equipment due to the weight of modern combat vehicles.

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totype has a running speed of 21 knots (laden) and more than 30 knots (unladen), a range of 360 nautical miles, and a 4' draft (laden).

The MSV(L) is designed to be faster and more maneuverable than its predecessor and to have the ability to operate in intercoastal areas, inland waterways, and in anti-access and area-denial environments.

The prototype has a payload of 82 short tons, meaning it can haul one combat configured M1 Abrams tank, or two Stryker combat vehicles, or four joint light tactical vehicles, as well as multiple other payload configurations.

MSV(L)s feature a 1,697-sq.-ft. deck area with drive-through capability, bifold bow ramp and kedge anchor system. The boats will carry an eight-person crew.

The MSV(L) is scheduled to undergo builder’s trials through November, followed by extended acceptance trials.

The prototype isn’t slated for delivery to the Army until early 2024.

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by Teknicraft Design, Auckland, New Zealand. The vessel will contain proven design elements found in the recently commissioned research vessels Blue Manta and Shearwater, which were built for BlueTide Puerto Rico and Duke University, respectively.

The University of Hawaii vessel is being constructed to Coast Guard standards for service in waters where the range to refuge is 150 nautical miles or less. It will operate as a multipurpose research vessel in Hawaiian waters and offshore on ocean routes for a crew of up to 12.

The propulsion package will include two fixed-pitch propellers powered by twin Scania DI16 082M Tier 3 engines, each rated at 800 hp at 2,100 rpm. The twin-engine speed and fuelefficiency of the vessel will allow University of Hawaii researchers to access and study marine environments in the Hawaiian Islands.

Onboard the vessel, scientists and crew will have comfortable live-aboard quarters, large wet and dry lab spaces, as well as a range of the latest oceanographic equipment in which to conduct a variety of missions.

The vessel has been designed to sup-

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The new research vessel integrates the signature Teknicraft Design symmetrical and asymmetrical combined hull shape, bow-wave piercer, and a hydrofoil-assisted hull design. The hull and hull components are designed to break up wave action and ensure reduced drag while enhancing passenger comfort. Teknicraft’s hydrofoil-assisted hull design features low-wake wash energy and fuel economy. The main foil action reduces the power needed to maintain service speed.

The vessel is designed to offer passengers and crew a smooth ride and comfort, as the hull provides a cushioned effect when encountering waves.

Shipyard officials said the boat will be able to maintain an estimated fully loaded cruise speed of 22-24 knots and with a fuel-efficient minimum survey speed of three knots. With a large fuel capacity of 1,800 gals., the vessel will support a science team of eight on offshore missions and 22 students/crew on shorter day excursions.

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he Tampa Bay Pilots Association will have one of its Chesapeakeclass pilot boats repowered and repaired at Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass.

The 53' Tampa, built in 2003, introduced the Chesapeake-class of midsize, high-speed launches.

In 2015, the Tampa pilots took delivery of the shipyard’s first Chesapeakeclass MKII, which incorporates Volvo Penta’s IPS 2 pod system.

With more than 50,000 operating hours, the all-aluminum Tampa will be repowered and undergo repairs.

Along with modifying the engine beds, hull frames, exhaust systems, cooling- and fuel-system piping to accommodate the new engines, the yard will replace the twin 600-hp Caterpillar 3406 engines with a pair of Cat C18, EPA Tier 3 diesel engines, each delivering 670 hp at 2,100 rpm.

The repowered boat will have a top speed greater than 25 knots.

After installing new shafts, bearings, seals and couplings, the engines will turn new 5-bladed Bruntons propellers through Twin Disc MGX-5136A Quickshift gears.

In addition, the pilot boat will receive a new SeaStar Optimus steering system and a Northern Lights 12-kW generator. Other upgrades include new Norsap 1500 pilot seats, new windows, three new doors to the pilothouse and four new hatch covers.

The boat’s bottom, topsides and pilothouse will be stripped to bare metal and receive a fresh coating system.

In other Gladding-Hearn news, the Pilots’ Association for the Bay and River Delaware have ordered a 54' pilot boat from the shipyard.

When delivered, the boat will be the Lewes, Del.-based association’s fourth Chesapeake-class launch and 11th pilot boat built for the pilots by Gladding-Hearn since 1957.

Delivery of the new pilot boat is scheduled for 2024.

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said the Miami is a fast, reliable, and economical offshore pilot boat.

Built for pilot boat associations seeking economical acquisition and operations, the Lightspeed pilot boat is designed to deliver efficiency, lowmaintenance and flexibility in highspeed transit, safe pilot boarding, and search and rescue missions, Compmillennia said.

The boat’s all-composite construction features selective use of fiberglass, carbon and aramid fiber, impact- and vibration-absorbing core and highelongation vacuum-resin-infused vinyl ester resin.

It is designed to increase durability and lower weight by 35% versus other composites and by 50% versus typical metal construction, according to Compmillennia officials.

The Miami can transport up to six pilots at a time.

Main propulsion comes from twin Mercury 300-hp Sea Pro outboards with Mercury’s Enert ECO 16"×20" stainless-steel props, giving the boat a running speed of 45 knots. The boat is also fitted with Mercury controls and an Optimus 360 steering system.

The outboards are fed from a 424-gal. fuel tank.

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2023 BOATBUILDING REVIEW The new 73.2'×23.3' Texas City, has a draft of 5.9' and is equipped with a Seakeeper 30HD stabilizing gyro, which, according to shipyard officials, will reduce the vessel’s roll by up to 80%.

Designed by Ray Hunt Design, New Bedford, Mass., with a deep-V hull, the aluminum launch is powered by three Volvo Penta D13, EPA Tier 3 marine diesel engines, each delivering 800 hp at 2,300 rpm, and integral to the engines’ triple IPS-Pod 1050 system.

The main engines connect to forward facing, counter-rotating nibral props through Volvo Penta IPS-30 propulsion pods. Top speed is over 33 knots, and the pilot boat hits 30 knots at 80% power. The vessel will burn 30% less fuel than the pilots’ existing 70' pilot boats at the same speed, according to Gladding-Hearn President Peter Duclos.

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stalled at the transom to automatically optimize the vessels running trim, and actively reduce pitch and roll at speeds above 15 knots.

The wheelhouse, mounted to the flush deck aft of amidships, features a center-line helm station, with a twinlever control head and a 3-axis maneuvering joystick. The wheelhouse has heated forward and side windows, six Norsap 1500 shock-mitigating seats and a settee with table.

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The forecastle includes a stateroom with two berths, head, hanging locker, small galley and dinette. HVAC in the wheelhouse and forecastle is supplied by six self-contained, reverse-cycle air-conditioning units, totaling 80,000 Btus. Interior sound levels at full power are under 75 dBA. Outside the wheelhouse are wide side decks and a flush main deck. On the foredeck, aft of the wave break, are port and starboard boarding platforms. A Carlisle & Finch search light, with integrated NightFINDER thermal camera, is located at the forward end of the wheelhouse roof. A Harken Industrial TR31 safety rail system has been installed on the wheelhouse handrails. A control station, with a 3-axis maneuvering joystick, is at the transom, along with a winch-operated J-Basket rescue system and recessed stairs and platform for pilot rescue operations.

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Tankage includes 1,500 gals. of fuel and 50 gals. fresh water. The Texas City carries a crew of two. The pilot boat was delivered in November 2022.

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onstruction has begun on the American Liberty, the third new

241'×56', 105-passenger coastal catamaran in American Cruise Line’s Project Blue series.

First announced in January, the Project Blue series is a set of 12 small coastal cruise ships designed to cover almost any domestic cruise itinerary, ACL said. American Liberty features a similar hull design as the company’s previously announced coastal cats. All ships are being built at ACL’s Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, Md. The new fleet will operate exclusively in the U.S., with a focus on small towns and close-to-home adventures.

Boat specifications were not released.

The first two ships in the series, the American Eagle and American Glory, were scheduled to begin sailing in 2023. American Liberty is set to begin cruising in May 2024.

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ships in the series will feature amenities including 56 staterooms and suites, each with a private balcony, spacious lounges, and multiple dining venues.

The ship’s catamaran hull form allows for a wide activity platform at the stern, equipped with kayaks and a large tender for in-depth adventures directly from the ship.

ACL said the new boats will feature an innovative hybrid catamaran design that will give the cats “unprecedented near-shore operating versatility.”

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FEBRUARY 2023 PASSENGER VESSEL RETROFIT Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding

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ermuda’s Marine and Port Services has awarded a contract to Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding for a

major refit of the 700-passenger ferry Bermudian.

Built in 1988, the 118' steel vessel recently completed the 635-mile crossing of the North Atlantic, arriving at the Somerset, Mass., shipyard, in about 65 hours.

With engineering and project management by Gladding-Hearn and Propulsion Data Services, and class oversight by Lloyd’s Register, the refit was scheduled for completion in mid-2023.

Among the myriad of items to be removed, repaired, or replaced, the hull will receive repairs as required by class and repainted.

The vessel’s original twin Detroit Diesel 12V-71 460-hp main engines will be replaced with continuously rated Caterpillar C-18, 600-hp, IMO Tier II diesel engines, along with new controls and monitoring systems. With new enlarged shafts,

seals, bearings, cooling and exhaust systems, the engines will be paired with new ZF W650 gear boxes to turn 5-bladed Hung Shin Marine nibral propellers. The repowered ferry will have a service speed of 12 knots with a full load of passengers.

Existing air controls at each of the three control stations — one centerline and one at each bridge wing in the wheelhouse — will be replaced with ZF electronic controls. The original Wagner steering will be replaced with a new Kobelt PTO powered hydraulic system.

The new 99-kW Caterpillar generators, with new mechanical and electrical support systems, will replace the existing 40-kW gensets.

In the engine room, the existing Halon fire-suppression system will be replaced with a new “clean agent” fire suppression system. The passenger accommodations will be renewed or

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2023 BOATBUILDING REVIEW updated. The five passenger heads will be refreshed with new fixtures and Headhunter toilets. The black and grey water holding capacity will be increased to comply with zero-discharge requirements.

In the main cabin, with seating for 150 passengers, the interior bulkheads will be re-lined, and the carpeting replaced. The cabin ceiling will be replaced, along with new LED lighting. A new 36,000-Btu air-conditioning system will replace the existing HVAC. A new integrated audio/visual passenger information system will be installed in the passenger accommodation spaces, and a new CCTV security system will monitor the entire vessel from the wheelhouse.

New electronics include the Simrad NSS16 EVO multifunctional display, linked to its HALO24 radar and interfaced with the vessel’s existing AIS. The incandescent

navigation, flood and search lights will be replaced with new LED fixtures.

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Augusta is the 17th LCS designed and constructed by Austal USA. The Independence-variant LCS is the most recent step in the small surface combatant evolution. A highspeed, agile, shallow-draft, focusedmission surface combatant, the LCS is designed to conduct surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and mine countermeasures missions in the littoral near-shore region, while also possessing the capability for deepwater operations. With its open-architecture design, the LCS can support modular weapons, sensor systems and a variety of manned and unmanned vehicles.

Each aluminum trimaran LCS has a displacement of 3,200 MT, and a 15.1' draft.

Main propulsion comes from a pair of 12,200-hp MTU 20V8000 diesel engines and two 29,500hp GE LM2500 gas turbines.

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Independence-variant LCSes are fast, optimally manned, missiontailored surface combatants that operate in near-shore and open-ocean environments.

The 797-dwt ship carries a crew of 43 — 11 officers and 32 enlisted — in addition to carrying up to 36 mission crew.

Armament includes BAE Systems Mk 110.57-mm gun, four 50-caliber guns and Raytheon SeaRAM CIWS. LCS 34 has 390,000 cu. ft. of payload volume. Augusta was designed to carry two mission modules, allowing the ship to do multiple missions without having to be refitted. The 11,100-sq.-ft. flight deck can support two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters, multiple unmanned aerial vehicles, or one CH-53 Sea Stallion-class helicopter. The trimaran aluminum hull will allow flight operations up to sea state 5.

The latest Independent-variant LCS is the second Navy vessel to be named Augusta in honor of the Maine state capital, the first being a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine decommissioned in 2009.

Augusta was delivered in May and is homeported in San Diego. Austal can drydock and provide lifecycle sustainment support for the Independence-variant ship class and other similar sized ships at its waterfront repair facility in San Diego.

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urger Boat Co., Manitowoc, Wis., delivered a new car-passenger ferry to the Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority (EUPTA), Sault Ste., Mich.

The ferry was designed by Seacraft Design LLC, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. The 92'×33' Neebish Islander III has a 6'2" draft. The ferry entered service in November.

The steel ferry will operate year-round on the St. Mary’s River in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula between Barbeau, Mich., and Neebish Island. The ferry was designed to operate in the harsh winter environment and through the solid ice conditions it will encounter on its route.

The ferry has a full displacement hull with a displacement of 170 LT or 173 metric tons.

Main propulsion comes from twin Caterpillar C18 engines, producing 600 hp each. The Cats connect to Kahlen-

berg 4-bladed stainless-steel propellers on 5"-dia. Aquamet 22 shafts, giving the Neebish Islander III a maximum speed of 10 knots.

Controls are the responsibility of Jastram controlling independent rudders — one forward and one aft.

The new ferry is classed USCG Subchapter T. It has a fuel capacity of 1,500 gals.

The Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority, established in 1975, operates three local vehicle and passenger ferries to the nearby islands of Sugar, Neebish and Drummond.

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Buquebus, one of Incat’s longtime customers based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, recently asked Incat to “investigate the possibility of replacing the LNG powerplant with a batteryelectric solution,” for a 130-meter (426') catamaran that will carry 2,100 passengers and 226 vehicles, according to Incat. When the transition from LNG to batteries is completed, the vessel would be the world’s largest zero-emissions ferry operating on any route anywhere.

Conventional diesel power requires only main engines and gearboxes to drive propulsors, while zero-emission power includes batteries, frequency converters, transformers and electric motors, plus shoreside infrastructure to handle recharging.

NATIONAL SECURITY TRAINING SHIP Philly Shipyard

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OTE Services LLC, Philly Shipyard Inc., and Texas A&M University cut steel in January for the fourth 524'5"×88'7"×55' national security multimission vessel (NSMV)

destined for the Texas A&M Maritime Academy in Galveston, Texas.

Philadelphia-based Philly Shipyard will build up to five new ships, all with 21'4" drafts. The fourth NSMV is expected to be delivered in 2025 to Texas A&M Maritime Academy. In 2019, Marad awarded TOTE Services a contract for the NSMV program.

The NSMV IV’s steel cutting is another major construction milestone for the Maritime Administration’s NSMV program, designed to provide a purpose-built, state-of-the-art training platform for state maritime academies in New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Texas, and California.

In addition to providing world-class training for future U.S. mariners, these five NSMVs will be available to support humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions in times of need.

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In this role as a National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) vessel, the NSMV will incorporate medical capabilities, a command-and-control platform, and berthing for up to 1,000 first responders and recovery workers.

The vessel’s roll-on/roll-off ramp and crane to facilitate container storage capabilities will enable it to provide critical support equipment and supplies to those in need.

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The ships will feature numerous instructional spaces, a full training bridge and have space for up to 600 cadets to train in a first-rate maritime academic environment at sea.

Construction of the first two vessels is well underway, with contracted delivery of NSMV I to SUNY Maritime College in 2023, NSMV II to Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 2024.

NSMV III is scheduled for delivery to Maine Maritime Academy in 2024.

Each ship will carry 600 cadets, 100 officers, staff, and crew.

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Norway’s HAV Design AS designed the vessel, which will go into service in 2026. Additional specifications have not yet been finalized.

Under the contract, Jacksonville, Fla.,-based Crowley will manage and crew the SOV to support Siemens Gamesa’s service operations on the Dominion Energy Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project off the coast of Virginia. Esvagt will support Crowley with design, construction, crew training and operation services as part of the two companies’ joint venture, Crest Wind, created in 2021.

The SOV is designed for comfort and workability, providing a highly efficient workspace and safe transfer of technicians at the windfarm via a motion-compensated gangway and

transfer boats. It will also offer recreational activities for onboard crew and technicians, including fitness facilities, a game room, a cinema, and individual accommodations.

The new vessel will have a 20.3' draft and feature state-of-the-art technologies to support the operations and maintenance activities of the wind farm project. It will have accommodations for 80 crew and technicians.

Esvagt is one of the largest operators of SOVs in Europe.

Dominion Energy said it plans to construct 176 14.7 MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbines and three offshore substations, generating enough clean, renewable energy to power up to 660,000 homes. Dominion said this would produce five million tons per year less of carbon emissions compared with fossil fuel usage for power.

APRIL 2023 ELECTRIC TRUCKABLE TUG Miller Marine

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2023 BOATBUILDING REVIEW The 26' tug is designed as a multifunctional utility boat that services marine construction sites, tends dredges and buoys, and can handle short range ferry operations and other nearshore operations such as crew transportation or line handling, EBDG said. The tug will be a test case to understand the market demand for an all-electric vessel, EBDG added.

Last year, Miller Marine reached out to EBDG to discuss partnering on development of a battery-electric option for Miller’s popular truckable tug design.

The shipyard saw a market opportunity for an electric version of a design they had been building for several years — a

result of new Environmental Protection Agency regulations and government grants for zero- and low-emission vessel construction. Also, other states are starting to follow California’s lead in issuing credits to low-emission or zero-emission operations.

For EBDG, the new electric tug is another step in its goal to become a market leader in green and alternate fuel technologies, as well as an industry-first test case to gauge market demand for an all-electric option. The electric tug will be built with a lot of room in the hull for batteries. EBDG will incorporate an electrical propulsion system into Miller Marine’s truckable tug design. Miller Marine will build the vessel at its

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The tug will be made up of two pieces — a shoe box-looking hull and a customizable superstructure with an enclosed steering station. Both pieces can be loaded separately on a single flatbed trailer and towed anywhere in the U.S. without the need for any special permitting or road closures. Construction is scheduled to begin in the summer with the first tug completed and put in operation by the first quarter of 2024.

The 26' vessel will be powered by two permanent magnet (PM) motors with a total power of over 300 kW (400 hp).

The new tug will not only be truckable, but 26' is also the cutoff for Subchapter M inspection by the Coast Guard.

Shore power will be used to recharge the vessel’s battery banks overnight, taking about eight hours. On a full charge, the vessel will operate for 12-plus hours.

A closed-loop fluid cooling system will provide temperature control for the bat-

teries, motors and electronics, maximizing their lifetime. The configuration is ideally suited for shallow and silty water operations, EBDG officials said.

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amen has developed the FLOWSV vessel concept that can accelerate the development of floating wind farm installation, the company said. The Damen 492'×105' FLOW-SV is specially designed to install ground tackles for offshore turbine floaters.

The vessel can load the immense lengths of chain needed to install and

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Secured at all three corners, a floater needs three ground tackles.

The anchors and chains needed for installing offshore floating wind turbines are so big that a vessel larger than existing anchor handlers is needed.

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When Damen engineers defined the amounts of gear that the FLOW-SV needs to take onboard to be able to install three floaters in a base case of 328' of water, their calculations added up to five kilometers (3.1 miles) of 152-mm dia. chain links, 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) of 112-mm dia. fiber rope, nine anchors each weighing 15 tons, approximately 100 clump weights of 10 tons each, D-shackles, tensioners, and steel cable.

Getting the gear to the place of operation means the vessel carries a load of more than 4,000 tons. Depending on seabed conditions, depth and windfarm operator requirements, anchors can be replaced with suction piles to provide a secure ground tackle.

When deploying the anchors at sea, the chain is guided to large winches on the forward end of the large open aft deck, from where it leads over the deck to the stern where it is deployed into the water. A 250-ton crane with a 41' reach and active heave compensation is installed along the aft deck’s starboard side while two smaller cargo rail cranes are available for handling gear on deck.

A triple-drum anchor winch can deploy 600 tons pulling force.

One unique feature of the FLOW-SV is the combination of bollard pull generated by the thrusters and added pulling force from the bow reaction anchor winch, which adds up to 1,000 tons of force. The FLOW-SV deploys the bow anchor and embeds it by reversed bollard pull. The boat then moves to the spot where the anchor for the floater needs to be installed. After letting out enough chain, the anchor for the floater needs to be proof loaded, ensuring a secure seabed connection. Using the four thrusters, the FLOW-SV has 400 tons of bollard pull.

Pulling strength is enhanced by the forward anchor handling winch, which generates another 600 tons. At that moment, approximately 1,000 tons of proof-load is acting on the turbine floater anchor.

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propel the FLOW-SV and provide forward bollard pull. The propellers in nozzles turn 180° to provide ample reverse bollard pull when the bow anchor is set. The azimuthing thrusters are also engaged for dynamic positioning, together with the retractable azimuthing thruster and tunnel thrusters in the bow section of the vessel.

In line with the purpose of installing renewable energy supply, the FLOWSV is laid out for using the renewable fuel methanol.

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ers the electric motors for zero-carbon shipping, the company said.

Amogy plans to launch the tugboat later this year in upstate New York after further safety testing.

Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA), one of the world’s largest ammonia producers and the world’s largest trader and shipper of ammonia, will be providing green ammonia for the demonstration.

Ammonia, which does not emit CO2 when used as a fuel, is expected to become a next-generation fuel as it contains properties ideally suited for the hydrogen economy, Amogy said.

Furthermore, green ammonia produces with zero greenhouse gas emissions from well to wake, Amogy added.

Other partners in the project include Seam, Amogy’s electrical systems integrator, and C-Job Naval Architects.

Amogy is also working with Unique Technical Solutions (UTS) for the electrical and systems work involved in scaling up the powerpack for precommercial use.

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eeney Shipyard, Kingston, N.Y., is retrofitting a 105'×27'×15' tug for Amogy Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. The ammonia-powered, zero-emission vessel was scheduled to be delivered in late 2023.

Ammonia is predicted to become the leading fuel source for the world’s giant cargo ships by 2050, according to the International Energy Agency.

The tug was originally built in 1957 at Brooklyn-based Jakobson Shipyard and uses diesel generators and electric motors, with its ammonia-to-power system.

Main propulsion will be the responsibility of a 1-MW version of Amogy’s 600 kW powerpack. The boat will also be outfitted with two auxiliary diesel generators.

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The towboat will be outfitted with two Caterpillar C280-12 main engines, producing approximately 11,000 hp, supplied by Louisiana CAT. The

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2023 BOATBUILDING REVIEW engines will be paired with two Reintjes WAF 6755 reduction gears supplied by Karl Senner LLC. Generator power will be supplied by three Cat 275-kW generators. The towboat will be outfitted with CT Marine CT28-SL nozzles housing 124"-dia. stainlesssteel, 5-bladed fixed pitch propellers and features twin-DIFF flanking and steering rudder systems.

The new vessel will accommodate a crew of up to 12 and the design incorporates a floating, spring-mounted superstructure for additional crew comfort.

Upon delivery, the vessel will operate on ACBL’s mainline network pushing up to 56 barges, averaging approximately 75,000 tons of cargo. Designed

by Portland, Maine-based CT Marine, the towboat’s pilothouse will have an eyeline at 47' above the water.

C&C Marine is finishing up detailed design and is expected to begin con-

struction later this year. The estimated delivery date is the third quarter of 2024.

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n March, Campbell Transportation’s Lincoln Thomas, a 70'×24'×10' towing vessel built in 1975 was repowered with a pair of 850-hp

Mitsubishi S12A2 main engines at Amherst Madison, Charleston, W. Va. The engines were provided by Laborde Products, Covington, La. The towboat works on the Ohio River out of Pittsburgh.

The new diesels replaced two 850-hp Cummins KTA38s. This seems to be a significant shift away from Cummins engines for Campbell Transportation’s liquid towing vessels, of which there are 10 listed on Campbell Transportation’s website. Prior to the repowering, seven of the vessels had Cummins main engines. No engine was listed for the remaining three.

The Mitsubishi engines are somewhat lighter and slightly smaller than the Cummins engines. Trace Laborde, vice president of sales at Laborde, doesn’t think the weight savings was a factor in selecting the Mitsubishi’s.

Though the Mitsubishi engine’s size and weight weren’t major factors in its

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That might be part of the reason why Laborde’s 850-hp Mitsubishi S12A2 has repowered several vessels that had been powered with 850-hp Cummins KTA38s. Enough so that Laborde said he considers vessels powered with the Cummins KTA38 a niche market “for the Mitsubishi (S12A2) engine.”

In late March, Laborde said the Lincoln Thomas had finished sea trials with its new Mitsubishi main engines and Campbell “is very happy with it.”

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expected top speed of 35 knots and a running speed of 32 knots.

The jet-powered pilot boats’ mission is to safely service pilot transfers to deep-draft vessels on the Lower Mississippi River at Pilottown, La. The new boats, which will have 3' drafts, Stidd marine seating for twoperson crews and eight pilots each, will have tankage for 600 gals. of fuel and 55 gals. of freshwater.

Other features include a Northern Lights 16-kW genset, roof pilot boarding system, and Teledyne FLIR M364C thermal camera system with joystick control.

JUNE 2023 OFFSHORE WIND SURVEY VESSEL All American Marine

Snow & Company

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now & Company Inc., Seattle, was awarded a contract earlier this year to build two 50'×16'8" aluminum pilot boats for the Crescent River Port Pilots’ Association, New Orleans.

Designed by UK-based Camarc Design, the all-aluminum vessels have a refined hull with enhanced fuel efficiencies and reduced slamming accelerations, which are designed to provide all-around seakeeping capabilities and a pilot specific shape to facilitate safe boarding operations.

The vessels will be powered by twin Volvo Penta D13-800 EPA Tier 3 marine diesel engines, producing 800 hp at 2,300 rpm each. The mains will connect to HamiltonJet twin HJ403 waterjets with two Station AVX express controls through Twin Disc MGX-5136SC marine gears.

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o Chris Freeman, an ocean surveyor and cofounder of Geodynamics, Newport, N.C., the boat that carries his sonars and other tools of the trade is more than just a platform to transport him and his equipment.

Geodynamics (an NV5 company) recently took delivery of its newest and largest vessel, the 73'×26.7' Shackleford, from All American Marine in Bellingham, Wash. The hydrofoilassisted aluminum catamaran was designed by Teknicraft Design in New Zealand, like most boats built by All American Marine, including several other research vessels.

The semi-displacement cat is powered by a pair of Caterpillar C18 “D”

ACERT, Tier 3, 2,100-rpm, 803-hp engines turning fixed-pitch propellers through ZF 665V remote-mounted gearboxes. The boat is said to comfortably and economically cruise at 20 knots. Survey work is often performed at about 8 knots.

The new boat will provide Geodynamics with the necessary stability and capability to conduct accurate “single pass” survey operations for the growing offshore wind market on the Atlantic coast. The Shackleford itself is a further development of near-coastal vessels from Teknicraft/All American such as Duke University’s Shearwater and Blue Tide Puerto Rico’s Blue Manta.

The Shackleford’s main deck features an open layout of dry-lab spaces for workstations with multiple display screens. There is also a small U-shaped galley and nearby dining table. The boat can accommodate up to 16 people for day operations and has bunks for 10.

The vessel was built to Subchapter T standards. Electrical power is supplied by a pair of Kohler 24EKOZD, 24 kW, 60Hz, 120/208 VAC, 3-phase gensets.

Outside, a retractable strut can lower and raise a Kongsberg multibeam echosounder through a moon pool at the aft end of the house. The main working deck also features an adjustable Aframe over the stern for launching and recovery of towed instrumentation. The stern is also fitted with swim platforms at both corners. On the upper deck, there’s a small knuckle-boom crane on the port side, aft corner above the main deck. The upper deck also features an open steering station forward with a hardtop cover.

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odriguez Shipbuilding, Coden, Ala., delivered the 72'×30'×11', 1,600-hp pusher tug Boyce B to Weeks Marine, Cranford, N.J., in late March.

Designed by Entech Designs, Kenner, La., with a 9'3" draft, the new 159gt. boat primarily assists in dredging operations.

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2023 BOATBUILDING REVIEW From half-inch bottom plate from bow to aft engine room bulkhead and 5/8" bottom plate from aft engine room bulkhead to stern, 3/4" bow and stern corner plating, 3/4" side sheer strake, 3/4" head log and transom, and 3/8" side shell “makes this a heavy-duty hull to handle all the work that comes with dredging,” said David Tuck, Weeks’ chief engineer/project manager. “And 360-degree fendering from M&M Bumper gives another layer of protection. Building the fleet deck as well as the aft deck to handle 6,000 lbs. also is a great addition to help transport equipment to and around the dredge site.”

Main propulsion comes from a pair of Cummins QSK 19-MRCS diesel engines producing 800 hp each. The mains are connected to 82"×67", 4-bladed, stainless steel props through Twin Disc MGX-5222 DC marine gears with 6.96:1 reduction ratios.

The propulsion package gives the Boyce

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B a running speed of 8 knots and a bollard pull estimated at 20 tons.

Ship’s service power comes from twin Cummins QSB7-DM powered Stamford generators sparking 75 kW of electrical power each.

Controls, installed by Gulf Coast Air and Hydraulics, are from ZF and steering is by Jastrum, also installed

by Gulf Coast Air and Hydraulics.

The aft and fleet cargo decks are both designed to carry a 20-yard loaded

dumpster capable of carrying between 6,000 lbs. and 8,000 lbs. Also, on deck are facing Wintech HW40-E7.5 double-drum winches with 150' of 1" synthetic 40-ton wire.

Firefighting equipment consists of two fire-hose stations, Griswold pumps with 10-hp motors, a 900-lb. fixed NOVEC 1230 bottle installed by Hiller, Mircom FA-300 six-zone fire alarm, with smoke, heat, and CO2 detectors also installed by Hiller, and portable fire extinguishers.

Other features of the Boyce B include a 45' vertical clearance, a 31' height of eye, and berthing for up to eight mariners.

Tankage includes 21,107 gals. of fuel; 25,080 gals. water; 884 gals. lube oil; and 111 gals. hydraulic oil.

Safety equipment includes a 12-person liferaft, a Markus Lifenet rescue device, EPIRB, survival suits, and life jackets.

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Steiner Shipyard is a small familyowned and operated 4th generation shipyard with many of the same capabilities as that of larger shipyards. Located in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, Steiner builds all types of new construction steel or aluminum vessels - from passenger/cargo ferries, inland river tow boats, ASD tugs and offshore supply vessels, to commercial fishing trawlers delivered all over the world.

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180-PASSENGER RIVERBOAT Chesapeake Shipbuilding Signet Maritime Corp.

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merican Cruise Lines (ACL) took delivery in April of the 328'×60'4", 180-passenger American Serenade from Chesapeake Shipbuilding.

The new riverboat is the sixth riverboat in the company’s Modern Series, and the 18th small ship built by Chesapeake for ACL. American Serenade immediately joined the company’s expanding Mississippi River fleet. ACL christened the new riverboat during its inaugural cruise in late April while visiting Vidalia, La. The new riverboat features five decks and offers 100% private balcony staterooms, including suites and singles. The boat’s interior design incorporates a liberal use of glass, allowing for enhanced views throughout the ship.

American Serenade showcases ACL’s patented opening bow and retractable gangway, as well as an open-air fifth-deck skywalk with an ellipse that cantilevers over the café below.

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ignet Shipbuilding & Repair (SSR), Pascagoula, Miss., is build-

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ing two 103'4"×45'6"×15'7" Robert Allan Ltd., (Vancouver, British Columbia)-designed advanced Rotortugs — the 7,725-hp Signet Sirius and Signet Capella — for Signet Maritime Corp. Part of the tugs’ responsibilities will include supporting the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, channel improvement project.

With a height-of-eye draft of 24'6", Signet Sirius is 85% complete. It will be launched on May 29, with a delivery date of July 2023. Signet Capella is 65% finished and has a delivery date of November 2023.

These 92-metric-ton bollard pull (85 metric tons in re- verse) escort/ ship-assist tugs were specifically developed to meet the challenges of escorting deep-draft very large crude carriers (VLCC) in the Port of Corpus Christi after the pending completion of the 54' channel improvement project.

The three-thruster Rotortug is designed to increase maneuverability but is also unique in that the vector of vessel travel and the vector of line tension do not have to be aligned, as they must be on a conventional tug or ASD tug, allowing for more complex, effective, and efficient maneuvers during ship escort at speed.

Signet believes that the new tugs are the first towing vessels to receive an ABS ENVIRO notation, first in the U.S. to achieve an ABS LEV (low emissions vessel) notation, and first in the U.S. to receive an ABS Cybersecurity-1 (CS-1) notation.

Main propulsion comes from three MTU 12V4000 M65L, Tier 4 marine engines producing 7,725 hp. The mains connect to Kongsberg US

205 controllable pitch Z-drives that contain 2,500-mm-diameter, 4-bladed nibral propellers in nozzles.

Ship’s service power comes from a pair of Tier 3 John Deere 6135AFM85 300-kW gensets.

The new tugs will have two winches each — a Markey DESF-52 Agileclass, 200-hp, electric winch on the bow; and a TESF-32 Agile-class, 200hp, electric winch on the stern.

Also on deck, the tugs are equipped with a Fire Fighting Systems AS (FFS) SFP 1,000-kW centrifugal fire pump, and two FFS 1200LB, remote operated monitors with 10,600-gpm flow and a range of 400'.

Tankage includes 45,000 gals. of fuel oil; 3,500 gals. diesel exhaust fluid; 5,300 gals. potable water; 500 gals. lube oil; and 160 gals. hydraulic oil.

TRAILING SUCTION HOPPER DREDGE Eastern Shipbuilding Group

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astern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Fla., has delivered the R.B. Weeks, a 364'6"×79'6"×27'3", 8,550-cu-yd. capacity trailing suction hopper dredge, to Weeks Marine Inc., Cranford, N.J. Despite building the vessel through the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, ESG was able to deliver it on schedule. The R.B. Weeks was built at ESG’s Allanton, Fla., shipyard and was launched about a year ago.

Weeks’ president and CEO Eric Ellefsen said the new dredge represents a significant milestone for the

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The R.B. Weeks is nearly identical to the Magdalen delivered by ESG in 2017. The dredge’s electrical power, propulsion, and dredge machinery package by Royal IHC features a pair of GE 16V250 Tier IV engines. The dredge was also designed with several accommodation and crew comfort upgrades.

The diesel engines connect to a Wärtsilä controllable pitch prop system in nozzles through four Siemens reduction gears. For additional maneuverability, the R.B. Weeks is fitted with a Wärtsilä fixed-pitch tunnel bowthruster.

Main electrical power comes from two Hyundai gensets, a GE 6L250 MDC auxiliary generator, and a Caterpillar C18 emergency generator.

The new dredge is classed Lloyd’s Register Maltese Cross A1 Hopper Dredge, LMC, UMS.

SEARCH AND RESCUE VESSEL Larsnes Mek Verksted

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arsnes Mek Verksted Shipyard, Larsnes, Norway, delivered the 168.3'×39.4'×20.3', 1,350-gt search and rescue vessel Life Support late last year to Emergency Ong, an international humanitarian organization, founded in Italy in 1994 to provide free surgical and medical assistance to victims of war, land mines, and poverty. The owner and manager of the boat is Italy’s Prua Rossa SRL, Milano.

Life Support is a refurbished vessel that is large enough to accommodate 200 castaways. It went through a series of modifications at the San Giorgio del Porto shipyard in Genoa, Italy.

Rescue equipment includes a sixperson DSB 39 IRB02 rescue boat, powered by a 25-hp outboard engine; two RIBs; and 16 liferafts that carry up to 25 people each.

The electronics suite is made up of a Furuno GP 80 GPS, GP 36 DGPS, NX-700 Navtex, SC50 satellite compass, FE-700 and FCV-611 echo sounders, 3 cm FR 2117 Apra radar and FR 2137 S Apra radar.

Other navigation and communication equipment includes a Skanti TRP1000 HF, TT3020CogMF, and TT 3617A digital selective calling transmitters; four Sailor VHF and TT-6110 Mini-C Terminal Satellite communications; three Sait SRH 50 portable VHF; four Entel UHF; Simrad GC80/85 gyro and AP 70 autopilot; Telchart El. Chart; Bergen Nautic BN35Pl magnetic compass; two Jotron Tron 40 S search-and-rescue transponders; and SAAB R5 AIS. On deck is a Dreggen folded jib crane — 10 metric tons at 46'. There is also a 5-metric-ton Vestdavit PLR15000 workboat davit.

Main propulsion comes from a pair of Anglo Belgium Corp. (ABC) 6MDZC diesel engines producing 1,800 hp at 1,000 rpm each. The mains connect to Scana Volda props through Scana Volda CP/54 ACG 450/ PF565/1 marine gear. There are also twin Stamford HC.M734 F2 1,000kW shaft generators. Running speed is 15 knots.

For additional maneuverability, Life Support was fitted with a Brunvoll 710-hp bowthruster, Brunvoll 400-hp stern thruster, two Scana Volda highlift rudders, and two Ulstein Tenfjord SR 622 steering gears.

There are cabins for 33 — three one-bedroom cabins, four twobedroom cabins, two three-bedroom cabins, one four-bedroom cabin, and two six-bedroom cabins.

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AUGUST 2023 LONG RANGE INTERCEPTOR BOATS MetalCraft Marine

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etalCraft Marine, Watertown, N.Y., has been awarded a second contract from the Coast Guard for the third generation of long-range interceptor boats (LRI III). Long range means 200 NM. MetalCraft has made many incremental improvements to the design based on input from Coast Guard crews around the U.S. Improvements include a finer bow entry, improved collar design by Wing, window and door improvements for better egress/ingress, full walk around cabin, higher thrust jets, redundant bucket controls, redundant sea water systems, independent crew heating and other small yet extremely important details, according to MetalCraft Contracts Manager Bob Clark.

The 35'×11'1"×4'8" LRI IIIs will have twin Cummins 6.7L diesels, producing 473 hp each, that power two Kongsberg A29 waterjets through ZF 280 marine gears. The propulsion package gives the boat a 40-knot speed. The LRIs are mission capable to sea state 5 (13') conditions at up to 12 knots. The boats will have a closed or open cabin arrangement that allows them to be operated nearly completely open in good weather or fully closed in inclement weather.

The boats will have 28" drafts and be built using ISO 12215 Category A unlimited aluminum. The success of the NSC 85

2023 BOATBUILDING REVIEW program in apprehending drug smugglers and illegal immigrants “has been nothing short of remarkable and has included several drug busts that set new records in the U.S. war on drugs,” Clark said.

The vessels will feature a David Clark Co. wired crew communications system that will allow the crew to maintain communication with the LRI or the Military Sealift Command mother ship for instructions via wireless to VHF connectivity. The system has a 300' range that allows the crew to communicate while boarding another vessel in proximity. The David Clark system replaced a previous system that could not withstand the rigors of LRI mission requirements.

The advanced navigation system is from Raymarine and FLIR. Suspension seating is supplied by Shockwave and Shoxs.

The boats will have a portable ballistic panel package designed to be mounted to the boat’s forward/side sections in eight minutes for specific high-threat missions.

The ballistic package is designed to protect the five-person crew from a 200° field of fire. The panels are provided by Safariland and are mounted to external brackets on the fixed superstructure and sliding doors.

Carrying a crew of five and up to 10 passengers, 17 LRI IIIs will be delivered over the next five years.

DOUBLE-ENDED FERRY Senesco Marine

million, 599-passenger, double-ended, hybrid-electric ferry. The ferry is being built at Senesco Marine, North Kingstown, R.I. The 164' passenger-vehicle ferry will replace an existing diesel-powered ferry, the Machigonne II, a 36-year-old 122'×37' passenger-vehicle ferry that services Peaks Island in Casco Bay, Maine. CBL estimates that use of the new ferry will result in a reduction of 800 tons of carbon dioxide a year.

The average age of CBL’s fleet is over 26 years old. The useful life of a passenger ferry is around 30 years.

The ferry, designed by Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), also has room for 15 vehicles. It is expected to enter service in 2024.

The new passenger-vehicle ferry will be a true hybrid vessel with the ability to operate using a diesel-electric system, a zero-emissions, fully batterypowered system, or a combination of the two.

CBITD said that due to pandemic-related supply chain problems, the hybrid ferry’s cost has risen to $25 million, an increase of about 75% over EBDG’s $14.2 million estimated cost in 2021.

Spear Power Systems will provide the ferry’s lithium-ion batteries, with a goal to achieve a 10-year battery life.

The batteries will be charged only at the Portland location. The Peaks Island service schedule only allows for a 10-minute charging window.

CBL has purchased a German-based Stemmann-Technik charging system.

Upon docking, the captain will deploy a charging mechanism that can be attached within 30 seconds. The charger requires 1.3 MW to operate.

The estimated delivery date for the new ferry is early 2026.

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asco Bay Lines (CBL), Portland, Maine, continues to make progress on the construction of its new $25 86

Silver Ships Silver Ships, Theodore, Ala., was awarded a $6 million Navy contract to build and deliver up to 246 high-speed

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maneuvering surface target custom vessels.

The contract includes options that would bring the total value of the contract to $48.25 million.

The aluminum boats will be built based on the shipyard’s AM800 RIB series. As target vessels, the 27'×9'6" boats are subsequently destroyed by the Navy after delivery.

Since 1994, the U.S. military has operated Silver Ships RIBs throughout all branches. The shipyard has built and delivered more than 800 RIBs, many used by the Navy to support ship, aviation training and operational needs.

The AM800 target boats have air or foam collars depending on the boat variant.

Each AM800 will be outfitted with a specialized compartment designed for installing remote control systems and electronics.

These target boats are fully operational and built to the Navy’s specifications and payload requirements depending on the boat’s specific mission.

Most of the HSMSTs ordered will be powered by twin Suzuki 225-hp outboards. The remaining boats in the contract will be powered by Mercury outboards and placed on Navy vessels that don’t carry gasoline.

HSMSTs are designed with several uncommon design elements specific to their unique mission. For example, an above-deck fuel tank allowing operators to replace tanks quickly and easily.

Steven Clarke, the shipyard’s CEO, said most of the vessels are remotely operated but can also be run by a one- or two-person crew for training purposes. The boats are obviously not targeted when a crew is aboard.

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SEPTEMBER 2023 LOCK MAINTENANCE TUG Washburn & Doughty

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he word “tugboat” doesn’t come close to describing the 60'×28'×10'6" Seaway Trident. It looks like a tugboat, maritime publications label it a tugboat, and its designer refers to it as a tugboat. But the primary focus is not maneuvering vessels in or out of a crowded harbor, though it will do that. Its main duties include scraping ice off walls of locks and maintaining aids to navigation.

The Seaway Trident, powered by a pair of 660-hp Caterpillar C-18s turning Schottel SRP 210 Z-drives, was designed by Glosten, with offices in Seattle and Providence, R.I., and built by Washburn & Doughty, East Boothbay, Maine, for the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp., an agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

As the company name implies, the Seaway Trident works along the St. Lawrence Seaway.

The Seaway Trident’s major role is keeping the St. Lawrence Seaway navigable by maintaining the locks and the aids to navigation, which requires a lot of winter ice work. For that, the Seaway Trident often will join with the larger Seaway Guardian (118'×17.5').

The Seaway Guardian breaks up ice jams while the Seaway Trident pushes the ice to the side of the channel, thus keeping the passage clear. It also herds ice into a lock chamber, allowing the ice to flow down river.

The Seaway Trident is the right size for another major winter job, maneuvering inside a lock chamber to scrape ice off lock walls. Prior to the Seaway Trident, a tug with an ice scraper mounted on the bow would push along the lock wall, clearing the ice as best it could. That meant having to hold an angle to the wall while moving through the lock.

But the Seaway Trident, with its Z-drive power, offered an improved method to clear ice.

Having to deal with winter’s ice is why the Seaway Trident was designed as a variant of Glosten’s HT-60 model, the smallest of Glosten’s Harbor-series tugs. The “variant” part of the deal was building the hull to ABS Ice Class CO standards. That required one-foot frame spacing in the bow and thicker plating all around. Most of the hull plating is 1/2", including the entire bow region, with some 3/8" bottom plating in aft hull sections and 3/4" guard plating. Ice protection includes the two Schottel Z-Drives.

The Seaway Trident also works with the Seaway Guardian to move buoy barges, derrick barges, and periodically pull the lock gates for maintenance work.

On deck, a Heila HLMR fully foldable deck crane and a Markey Machinery DESMG-18 headline winch can be utilized when needed.

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n June, Vessel Repair Inc., Port Arthur, Texas, delivered the steelhulled 100'×34'×10'9" Freedom to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The

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boat was designed by Sterling Marine, Fairhope, Ala., and has a draft of 9'5".

The new towboat has a deadweight tonnage of 479 gt.

TVA is the public entity responsible for power generation in the Tennessee River valley, and the new Tier 4 towboat will be dedicated to supporting public power generation. Freedom is reportedly the first Tier 4 towboat commissioned by a government agency and joins the exclusive ranks of just a few Tier 4-powered towboats that navigate the inland waterways, according to TVA officials.

While Freedom initially was envisioned as a triple-screw Tier 3 vessel, Shane Carman, TVA’s manager, river services and CCP facility management, said TVA’s commitment to reducing emissions led them to a groundbreaking decision.

Understanding their role as a power producer and their existing use of scrubbers in fossil-fuel-driven plants, TVA opted for twin-screw Tier 4 engines in the Freedom, a choice that aligned with their environmental objectives.

Main propulsion comes from two Caterpillar 3512E Tier 4 engines, each generating 1,341 hp. The Cats, supplied by Thompson CAT, are paired with Twin Disc MGX-5600 gears from Sewart Supply. The 5-bladed, 58"×85" propellers were supplied by Sound Propeller Services, Seattle.

Tankage includes 20,300 gals. of freshwater; 4,500 gals. potable water; 325 gals. hydraulic oil; 25,500 gals. fuel; and 2,750 gals. diesel exhaust fluid. Wheelhouse Electronics supplied the electronics suite. The steering system is from RIO Marine and is 87

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Freedom’s first project was scheduled to take place in Mobile, Ala., in late July, receiving cargo directly from the general cargo vessel BBC Virginia.

FLEET CONVERSION John W. Stone Oil Distributors

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ohn W. Stone Oil Distributors LLC, Gretna, La., has secured a ratable supply of renewable diesel (RD99) to help jumpstart the process of converting its entire marine fleet to RD99.

With commitments to storage and distribution, the company aims to play a pivotal role in promoting lowercarbon fuels and assisting vessels in meeting regulatory emission targets on the Gulf Coast.

Chief Operating Officer Tony Odak told WorkBoat in July that the company had started the process of converting its marine fleet made up of 11 inland tug/towboats, 47 inland barges, and three offshore tanker units to RD99. The company said it expected to have approximately 50% of its fleet converted by the end of July.

Renewable diesel is made from fats and oils, such as soybean oil or canola oil, which undergo processing to become chemically identical to petroleum diesel. RD99 meets stringent ASTM D975 specifications for petroleum in the U.S. and EN 590 in Europe. Thus, renewable diesel can be used as a direct replacement for 88

petroleum diesel or blended with any amount of petroleum diesel, offering flexibility and compatibility for various applications.

Back in 2014, the company began repowering much of its fleet as part of its environmental, social, and corporate governance plan (ESG).

By transitioning its marine fleet to renewable diesel, the company said it took a proactive stance in aligning its operations with sustainable practices and emission reduction goals.

Renewable diesel, with its chemical similarity to petroleum diesel, exhibits a potential for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions of up to 75% on a life-cycle basis compared to conventional fuels, the company said.

John W. Stone has committed to two substantial storage tanks in the region.

The company has secured a 100,000bbl. storage tank in Port Fourchon, La., and an 85,000-bbl. storage tank in New Orleans, enabling efficient storage and distribution of the renewable bunker fuel. The strategic locations are designed to enhance accessibility and facilitate the expansion of renewable fuel usage in the region.

OCTOBER 2023 HAWAIIAN TOUR BOAT Brix Marine

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rix Marine, Port Angeles, Wash., recently delivered the 46'×16’ catamaran tour boat Artemis to Hawaiian Adventures Kona,

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

Artemis is Coast Guard certified for 49 passengers with an extended range offshore route allowing the vessel to access Kona’s deep waters up to 20 miles offshore.

The new tour boat has an experienced crew, modern lifesaving equipment, and new vessel construction standards featuring 5086 alloy aluminum hull skins, 5052 alloy aluminum interior transverse frames, longitudinal T-bars, longitudinal (internal) hull stiffeners, self-bailing aluminum decks, watertight bulkheads, and a four-foot hull extension with two-foot swim step extension, centerline ladders, removable railings, boarding door cleats, and hatches.

Whether exploring Kona’s historical coastline and deep offshore waters, snorkeling with mantas at night, or watching humpback whales on their winter migration, Artemis is designed to take its passengers to all of it, according to Hawaiian Adventures officials.

Main deck seating is from Genoa and features Phifertex material.

The upper passenger seats are also from Genoa and include outer arm rests with cupholders and aluminum leg assemblies. There are also two aluminum bench seats with marinegrade fabric cushions and storage.

Main propulsion comes from twin Volvo Penta IPS D11 diesel inboards, creating 510 hp at 2,250 rpm each. The mains connect to Volvo Penta IPS 650 outdrives with P series props. Controls are also from Volvo Penta. The individual propulsion system will give the tour boat a running speed of 20 knots.

Ship’s service power will come from twin 380-hp gensets (manufacturers of the motors and engines have not been released).

Tankage includes twin 300-gal. fuel tanks.

There are USCG-approved 22-person life floats, an eight-person life float, and two life jacket storage bags on both the main and upper decks.

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OFFSHORE WIND VESSEL CONVERSION Hornblower Shipyard

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oast Line Transfers LLC (CLT), New Bedford, Mass., recently converted a charter fishing boat into a crew transfer vessel for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project. The original boat, constructed by Geo Shipyard, New Iberia, La., in 2007, had been used for charter fishing before the transformation.

Hornblower Shipyard, Bridgeport, Conn., carried out the retrofitting of the Capt. Les Eldridge in early 2023.

The aluminum catamaran now measures 62'×21'6"×20' and draws 9'6".

The decision to convert the boat into a CTV came about when a partner at Coast Line Transfers, Ed Washburn, spotted the vessel and proposed the idea. After exploring different subchapters under Coast Guard certifications, CLT decided to proceed with the conversion and brought on naval architects Nautical Design Inc., Harmony, Pa. Rob Pearce, a partner at CLT, met a Buoyant Works representative at last year’s International WorkBoat Show, which led to a Buoyant Works (UK) adjustable fender being one of the first modifications made to the vessel.

The boat’s transformation was designed by Nautical Design and Consulting, Berwick, La. The CTV is powered by twin Cum-

mins QSL 9.0 engines hooked up to a pair of bronze fixed-pitch propellers through two Twin Disc MG-509 reduction gears.

Current North Atlantic right whale speed restrictions limit the vessel to 10 knots, which makes the commute to the offshore cable-laying vessel approximately five hours each way.

The Capt. Les Eldridge was operating under a COI Subchapter T certification earlier this year as it awaited its final stability review, including a dual subchapter certificate, which will be both Subchapter T and L. Under Subchapter L, the boat can carry deck cargo and 18 offshore workers.

The CTV is currently able to haul 1,000 lbs. of deck cargo, but that capacity was also expected to increase with its final stability review. Subchapter T is a small passenger vessel, while Subchapter L is a offshore support vessel.

To create more space for cargo on the aft deck, CLT cut back the overhang and stairs. Typical cargo includes offshore consumables, ship spares, small spare parts, and trash from offshore vessels.

The most significant modifications were made to the bow. The anchor setup was completely removed, and an escape hatch was installed for Subchapter L compliance. Bow handrails and the Buoyant Works fender were added to enhance safety and functionality.

MINI-CTV Edison Chouest Offshore

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dison Chouest Offshore (ECO), Cut Off, La., announced in August that construction of the U.S. offshore wind industry’s first-ever mini-crew transfer vessel (CTV) had begun.

The 39'×13'×7'4", aluminum CTV, designed by Chartwell Marine, a UKbased naval architecture and marine engineering firm, should be in operation by the summer of 2024.

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The vessel will work for Ørsted and its U.S.-based joint venture partner, Eversource Energy. The mini-CTV will simultaneously accompany the launch of ECO Edison, the first ever U.S.-built service operation vessel (SOV), Chartwell officials said.

The “daughter craft” onboard the SOV will be deployed to efficiently maneuver crew across the Revolution Wind, South Fork Wind, and Sunrise Wind offshore wind farms in the U.S., under development by the joint venture.

Construction began in July at ECO’s La Ship shipyard, employing an estimated 15 workers while drawing components from U.S. suppliers in five states. ECO will manage the entire pipeline of construction and operation, supported by the incentives provided by the Inflation Reduction Act. Chartwell officials said its design meets then creasing demand in the U.S. offshore wind market for lowemissions, cost-effective support vessels, with the catamaran’s optimized hull form offering efficient fuel use as well as stability and maneuverability in choppy waters.

A first for this vessel type, main propulsion will come from a Volvo Penta IPS 500 system designed to provide high power and performance as well as onboard comfort for operators.

The system allows for a wide number of optional features and functions, featuring forward-facing, twin counterrotating propellers with an individually steerable integrated propulsion system under the hull.

The mini-CTV can carry a crew of up to 12 and is designed to be deployed from the ECO Edison.

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The 73.6'×30' Green Diamond was expected to be in service by Oct. 1.

The vessel was designed and built

by Kirby-owned San Jac Marine, also of Channelview, and is timechartered to Shell Trading (U.S.) Co., while Shell Energy Solutions, which installed the plug-in charging station at Kirby’s Old River Fleet Dock, is providing the electrical power for the vessel.

Two Danfoss 450-kW electric motors deliver propulsion for the Green Diamond with a broad torque curve beyond that of a conventional towboat. The motors are driven by a Corvus Orca Series battery system with 1,243 KwH of electrical capacity or, when needed, two onboard Caterpillar gensets with a combined 1,130 kW of power capacity. Stewart & Stevenson provided the power management system.

Based on modeling, when operating on dockside supplied power, fuel use can be reduced by nearly 80% with an up to 95% reduction in noxious emissions. Engine run time can be reduced between 93% and 98%, compared to a conventional diesel-fueled inland towing vessel, Kirby officials said.

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hilly Shipyard Inc. recently delivered the 525'×89'×55' Empire State, the first of five new National Security Multimission Vessels (NSMVs) for state maritime academies as part of the Maritime Administration’s (Marad) new vessel program.

The ships are designed to offer top-tier training opportunities for the nation’s future mariners, and to serve as a critical support asset for humanitarian aid and disaster relief missions in times of need. The Empire State was delivered to Marad in September and will serve SUNY Maritime College, Throggs Neck, N.Y. Philly Shipyard was awarded the contract to build the NSMVs

by TOTE Services LLC, which is overseeing the construction of the training vessels for Marad. DSEC and Herbert Engineering designed the vessel.

The Empire State weighs in at 8,487 tons and draws just over 21'.

Ship speed is 18 knots, powered by four sets of Wabtec 16 V250MDC main diesel generator engines running at 5,628 hp at 900 rpm each.

The engines are hooked up to a single Nakashima 5-bladed, fixed pitch propeller that is 19.2' in diameter.

Ship’s service power comes from

four Hyundai Heavy Industries main generators and one emergency generator.

Kongsberg RV 650-3 electrohydraulic rotary vane controls make up the ship’s steering system, paired with Kongsberg K-Chief 600 CAMS controls. The ship is also outfitted with a Kawasaki Rexpeller KST0180LC/EMR retractable, L-drive, controllable pitch bow thruster, and Kawasaki KT-88-B3 side thruster and controllable pitch stern thruster.

The new NSMV berths up to 760 people, including the crew, faculty, and 600 cadets. In times of humanitarian need, the vessel has the ability to accommodate up to 1,000 people.

To assist with training exercises, the vessel includes a helideck, various deck and engineering training spaces, as well as laboratories. An Oriental 35MT DC-3528 electrichydraulic cargo crane sits on deck, as well as a side ramp for roll-on/rolloff (RORO) needs manufactured by SMS-SME Marine System and a 40 MT hydraulic side ramp shell door.

Additional features include a RORO deck container and reefer container storage, as well as a modern hospital for use during disaster relief missions.

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ignet Shipbuilding & Repair (SS&R) Pascagoula, Miss., delivered the first of two 103'4"×45'6"×15'7", 299-gt. Robert Allan Ltd.-designed advanced Rotortugs to Signet Maritime Corp., Houston, in October. One of the purpose-built vessel Signet Sirius’s responsibilities will be to support the Port of Corpus Christi channel improvement project. The sistership, Signet Capella, is scheduled for delivery in November.

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Gale C. Snyder, Signet’s executive vice president, administration, infrastructure & special projects, said that to the best of Signet’s knowledge, the new tugs are the first towing vessels to receive an ABS ENVIRO notation, first in the U.S. to achieve an ABS LEV (low emissions vessel) notation, and first in the U.S. to receive an ABS Cybersecurity-1 (CS-1) notation.

The tugs will work for Enbridge Ingleside Energy Center moving VLCCs (very large crude carriers). Enbridge Ingleside is the largest crude oil storage and export terminal by volume in the U.S. The three-thruster Rotortug is designed to increase maneuverability but is also unique in that the vector of vessel travel and the vector of line tension do not have to be aligned, as they must be on a conventional tug or ASD tug, allowing for more complex, effective, and efficient maneuvers during ship escort at speed.

Main propulsion comes from three MTU 12V4000 M65L, Tier 4 marine engines with a total of 7,725 hp. The mains connect to Kongsberg US 205 controllable pitch Zdrives that contain 2,500mm dia., 4-bladed nibral propellers in nozzles.

Ship’s service power comes from a pair of Tier 3 John Deere 6135 AFM85 gensets, sparking 300 kW of electrical power each.

The Signet Sirius has two Markey Marine winches on deck — a DESF-52 AGILE, 200-hp, electric winch on the bow; and a TESF-32 AGILE, 200-hp, electric winch on the stern.

Also on deck, the tug is equipped with a Fire Fighting Systems AS (FFS) SFP 1,000-kW centrifugal fire pump, and two FFS 1200LB, remotely operated monitors with 10,600 gpm flow and a range of 400'.

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he 43rd edition of the International WorkBoat Show will be held Nov. 29-Dec. 1, returning to the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

The show will feature hundreds of exhibitors that will showcase thousands of products and services to over 12,000 attendees.

Once again, the WorkBoat Conference Program will be featured at no additional cost to attendees or exhibitors.

Also, on the first day of the show, the 2023 Boat of the Year will be announced.

The Conference Program will feature topical discussions led by WorkBoat editors and industry leaders. On Nov. 29, sessions include “Inland Waterways Infrastructure Update,” “The Design and Construction of the First Electric Tug,” and “Mari-

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time Innovations: Evolution in Vessel Design.”

On Thursday, Nov. 30, WorkBoat’s Annual Offshore Wind Breakfast will kick off the day at 8 a.m. The breakfast will be followed by a full day of conference sessions, including “Going Green: Alternative Fuels,” “Beyond Buzzwords for Sustainability in Shipyard and Port Operations,” and “Shipyard Realities.”

On Friday, “Government Maritime Acquisition Day” will feature sessions led by the Navy, Coast Guard and Army.

On Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 29-30, the show is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Friday, Dec. 1, show hours are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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The 43rd International WorkBoat Show.

WorkBoat Conference Program Programmed across all three days of the WorkBoat Show, the WorkBoat Conference Program offers free education sessions on current topics that are affecting the commercial marine industry.

From broad ranging panels with some of the industry’s most respected players, to in-depth discussions with companies on the cutting edge of marine technology, to multiple face-to-face opportunities to hear what is on the agenda for the Army, Navy and Coast Guard, there is no better time and place to connect with the industry than at the International WorkBoat Show.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29

THURSDAY, NOV. 30

Powering the Waves: Charting a Course for Electrification in Marine Technologies MAIN STAGE 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Offshore Wind Breakfast: Energizing Potential Through Addition, Not Transition, in the Gulf MAIN STAGE 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Hiring in 2023: Throw Out Your Rolodex and Hire and Train the Team You Need Today MAIN STAGE 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Maritime Innovations: Evolution in Vessel Design MAIN STAGE 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM The Design and Construction of the first U.S. Electric Tug MAIN STAGE 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Going Green: Alternative Fuels MAIN STAGE 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Beyond Buzzwords for Sustainability in Shipyard and Port Operations MAIN STAGE 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Connecting the Present and Future of Vessel Operators and Subsea Services MAIN STAGE 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Inland Waterways Infrastructure Update MAIN STAGE 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM WorkBoat Significant Boat Awards & Happy Hour MAIN STAGE 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Sponsored by Travelers

Shipyard Realities MAIN STAGE 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Navy and Foreign Military Sales Boats and Craft Program Office (PMS300): Acquisition and Lifecycle Management Challenges and Opportunities MAIN STAGE

FRIDAY, DEC. 1 Army: Army Watercraft Fleet Modernization MAIN STAGE 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Navy: Military Sealift Command – Ship Repair Needs, Challenges and Opportunities MAIN STAGE 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Coast Guard Boat Forces and Boat Acquisition MAIN STAGE 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

After a three-year hiatus, Underwater Intervention is back and has joined the International WorkBoat Show.

Underwater Intervention attracts a global audience of engineers, technical specialists, industry leaders and experts, to share ideas, debate current issues and create common agendas for the future of the industry. UI also features some of the world’s leading figures in the upstream oil and gas industry.

Underwater Intervention off ers a multitrack technical conference program covering the most current challenges and up-to-date strategies and technologies.For the full conference program, visit: www.workboatshow.com/ underwater-interventiontechnical-program.

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

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10X Engineered Materials LLC

958

www.10XEM.com

Air Products Membrane Solutions

2M Oilfield Group

3600

AIRMAR Technology Corp.

32 Points Manning

244

AIT Coatings

www.32pointsmanning.com

www.aitcoatings.com

360 Coverage Pros Marine License

Alabama Shipyard Inc.

& Professional Liability Insurance

www.alabamashipyard.com

909

www.360coveragepros.com/mariners

Alamarin-Jet Oy

Abance Engineering

www.alamarinjet.com

1452

Alatas Americas

www.abance.es

ABB

1521

All American Marine

Abicor Binzel USA Inc.

www.allamericanmarine.com

332

Allied Marine & Industrial

ABS & Affiliated Companies

929

AccuTRANS LLC

2952

Alu Design & Services

Acier Stigterstaal Canada Inc.

www.alu-design.no

3219

Alucat Catamarans

www.stigterstaal.ca

UI-3808

Action Specialties

537

American Alloy Steel Inc.

ADR Power Systems, Inc.

www.aasteel.com

3446

American Equity Underwriters

Advanced Copper Alloys

318

Advanced Mechanical Enterprises

1701

AdvanTec Marine

1043 UI-3729

AEGIR-Marine

3129

Ampelmann Operations BV

AEP Sales LLC

www.ampelmann.nl

Ample Marine

www.aepsales.com

AER Supply Ltd.

2629

AG Crane & Equipment Co.

1261

Ahead Sanitation Systems, Inc.

3621

www.airdefence.com.au

94

Aqueos Corporation

1843 945

ArborMetals Inc.

3047

www.arbormetals.com

2137

Archway Control, LP

2764

www.archwaycontrol.com

1637

Archway Marine Lighting

740

www.archwaymarinelighting.com

3581

ARCO

254

www.arcomarine.com

2153

Arcosa – NABRICO/Wintech

621

www.nabrico-marine.com

853

Armada Systems Inc.

UI-3812

www.armadahull.com

UI-3814

ASCOM / International Boatlift Exchange Inc

3647

2251

www.ibeglobal.com

Ashtead Technology 2519

UI-3771

www.ashtead-technology.com

Askew Marine - An AFC Industries 956

Company

843

www.askewmarine.com

2408

Aspin Kemp & Associates

3219

www.aka-group.com

2756

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions Norway AS

2761

1311

assaabloyglobalsolutions.com/marine

AST Americas 1846

2851

www.ast-systems.us.com

Atlantic Design Inc.

245

Atlas Incinerators

1921

3275

www.anchorhatches.com

2139

133

UI-3707

aqueossubsea.com

344

Anchor Sandblasting and Coatings LLC

www.aheadsanitationsystems.com

Air Defence

2747

www.analyticsystems.com

Anchor Hatches

agcraneequip.com

Aquakob Systems Inc.

www.amplemarine.com

Analytic Systems

www.aersupply.com

1850

Appleton Marine Inc.

3736

amogy.co/

www.aegirmarine.com

1448

Appleton Control Systems

www.appletonmarine.com

www.americanwaterways.com

Amogy Inc.

www.aef-performance.com

3446

www.vulkan.com

American Waterways Operators

www.advantecglobal.com/

Applegate Industrial Materials Inc. 2307

www.appletoncontrolsystems.com

www.americansteamship.com

American VULKAN Corporation

www.AMEsolutions.com

2636

amequity.com

American Steamship Company

www.advancedcopperalloys.com

2654

www.the-flex.com

ameco.com

www.actionspecialties.com www.adrpowersystems.com

536

alucat.fi/en/

AMECO

www.aclunaga.es/

Anschuetz GmbH www.anschuetz.com

www.alliedsystems.com/

www.accutransinc.com/

AEF

3505

www.allmind.com

Allied Marine Crane

www.eagle.org

2829

www.alatas.com

new.abb.com/marine www.binzel-abicor.com/

Anda-Olsen AS www.anda-olsen.no

www.airmar.com

2minc.com/

ACLUNAGA

3309

www.airproducts.no/marinesystems

atlas.gomaritimegroup.com/

ATR. LLC

248

www.anchorsandblasting.com

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Aurand Manufacturing &

BFG Marine Inc.

Equipment Co

319

www.bfgmarine.com

www.aurand.net

BGH Specialty Steel

Auros Knowledge Systems

www.bgh.de/en/

2544

2132

Austal USA

1649

Auto-Maskin LLC

3152

www.bigtopshelters.com

3147

BlastOne

Autronica Fire and Security AS

www.blast-one.com

908

Ayres Composite Panels USA LLC

1404

B3C Fuel Solutions

1465

BAE Systems

blueravencorp.com/

2021

Blueye Robotics

www.gettozero.com

UI-3846

Baltic Workboats US LLC

3064

BMT

Bansbach Easylift of North America Inc.

www.bmt.org

UI-3873, UI-3877, UI-3879

Boat Lift s.r.l.

BAR Technologies

438

www.boats-and-harbors.com

Bay Ship & Yacht Co.

Boening USA, Inc.

1059

Bayonne Dry Dock & Repair Corp.

1129

www.bohamet.com

Bayou Metal Supply & Bayou

Boksa Marine Design, Inc. 3255 UI-3721 436 1529

www.beieris.com

1357 3409

Buoyant Works

1106

Bureau Veritas Marine Inc Burger Boat Company

C.C. Jensen Window A/S 449

CAB Products 119

Cadmatic 1929

CAIG Laboratories 3564

1300

Shipbuilding Association 2753

bowheadtransport.com/

Carboline Global

Berg Propulsion

Braaten.technology www.braaten.technology

www.bristolharborgroup.com

Beurteaux North America

Britmar Marine Ltd

www.beurteaux.com

UI-3753

1249

1451 2043

www.carlislefinch.com

Carrier Marine & Offshore 1762

1800

cv-starters.com

Carlisle & Finch Company (The) 2651

3271

www.carboline.com

Cardinal Valley Industrial Supply 3142

3219

www.cmisa.ca

www.berardtrans.com

2719

UI-3709

Canadian Marine Industries &

Berard Transportation Inc.

www.bergenengines.com

1057

www.caig.com/ www.cajuncoast.com

Bergen Engines Inc.

1137

www.cadmatic.com

Cajun Coast Tourism

Bristol Harbor Group, Inc.

1909

www.cabproducts.com

Bosch Rexroth Corporation /

www.thebrassworksinc.com

3704

www.c3i-usa.com

www.boneng.com

www.berganmarinesystems.com

1256

www..cjc-windows.dk

C3I 1236

www.bollingershipyards.com

Brass Works, Inc.

921

www.brtmarine.com

www.capitalbed.com

1321

3219

byd-na.com

Capital Bedding Co

Bergan Marine Systems

858

www.heavystructures.com

Bowhead Transport Company, LLC 3053

145

710

www.offshorewindus.org

www.hobostrom.com

www.bergpropulsion.com

2950

Business Network for

www.bellpower.com

3037

1754

Byrne Rice & Turner Inc. 1610

www.bollfilter.com

Bostrom Co Inc

1055

BYD - Naval Architects

www.boksamarinedesign.com

Hägglunds

2829

Butler Heavy Structures 2864

www.boschrexroth-us.com

Bell Power Systems

Brunvoll AS

Offshore Wind 1409

BONENG Transmission (USA) LLC

www.beaconfinland.com

Belkin Lux Tech

UI-3753

Bollinger Shipyards LLC

www.baytechrentals.com

1163

www.burgerboatcommercial.com

Boll Filter Corporation

www.bayoumetalsupply.com

Beier Integrated Systems

UI-3857

Bohamet S.A. / Venco Marine, Inc.

Bayonnedrydock.com

Bruce S. Rosenblatt & Assoc., LLC

marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/

www.boening-usa.com/

www.bay-ship.com/

Beacon Finland Ltd Oy

904

Boats & Harbors

www.bartechnologies.uk

551

www.buoyantworks.com

www.boatlift.it

www.easylift.com

Bay-Tech Industries

2953

www.blumags.com

www.balticworkboatsUS.com

Browns Point Marine Service, LLC

www.brunvoll.no

www.blueyerobotics.com

Blumags

www.bakermarinesolutions.com

Manufacturing Services

2033

www.blucherpipe.com

Blue Raven Solutions

1542

www.brosenblatt.com

www.blountboats.com

www.b3cfuel.com

Bronswerk Marine Inc.

www.brownspoint.com

320

BLÜCHER, a WATTS Brand

www.ayrescom.com

Baker Marine Solutions

3700

Blount Boats Inc

www.autronicafire.com/

UI-3818

www.bronswerkgroup.com

www.lifting.com

www.auto-maskin.com

Broco www.broco-rankin.com

Bishop Lifting Products

usa.austal.com

2846

brixmarine.com/

1561

Big Top Fabric Structures

www.aurosks.com

BRIX Marine

908

www.carrier.com/marine-offshore

www.britmar.com

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UI-3810

www.cascoantiguopro.com

ComAp

3519

www.comap-control.com/marine

Caterpillar Inc®

2801

www.cat.com/marine

Center Lift Inc.

3601

Daihatsu Diesel (America),Inc. 944

www.commonwealthturbocharger.com

Dale's Welding & Fabricators

ComNav Marine Ltd.

dalesweldingandfabricators.com/

Changzhou Haida Marine

www.comnav.com

137

www.acelux.com

2029

www.chevronlubricants.com

3050

www.christiegrey.com

Cimolai Technology

3165

www.cimolaitechnology.com

Cincinnati Gearing Systems

3720

cincinnatigearingsystems.com/

3154

www.c-job.com

UI-3852

www.c-kore.com

3461

www.c-lars.com

3555

www.cleanharbors.com

453

www.cleansubsea.com

3529

3421

Controlled Water Systems

2546

DCL Mooring and Rigging

Core Group Resources

www.dcl-usa.com

Cortland Company Corvus Energy Cospolich, Inc. Cox Marine Cranes101 CraneWorks, Inc. Creative Systems, Inc. Crowley

2560

Crucial Inc. www.crucialinc.com

Colonna's Shipyard Inc /

Cummins Marine 2236

Custom Abrasives, LLC

Coltri Compressors

www.customabrasivesllc.com

3760

www.coltriamericas.com/

Custom Marine Inc

Columbia Industrial Products

www.custommarine.com

96

439

Cygnus Instruments Ltd us.cygnus-instruments.com/

557 1501

Dead Calm Seas Marine Services UI-3844 1443

www.dcsmarineservices.com

Deansteel Manufacturing 3143

Company, Inc.

1157

www.deansteel.com

2429

Deep Trekker Inc.

2752

www.deeptrekker.com

3153

DeFelsko Corporation

2960

www.defelsko.com

755

Dellner Bubenzer

829

www.dellnerbubenzer.com

228

Delta - T Systems

1829

www.deltatsystems.com

648

Delta Marine Technik

2655

www.deltaMT.net

1337

Denke Laboratories

1063

www.hascall-denke.com/

363

Denso, Inc.

UI-3761

www.densona.com

3001

now.cummins.com/workboat

www.colonnaship.com

www.cipcomposites.com

1056

www.crowley.com

www.cojaliusa.com

1304

www.davidclark.com

www.controlledwater.com

www.GHSport.com

UI-3713

www.codaoctopus.com

(CIP Composites)

2650

433

www.datrex.com

David Clark Company Incorporated

www.Crane-Works.com

www.cobhamsatcom.com

Steel America

222

www.cranes101.com/cranes/

cmei.biz/

Cojali USA

Datrex Inc

Continental Western Corporation

www.coxmarine.com

3171

www.comarsf.com

Coda Octopus Products Inc

www.cedmarine.com

www.cospolich.com

cmpgroup.net

Cobham Satcom

Consolidated Electronic Distributors3364

dantech-group.com/

www.corvusenergy.com

Clean Subsea Operations PTY LTD

www.danfoss.us

Dantech Offshore & Marine Group

www.cortlandcompany.com

Clean Harbors

3243

www.consiliumsafety.com

www.coregroupresources.com

C-LARs, LLC

Coastal Marine Equipment Inc

3038

1019

www.damen.com

Danfoss Marine

www.cwcglobal.com

C-Job Naval Architects

Coast Marine & Industrial Supply

Consilium Marine Safety

2829

www.damenmc.com/

Damen Shipyards Gorinchem B.V. 2929

www.conradindustries.com

Christie & Grey Inc

CMP Group Ltd

Conrad Shipyard, LLC

1201

Damen Marine Components 2643

separatorequipment.com

Chevron Lubricants

C-Kore Systems

Compass Water Solutions

1751

1005

www.dhtd.co.jp

www.center-lift.com

Electrical Ltd

338

www.dwmsm.com

Commonwealth Turbocharger Solutions

D&W Marine Systems Management

Derecktor Shipyards

2939

www.derecktor.com

555

Desco Manufacturing Co. Inc.

3353

www.descomfg.com

1362

DESMI Inc

2053

www.desmi.com/

3549

Detyens Shipyards Inc

219

www.detyens.com

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D-I Industrial Co. Ltd

129

www.d-i.co.kr

Digital Edge Subsea Ltd

Engineering USA

Canada Inc. UI-3819

www.digitaledgesubsea.com

3219

3063

www.digitaltwinmarine.com

2001

Dynamax Inc.

Digital Yacht

1200

digitalyachtamerica.com/

UI-3751

www.dimeye.com

1002

Esco Power

Dyson Corp

www.escopower.be

3650

Etiflex Corp.

e1 Marine

Dinnteco America

809

2601

236

www.erlinc.com

www.dynamax.com www.dysoncorp.com

743

www.enginespower.com

ERL Inc.

www.DuramaxMarine.com

1450

www.indx.com/

engines, inc

www.dukemarine.ca

Duramax Marine LLC

Digital Twin Marine

DimEye Corp.

Duke Marine Technical Services

3337 1258

www.etiflex.com

European Diesel Services

2551

www.eastparkradiator.com

EVAC North America Inc

1921

www.distributioninternational.com

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc

www.evac.com

Divers Supply Inc

www.easternshipbuilding.com

dinntecoamerica.com

e1Marine.com

East Park Radiator, Inc.

Distribution International

2207 UI-3801

www.diverssupplyinc.com

550 3113

Everlast Welders

EBI Cranes LLC

DLS Marine

2350

1833

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ExaktAlignAB

www.dlsmarine.com

ECHO81

www.exakt-group.com

DMIC - Delaware Manufacturing

www.ECHO81.com

F. Walther Electric Corporation

E-Crane International USA

www.waltherelectric.com

Industries Corporation

821

www.dmic.com

UI-3855 1349

FabTek Industries

www.e-crane.com

DMT Marine Equipment

3452

www.dmt-winches.com

ECS

2842

3551

dmwmarinegroup.com

EEG Marine

3253

628

www.dnv.com

Electronic Marine Systems Inc

2343

2637

Elevating Boats LLC

1833

FAUN Trackway USA Inc

www.ebi-inc.com

Elison & Associates, LLC

Hart Heat Transfer Products

www.elisonandassociates.com

Federal Signal Corporation

Elite Industries LLC

www.fedsig.com

Donovan Marine, Inc.

2219

DOT Maritime Administration

3708

Dr. Shrink, Inc.

718

Ellwood Crankshaft Group

www.dr-shrink.com

Dragonfly Energy

3263

Driveline Service of Portland, Inc.

2312

Drury Hotels

Fire Fighting Systems AS

Eltorque LLC

www.fifisystems.com

652

1454

Fire Protection Service Inc

www.eltorque.com

821

EMI, A Division of W&O

DSMS (Diving Safety Management Services)

www.emi-marine.com

Fischer Crane Company

Endura Paint

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UI-3705

www.endurapaint.com/

DSR Wire Corp

Enfasco Inc.

3608

3565

Fisk Marine Insurance Intl.

2552

DSV Global Transport and Logistics 1749

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www.dsv.com-services

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2951

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Flagship Marine

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1637

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divesms.com/

2119

337

www.fps-usa.com

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www.gotoemerson.com

1729

www.FinsulateUSA.com

www.ellwoodcrankshaftgroup.com

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3663

1253

www.fincantierimarinegroup.com

Finsulate USA

www.ebdg.com

3473

www.fedpro.com

Fincantieri Marine Group 2142

3748

www.fauntrackway.com/

FEDPRO 3029

elkon-tr.com

Elliott Bay Design Group

www.marad.dot.gov

158

elite-industries.com

Elkon

www.donovanmarine.com

837

657

www.fastflowpumps.com

Don Hart's Radiator Service Center, Inc. donhart.com

2437

www.farrellandnorton.com

www.dometic.com

553

3360

www.fairlead.com

Fast Flow Pumps

www.emsmarcon.com

Dometic

1205

Farrell and Norton Naval Architects 1307

eegmarine.com

DNV

1601

www.fabtekind.com

Fairlead

www.ecstech.com

DMW Marine Group LLC

1410

everlastwelders.com

2663

www.flagshipmarine.com

Flender Corporation

3515

www.flender.com

97

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flexbluestaffing.com

532

www.flexcofloors.com

UI-3870 349

forcetechnology.com

3607 3610

FPT Industrial www.fptindustrial.com

Freedman Seating Company

3160 3653

www.Freudenberg-eps.com/

Frontier Precision Unmanned

Generon, IGS

619 457

www.fuelrightglobal.com

919

Gilbert Associates Inc

2008

3264

2050

3055 3360

www.garibaldiglass.com

Garmin USA

1709

www.garmin.com

Garware Technical Fibres Ltd

UI-3853

Corporation

1854

www.gulfcopper.com

1806

Gulf Crane Services

1361

www.gulfcraneservices.com

Glamox Aqua Signal Corporation

1718

Gulf Engine & Equipment Inc

1156

www.gulfengine.com

UI-3856 900

Gulf Marine Repair Corporation

2139

www.glendinningprods.com

1954

3676

giwx.net/

Global Metalizing

Gutteling Americas, Inc.

Corporation

3162

3547

GE Vernova, Power Conversion

1611

H.S. Marine Propulsion

Global STSS USA

www.hsmarineprops.com/

3162

GlobalSTSS.com

Haley Marine Gears Inc

Global Tool and Technology -

www.haleyinc.com

857 1108 1400

Glosten www.glosten.com

Hamilton Jet Americas

1364 3329 2819

Harco Manufacturing Company

1365

Harrington Marine

2212

www.harrringtonmarine.com

www.glomex.us

GEA Mechanical Equipment US Inc 2643

1143

www.harcomanufacturing.com

www.globaltechmotors.com

www.gepowerconversion.com

814

www.hamiltonjet.co.nz

www.badgerproductsusa.com

Glomex Americas

1604

www.gutteling.com

www.globalmetalizing.com

GlobalTech Motor & Controls, Inc.

Gatr Coolers

Gunderson Marine

www.getgds.com

Badger Products USA

www.garwarefibres.com

GUMMI www.gummiargentina.com

Global Data Systems 253

www.galigrup.com

Garibaldi Glass Industries Inc

1921

Gulf Copper & Manufacturing

Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon Ltd

Glendinning Products, LLC

www.gcmsnet.com

Gali International

3546

www.gulfmarinerepair.com

G & C Multi-Services/ Riverways

G3 American Manufacturing Co.

3337

www.greenmarine.com www.grisim.com

Glenair Inc

1309

Green Marine & Industrial

GRi Simulations

www.FurunoUSA.com

Mobile Solutions

Green Instruments USA, Inc.

www.gibbscox.com

www.glamox.com

2229

Great Lakes Power

Equipment Co., Inc

www.gladding-hearn.com

1660

Great Lakes Maritime Academy

www.Greeninstruments.com

Gibbs & Cox

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding

1006

3647

www.glpower.com

Ghostworks Marine

Fuel Ox

Furuno USA

3219

GH Cranes & Components

www.gilkes.com

www.fuelox.com

Grand River Navigation Company

nmc.edu/maritime

Genoa Design International Ltd.

www.frontierprecision.com/unmanned

Fuel Right Global, LLC

2657

www.jwgainc.com

UI-3860

2652

www.randlog.com

www.ghostworksmarine.com

www.freedmanseating.com

Freudenberg e-Power Systems

2755

www.ghcranes.com

2719

354

www.gordhead.com

Safety/ BEXCO

www.genoadesign.com

www.f-e-t.com

3728

galaboats.com

GORDHEAD

www.gemeco.com

www.generon.com

fortisfire.com

Forum Energy Technologies

GMI Marine Distribution 3505

generalworkproducts.com/

3561

www.Form-A-Tread.com

Fortis Fire & Safety

GEMECO Marine Electronics

General Work Products/ Palmer

Force Technology

GMA Garnet (USA) Corp. www.gmagarnet.com

Specialists

www.flynn-tech.com

Form-A-Tread Company

2306

www.geislinger.us

Flexco Flynn Technical Solutions

Geislinger Corporation

1705

HASK LLC

242

haskinc.com

separatorequipment.com

98

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Hatenboer-Water

2860

www.hatenboer-water.com

Hatraco

3173 2554

1421

937

Hydrex Hydro Dynamics Solutions, LLC

2719

Hydrospace Group Inc Hypervan

3019

2543

Hyspan Precision Products

641

www.hyspan.com

2754 2243

Heskins LLC

1457

Hytech BV

UI-3809

3550 3456 1719 2352 3060 3047 3229 UI-3849 549 2357 3375 2238

Hose Master www.hosemaster.com

Hose-McCann Communications

hullshield.net

Impellereze

151

UI-3814

IMS Marine Solutions Imtra Corporation Incat Crowther Industrial Packing & Seals, Inc. Industrial Service Solutions Industry Electric Systems INEXA TNF ApS Ingersoll Rand In-Mar Systems, Inc. Innerspace Corporation

1821

Innovative Manufacturing

3319

InnovMarine Inc www.innovmarine.com

www.workboat.com • DECEMBER 2023 • WorkBoat

3047

Inventech Marine Solutions

3577 911

IOW Group

2643

IPS Pump Services

3429

ipspumpservice.com/

1119

Irwin Car and Equipment

3161

www.irwincar.com

2449

ISIC A/S

1264

www.isic-systems.com

3429

Isoflex Technologies

2211

www.isoflextech.com

1943

J A Moody Company

1946

www.jamoody.com

347

J H Menge & Associates LLC

543

www.jhmenge.com

1257

J.H. Fletcher & Co.

3637

jhfletcher.com

1000

JAB Recruitment

2665

www.jab-recruitment.com

1637

JAG Welding, Fabrication & Services3764 JAGweldingfab.com

UI-3863

Jamestown Metal Marine Sales Inc 1621 www.jmms.com

1562

www.marinetapes.com

654

3738

www.iowgroup.com/

www.innerspacethrusters.com

www.hosemccann.com

Hull Shield

2737

www.iocurrents.com

www.inmarsystems.com

1406

Intsel Steel Distributors

ioCurrents

UI-3851

www.ingersollrand.com

www.honeywellprocess.com

InterOcean Systems, LLC

Imagenex Technology Corp.

www.inexa-tnf.com

marine.honda.com

Honeywell

International Special Risks

www.lifeproofboats.com

www.industryelectric.net

www.hhilifting.com

Honda Marine

805

ISS-NA.com

www.hockema.com/

Holloway

vices, Inc.

www.icomamerica.com/lineup/marine/

www.ipseal.com

www.hmrecompression.com

Hockema Group, Inc

Icom America

www.incatcrowther.com

www.hilti.com

HM Recompression Services

3660

www.international-marine.com/

www.intselsteel.com

www.imtra.com/

www.hillmanbrass.com

Hilti Inc.

2015

www.icf-mfg.com

www.interoceansystems.com

2963

www.imsdoors.com

www.hilliardenterprises.com

Hillman Brass & Copper, Inc.

ICC Cable Corp.

globalmarineonline.com

www.hilliardbrakesystems.com

Hilliard Enterprises, Inc

903

www.imagenex.com

www.hillerfire.com

Hilliard Brake Systems

iba America LLC

www.icccable.com

www.heskins.us

Hiller Companies (The)

International Castings &

www.internationalship.com

www.iba-america.com

www.HendersonAuctions.com

HENKA LLC

629

www.isr-insurance.com/

www.helmoperations.com

Henderson Auctions | marinebid

Intercon

International Paint LLC UI-3848

www.helidex.com

Helm Operations

2843

International Ship Repair & Marine Ser-

www.heinenhopman.com

Helidex LLC

Intellian Technologies

Fabrication LLC UI-3861

www.hefringmarine.com/

Heinen & Hopman

2555

www.intercon.com

www.hydrospacegroup.com

2452

Insight Technology Solutions

www.intelliantech.com

3247

www.hdsmarine.com

www.hedemoratd.com

Hefring Marine

Hydrasearch Company, LLC

3646

www.insightttsi.com

www.hydrex.be

www.headhunterinc.com

Hedemora Turbo & Diesel

3451

www.hydrasearch.com

2146

www.hawboldtind.com

Headhunter, Inc.

Hundested Propeller A/S

In-Place Machining Company www.inplace.com

www.hundestedpropeller.dk/

www.hattelandtechnology.com

Hawboldt Industries

1704

humphree.com

www.hatraco.com/en

Hatteland Technology

Humphree USA Inc

JARP Industries

821

jarpind.com

1460

Jason Engineering A/S

3309

www.jason.no

99

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2111

www.jastram.com

JD Neuhaus

1354 2829 3656

2419

LeafHome Water Solutions

2563

Kidde Fire Systems

908

LeBlanc & Associates, LLC

2543

King Valve Co.

www.leblancandassociates.com

3513

kingvalveusa.com

UI-3807

www.jfdglobal.com

JMP Corp.

Kirby Morgan Dive Systems

3055

K-Links Rigging Slings

942

Klüber Lubrication NA LP

UI-3701

Lidan Marine

UI-3821

Liferaft Systems Australia

Kobelt Manufacturing Co Ltd 658

Kohler Power 743, 3409

Johnson Brake Systems -

www.koldban.com

1601 232 1804 2962

KVH Industries Inc La Marche Manufacturing Co

2561

2315

Laborde Products, Inc.

1037

Lake Assault Boats

706

3219

Lara International

Linden Comansa America

943

Lolaark Vision Inc

2329

UI-3854

Lonseal Flooring

3347

www.lonseal.com

328

Lopolight

819

www.lopolight.com

UI-3719

Lo-Rez Vibration Control Ltd

1601

www.lo-rez.com

1353

Louisiana Association for the Blind 3466

Lars Thrane Communication

Larsen Fishing Gears Pte. Ltd.

3706

www.LouisianaCat.com

Lasdrop Shaft Seals

949

2011

www.kahlenberg.com

3545

lablind.com

Louisiana Cat Louisiana Economic Development

252

www.kanagg.com

2919 529 2136

1317

1554 2855

www.lufkingears.com

www.lbi-foundries.com

Lynden Logistics

Leading Edge Manufacturing

www.lynden.com/logistics

752

2010

www.lubriplate.com

Lufkin Gears LLC

www.laserphotonics.com/

LBI Foundries

www.kayaropes.com/en

3776

2901

www.opportunitylouisiana.gov/

Lubriplate Lubricants

www.lasdrop.com

Laser Photonics Corporation

www.karlsenner.com

www.kemarine.com

2508

lolaarkvision.com

Kahlenberg Industries Inc

KE Marine, Inc.

1743

Logan Clutch Corporation

www.thrane.eu

Kaya Ropes

1360

Llebroc Industries

Systems A/S

Karl Senner, LLC

1313

Livorsi Marine inc

www.jtmarineinc.com

KanAgg Recycling

737

www.loganclutch.com

jsquared.com

JT Marine

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc.

www.helmchair.com

1101

www.lakeassault.com

www.jrc-americas.com

2209

www.livorsi.com

www.labordeproducts.com

www.jotron.com

Lignum Vitae North America, LLC

northamerica.comansa.com/en

www.lamarchemfg.com

www.josephindustrial.com

J-Squared Technologies Inc

Konrad Marine

139

www.lindedirect.com

811

www.kvh.com

www.marinewinch.com

JRC Americas, Inc.

2101

www.konradmarine.com

jonathanengr.com

Jotron

Kongsberg Maritime

Lifesaving Systems, LLC

www.lignumvitaesolutions.com

www.kongsberg.com/maritime

brakes.ca

Joseph Industrial Shipyard

2328

www.kohlermarine.com

Kold-Ban International, Ltd

JonRie InterTech LLC

2237

www.lifesavingsystems.com

www.kobelt.com

www.johndeere.com/marine

Jonathan Group

3653

www.kluber.co

joesseptic.com

Johnson Industries Ltd.

UI-3852

www.LSAMES.com

Joe's Septic/Environmental

John Deere Power Systems

1119

www.kirbymorgan.com

www.jmsnet.com

Contractors

Libra-Plast AS www.libra.no

www.jmpusamarine.com

JMS Naval Architects

2762

www.leaffilter.com

www.kiddefiresystems.com

jfpetrogroup.com

JFD LTD

KENT Safety Products

LeafFilter Gutter Protection

www.kentsafetyproducts.com

www.jetsgroup.com

JF Petroleum Group

1010

www.kemel.com

www.jdngroup.com

Jets Vacuum AS

KEMEL USA

713

www.leadingedgemfg.com

100

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MacArtney Underwater Technology

Maritime Reporter and UI-3823

www.macartney.com/

Machine Service, Inc

Military Sealift Command

Engineering News

810

Miller Electric Mfg LLC

www.marinelink.com

3665

Maritime Robotics

3309

Mackay Marine - Marine Electronics &

Markey Machine

Satellite Solutions

www.markeymachine.com

2847 UI-3815

www.millerleaman.com

1257

www.marlon-marine.com

Abrasives, LLC

Marvel Industrial Coatings

Maine Maritime Academy

www.marvelcoatings.com

www.mitsubishi-engine.com/

Massachusetts Maritime Academy 2461

MK Industries

www.maritime.edu

www.mkindustries.com

1462

MAN Engines & Components Inc

2501

Marco Steel and Aluminum, Inc.

3047

www.marcosteel.com

Mareleng

3509

www.mareleng.com

Maretron

807

www.maretron.com

MarinaStep-SafeRack

1210

www.marinegroupbw.com

Marine Jet Power

3136

www.marinejetpower.com

Marine Learning Systems

456

Marine Safety Solutions LLC

1100

MobileOps, Inc.

(MPRC)

www.mobileops.co

Morse Rubber

Maxim Silencers, Powertherm &

www.morserubber.com

345

McCullough Engineering

Moxie Media Inc

Services, Inc. McDermott Light & Signal

www.mpwfilter.com

McLean Contracting Company MCT Brattberg Mecc Alte Inc MER Equipment Metal Shark

www.mstltd.com

www.metalsharkboats.com

3101

www.marinesystemsinc.com

1429

757

Metals USA - Plates & Shapes MetOcean Telematics

2542

www.marinetravelift.com

1104

MGX Equipment

2443 543 3446 2338 3408

Stamp/Governor Control Systems) 2719 mtu - A Rolls-Royce solution

2701

www.mtu-solutions.com

3439

Murray and Associates LLC

1801

www.murrayna.com

829

Murray Ventilation Products, LLC

2518

www.murrayvenitilation.com

1001

NAG Marine

1755

www.nagmarine.com

1819

Naiad Dynamics

3137

www.naiad.com

1505

Nance International HVACR

353

www.nanceinternational.com

3766

National Association of Marine Surveyors - NAMSGlobal

www.metocean.com/

2956

1344

www.mshs.com/

www.metalsusa.com

UI-3965

www.mtsociety.org

Marine Yellow Pages

MetalCraft Marine/Stanley Boats

3465

MSHS (Formerly Motor Services Hugo

www.metalcraftmarine.com

www.marine-technologies.com

Marine Travelift Inc

2450

2337

www.moxielearning.com

MPW Filter Worldwide

www.merequipment.com

Marine Technology Society

3619

www.mccullougheng.com

www.meccalte.com

UI-3843

Moteurs Baudouin www.baudouin.com

Marine Specialised Technology Group3381

Marine Technologies LLC

1548

maximsilencers.com/

www.msimarinesolutions.com/

Marine Systems, Inc.

2861

www.mprcseals.com

www.mctbrattberg.com

marinesafetysolutionsllc.com

Marine Solutions, Inc.

Master Packing & Rubber Company

mcleancontracting.com

www.marinelog.com

MMC International Corp www.mmcintl.com

www.mcdermottlight.com

www.marinels.com

Marine Log

3209

Mitsubishi Marine Engine

www.masterboat.net

MIRATECH 3054

www.marinastep.com

Marine Group Boat Works, LLC

2148

Master Boat Builders, Inc

www.man-engines.com

250

mineraltechllc.com

www.mactechoffshore.com www.mainemaritime.edu

636

MineralTech Gulf Coast

Marlon Marine A/S

www.mackaymarine.com

Mactech Inc

543

729

www.MillerWelds.com

Miller-Leaman Inc.

www.machineservice.com

3604

www.msc.usff.navy.mil/

1652

2839

www.NAMSGlobal.org

www.mgxequipment.com

National Energy Equipment

2865

Michelli Weighing & Measurement 2553

www.nee.ca

www.marineyellowpages.com

www.Michelli.com

Nautican Research & Development Ltd911

Maritime Compliance

Michigan Wheel

International LLC

1608

2037

www.nautican.com

Nauticomp Inc

www.miwheel.com

www.maritimecomplianceinternational.com

Mide Technology | Hutchinson

Maritime Partners LLC

www.mide.com

Nauticus Robotics

Miko Marine US, LLC

nauticusrobotics.com

www.maritimepartnersllc.com

2601

2852 UI-3711

637

www.nauticomp.com

239

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101

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3219

www.navanex.ca

Neptune Flotation

233 2017

Omega Thermo Products

1414

Omni Powertrain Technologies

650

Omnisense Systems USA Inc omnisense-systems.com/

NOAA, Office of Marine and

On Site Alignment 2143

OneStep Power Solutions Inc.

Noram Management LLC

onesteppower.com

1454

NorSap

OpenTug 1119

North American Rescue

2961

Orttech

North Carolina Economic

www.orttech.com

3357

North River Boats

3260 901

Outfitters International

3181

Outland Technology Inc

2729

OXE Marine Inc.

429 3309 3309

www.nme.no

Nuvair

UI-3805

440

Philadelphia Gear

1204

www.philagear.com

955 3309

3061 UI-3743 3649

Pilot Marine Products

1747

Pioneer Industries LLC

3266

Platypus Marine, Inc.

1052

Oxylance Pacific Power Group

UI-3842 2711

www.oceaneering.com

3570

www.oceanscan-usa.com

3730

www.oegoffshore.com

847

854

Porta Products Corporation www.PortaProducts.com

Padgett-Swann Machinery

Poseidon Robotics

Company, Inc.

PoseidonROV.com

2147

759 UI-3854

Power Dynamics Innovations LLC /

www.padgettswann.com

Redox

3436

www.powerdynamicsllc.com

Panel Components & Systems UI-3845

Pompanette

www.pacificpowergroup.com

Ocean Technology Systems

UI-3811

3545

www.pompanette.com

963

www.otscomm.com

Polaris Electronics LLC www.polaris-usa.com

www.palfingermarine.com

www.oilstates.com

2047

www.pioneerspares.com

2219

Oil States Industries, Inc.

Phoenix Lighting

www.comrod.com

Palfinger Marine

OEG Offshore Inc

3246

www.phoenixlighting.com

2454

oceancraftmarine.com/

Oceanscan Inc.

Phoenix Labor Group phoenixlaborgroup.com/

343

Oceaneering International Inc

2110 3774

PaintJet

www.nuvair.com

Ocean Craft Marine

PERKO, Inc. Pettit Paint Division of MRT

www.oxylance.com

www.norwegianelectric.com

Norwegian Maritime Exporters

2813

3129

www.oxemarine.com

www.northernsafety.com

Norwegian Electric Systems

Pearlson Shiplift Corporation

www.platypusmarine.com

www.northern-lights.com

Northern Safety & Industrial

812

www.perko.com

www.northriverboats.com

Northern Lights, Inc.

PCS Construction Group

www.shiplift.com

www.outfittersint.com

edpnc.com

1565

www.pcscg.com

www.optimarin.com

narescue.com

Development

2529

www.opentug.com

Optimarin

www.norsap.com

Paul Automobiles

www.onsitealignment.com

www.omao.noaa.gov/ noram-valves.com/

2114

www.starterdrive.in

omnipowertrain.com

www.n-nine.ca

Aviation Operations

855

www.omegathermoproducts.com

www.nicholsboats.com

N-Nine Enterprises

Olson Aluminum Castings

Patterson Company www.pattersonmfg.com

www.olsonalum.com

dcpoweronboard.com/

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders

3410

oi.expert

www.pipefloat.com

Newmar Power

Olivier International

PowerCell Group

1656

Precise Power Systems

www.pc-s.com

www.precisepowersystems.com

Panel Specialists Inc. / Fipro -

Premium Plate

Thermax

2601

powercellgroup.com

1302

119 1449

www.tfwarren.com

www.panelspec.com

Prime Mover Controls Inc

Passenger Vessel Association (PVA)1109

www.pmc-controls.com

www.passengervessel.com

Princetel, Inc.

Patrick Industries dba Sea-Dog Line 451

www.princetel.com

www.sea-dog.com

Princeton Tec

2310 UI-3872 430

www.princetontec.com

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Professional Mariner

2512

www.professionalmariner.com/

Reserve Systems Inc

2565

reservesystems.net

ProfiSeal GmbH

2829

www.profiseal.com

Resolve Marine

3529

www.propspeed.com

Reuland

1346

1619

RG Seasight Fenders

3537

1113

www.qualitymetalworks.net

Rhineland Cutlery

2661

www.RhinelandCutlery.com

UI-3800 342

www.vacuumprimingsystems.com

R&M Lumen Electrical Inc

RHOTHETA International Inc.

554

RIBCRAFT

939 1243

www.rp-tech.net

Rice Nozzles - Metalmec

2938

www.youngusa.com

Rice Propulsion Rigidized Metals Corporation

2529

www.fernstrum.com

RINA

UI-3850

Rio Marine Inc

3648

Ripple Operations

www.randive.com

www.rippleoperations.com

Rasmussen Equipment Company |

Rivertrace Ltd 3603 1533 1111

UI-3804 2750 813

Roxtec

Regal Rexnord

www.roxtec.com/us

2453

Royal Purple Synthetic Oil

www.regalrexnord.com

2421 2457

Rutter Inc.

Remitite Offshore Shipbuilding

rutter.ca/

& Eng

1553 2004

www.rescuetech1.com

Ryerson

2332

Rypos Inc www.rypos.com

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SCANIA Scanwipers A/S Schaefer Electronics Inc.

341 2351 3474 3401 1256 UI-3829

Schoellhorn-Albrecht Machine 2239

www.schoellhorn-albrecht.com

3029

www.schottel.com

Schuyler Companies 2943

2443

www.schuylerco.com

Scienco/FAST, a subsidiary of 1162

BioMicrobics, Inc.

1042

www.sciencofast.com

1911

Scurlock Electric

519

www.scurlockelectric.com

3664

Sea Foam Sales Co

950

seafoamworks.com

1419

Sea Horse Systems

418

www.seahorsesys.com

443

Sea School

1952

www.seaschool.com

1036

Seaco Industries, LLC

3062

www.SEACOROPE.com

3614

Seacoast, A GCG Company

1511

www.seacoastusa.com

738

Seacraft Shipyard LLC

1564

www.seacraftshipyard.com

1662

www.ryerson.com

renoldajax.com

Rescue Technology

907

www.rydlymemarine.com

www.remitite.com

Renold Hi-Tec Couplings

RYDLYME Marine

Savox Communications

SCHOTTEL, Inc

www.rustibus.com

www.relyonnutec.com

Sauer Compressors USA

Company 1921

royalpurple.com

Rustibus Inc

www.reliableindustries.com

458

www.rosepoint.com

www.redskylighting.com

SAS Safety Corp

www.schaeferpower.com

www.ral.ca

Rose Point Navigation Systems

www.redfoxenviro.com

RelyOn Nutec

218

roatanshipyard.co

Robert Allan Ltd.

www.reach-systems.com

2442

www.scanwipers.com

www.rixindustries.com

Roatan International Shipyard

www.raytecled.com/

Reliable Industries

1351

www.rivieramm.com

RIX Industries

www.raymarine.com

Samson Rope Technologies

www.scaniausa.com

www.rivertrace.com

RIVIERA MARITIME MEDIA LTD

rasmussenco.com/

639

www.savox.com

1605

www.riomarineinc.com

Randive, Inc

Red Sky Lighting LLC

1336

www.rina.org

www.rampartproducts.com

Sample Brothers, Inc.

www.sauerusa.com

rigidized.com/markets/marine

R.W. Fernstrum & Company

Red Fox Environmental Services

1363

www.ricefoundries.com/en/inaval

R.M. Young Company

Reach Systems, Inc

3056

www.sassafety.com

www.metalmec.com.mx

R&P Technologies

Raytec Systems Inc.

Safeguard Technology

www.samsonrope.com

3270

www.ribcraftusa.com

rm-electrical.com

Raymarine Inc

563

www.samplebrothers.com

www.rhothetaint.com

Q-VAC Priming Systems

Wire Rope & Rigging

SAFE Boats International

www.safeguard-technology.com

Quality Metal Works Inc

Rampart Products

1447

www.safeboats.com

952

www.pyiinc.com

QUIKRETE

Safariland www.protecharmored.com

www.reuland.com

PYI Inc.

2465

www.sabinesurveyors.com

www.resolvemarine.com

Propspeed & CMP

Sabine Surveyors Ltd.

Sea-Fire Marine

1301

www.sea-fire.com

3552

Sealevel Construction Inc.

2353

www.sealevelinc.com

103

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Sealing Equipment Products Co., Inc 1953

Siltec USA, Inc.

www.sepcousa.com

www.siltec.us

SEAMOR Marine

UI-3804

Silver Ships, Inc

www.seamor.com

www.silverships.com

Seaside Marine International Drug Co.

Silverback Marine

UI-3715 Seatrax, Inc.

1105

Seatronx

918

Seattle Marine & Fishing Supply Co

947

SKF

Separator Spares &

www.skf.com/marine

Equipment, LLC

2643

3477 701

Skill N Depth

SF Marina

1464

Smith Berger Marine Inc/Marco

1247

Sharrow Marine

2619

SNAME

1842

2651

www.shearer-group.com

Shell

3237

Solar Boat Shades LLC.

Spinergie

2763

Sponge-Jet, Inc.

1237

Spraying Systems Co.

2964

Spurs Marine Manufacturing Inc

953

www.spursmarine.com

UI-3705

St Johns Shipbuilding

1211

www.stjohnsshipbuilding.com

543

Stainless Structurals LLC

3667

sss.us.com

1463

Standard Calibrations, Inc.

1518

www.standardcal.com

753

STAR Center

www.solarboatshades.com

www.star-center.com

Solberg Crankcase Ventilation

Starlight Maintenance, Inc.

Systems

www.panolinamerica.com

2152

www.spray.com

3043

www.sname.org

Shearer Group, Inc (The)

Sperry Marine

www.spongejet.com

www.smithberger.com

www.sfmarinausa.com

428

spinergie.com

www.snd.pro

separatorequipment.com/

Speich S.r.l.

www.sperrymarine.com

www.si-tex.com

www.seamar.com

1255

www.speich.com

www.sinexsolutions.com

SITEX Koden Marine Electronics

www.seatronx.com

3371

simrad-yachting.com

Sinex Solutions

www.seatrax.com

Spears Manufacturing Company www.spearsmfg.com

www.SilverbackMarine.com

Simrad | Navico Group

www.seasidemarine.com

946

3501

2760 3343

www.StarlightMaintenance.com

www.solbergmfg.com

Stat-X® Fire Suppression

www.sherwin-williams.com/protective

Sonardyne Inc

www.statx.com/industry/marine-us-

Shift Environmental Technologies

www.sonardyne.com

Sherwin-Williams

2305

UI-3804 shiftenvironmental.com

Ship Architects, Inc.

1007

Steele Rubber Products

www.soneticscorp.com/industries/marine/

www.steelerubber.com/

Sonihull

Steerprop

1655

Sound Propeller Services

www.shipinteriorsystems.com

www.soundprop.com

ShipConstructor USA Inc

Soundown Corporation

1343 2537

Source IEx

2829

Southern Fasteners & Supply

www.shipsmachinery.com

southernfasteners.com/

ShipServ

Southern IoT

2246

Shock WBV Ltd

3366 3374

www.allsalt.com

104

Southland Reach Rods

3175

SP Systems www.SPSystemsUSA.com

Steiner Construction Company Inc

1151

Steiner Shipyard

1957

www.SteinerShipyard.com

1111

STI Marine Firestop

2107

www.stimarine.com

1760

Stored Energy Systems

3746

www.sens-usa.com

1321

SubMerge

UI-3757

sub-merge.com

3629

Subsalve USA

UI-3729

www.subsalve.com

2213

Subsea Industries NV

3247

www.subind.net

www.southlandreachrods.com

www.shockwaveseats.com

SHOXS - Fireboy

Southern Thrusters

3611

www.steinermarine.com

2409

www.southernthrusters.com

shock-wbv.com

Shockwave Seats

2210

SouthernIoT.com

www.shipserv.com

653

www.steerprop.com

www.sourceiex.com

www.shipglide.com

Ships Machinery International Inc

3636

www.soundown.com

www.shipconstructor.com

Shipglide, Inc

flagged-vessels/

1848

Sonetics Corporation

www.sonihull.com

www.shiparch.com

Ship Interior Systems

UI-3737

1154

2210

Subsea Technologies, Inc.

UI-3745

www.subseatechnologies.com/

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Summit Electric Supply, Marine Division

The Association of Diving 1051

Contractors International

1461

The Lincoln Electric Company

Transport Products and UI-3964

www.summit.com/marine

Sunbelt Rentals Inc

1029

www.lincolnelectric.com

Sunbrite Solutions LLC

149

Sunjin Entech Co., Ltd.

246

www.sunjincmk.com

The Maritime Executive

2765

153

The Timken Company

1805

The Wing Group

821

3361

www.thomasusaf.com

Survey Equipment Services, Inc UI-3737

Thoma-Sea Marine

1206

2856

TBS Safety, Inc.

2355

www.tbssafety.com

TDI / Tech Development Inc. www.tdi-airstarter.com/

T-Drill Industries www.t-drill.com

TEAM Industries Inc.

736

www.weldpositioner.com

TEC Sales www.tec-sales.com/

Techcrane International, LLC

1219

Trimaco

Tilman Solutions

www.tube-mac.com

UI-3852 2301

www.timcomarine.com

www.telestratechnologies.com

3219

538

www.tempcoat.com

455

Texas A&M Maritime Academy

www.texcelrubber.com

Twin Disc Incorporated

3201

1552

U.S. Navy - PEO USC (PMS 300)

711

www.navsea.navy.mil

1919

www.torqeedo.com

TOTE Services LLC TowWorks LLC Tradesmen International Inc Trakka Systems

UAM Tec Trading

UI-3749

uamtec.com

2557

UBC Pile Drivers and Divers

UI-3837

www.ubcpiledrivers.org

1165

U-Coat Technologies INC.

442

www.U-COAT.com

957

Ullman Dynamics USA LLC.

756

www.ullmandynamics.com

1643

Ulmatec Handling Solutions

1429

www.ulmatec.no

1844

Ultraguard Antifouling Systems Mackenzie’s Marine Shop

1405

www.transfluid.us

1315

www.mackenziesmarine.com

Umbilicals International

UI-3820

Transfluid Tube Processing

www.tamug.edu

Texcel

3443

155

www.tnemec.com

Transfluid LLC 452

Pullmaster Brands

TYRI Marine Lighting

trakkasystems.com

Texas A&M University at Galveston &

1661

1951

www.tradesmeninternational.com/

Termodinamica USA

1046

www.levelcom.net

www.towworks.com

TEMP-COAT Brand Products

3352

www.team-twg.com

toteservices.com

UI-3737

3642

www.twindisc.com

www.tcsmeters.com

www.raymarine.com

223

TWG Tulsa Winch - LANTEC and

www.tilmansolution.com

Total Control Systems 1533

3367

www.tripleson.net

Tube-Mac Piping Technologies

Teledyne FLIR | Raymarine

Telestra Technologies

321

www.servicetrucks.com

Torqeedo 3543

3467

www.trimlok.com

Triple Son Wholesale Timbers

www.thrustmaster.net

www.teesgillthrusters.com

Electronics

1229

Tnemec Company, Inc 2309

355

www.Trimaco.com

TRIM-LOK, INC.

www.thordonbearings.com

TMS - LevelCom 2660

teco2030.no/

Tees White Gill Thrusters

Thordon Bearings, Inc.

Titan Boats, LTD

www.techsolmarine.com

TECO 2030 INC

143

1329

www.techcrane.com

Techsol Marine

Thompson Marine

tridentis.com

Timco Industries Inc 1663

2404

www.tricab.com/

Tridentis

Tiger Cranes 1352

Tribco Inc

www.thoma-sea.com

Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. 1905

Triad Diagnostic Solutions

TriCab USA 719

3521

www.TAIEngineers.com

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions

www.tribco.com

Constructors LLC www.survivalsystemsinternational.com

259

www.triad-ds.com/

Thomas Financial

www.sitech-us.com

Treadmaster Marine

www.trelleborg.com

www.inflatablesolutions.com

Supreme Integrated Technology

1262

www.treadmaster.co.uk

timkenmarine.com

Superx LLC

Travelers Insurance www.travelers.com/ocean

www.maritime-executive.com

TAI Engineers LLC

3146

www.tpsemarine.com

www.sunbeltrentals.com

Survival Systems International

Service Enterprises, Inc.

3718

Machinery Inc. transfluid-us.com

243

Underwater Acoustics International

UI-3767

uaisolutions.com/

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3060

www.uniparllc.com/

Unique Group

3542

Volvo Penta

548

VSTEP www.vstepsimulation.com

United States General Services

W&O 1208

Uptime International

3309 UI-3846

Valence Water

3654

Vanuatu Maritime Services Ltd

1048

Vard Marine Inc.

1543

vardmarine.com/

VDL Klima bv

2829

www.vdlklima.com

Vectis Automation LLC

2954 1452

veranavis.com

Vessel Vanguard

3455

1342

Washington Alloy Company

801

3471

3609

UI-3755 2206 329

www.viking-life.com

Viper WRL Pty Ltd

1560

www.viperwrl.com

Virtual Marine Technology

Watermakers, Inc.

1849

1629 3571

Waterways Journal, Inc. Web Engines LLC Weems & Plath WEG Weld Mount - HB Fuller Marine Weldsale Wesco

1239

Wynne Marine, LLC

1637 1455

www.wynneinc.com

3628

Yale Cordage Inc

1847

www.yalecordage.com

3661

Yang Zhou July Imp & Exp Co.,Ltd

3355

www.july-marine.com

1901

Yanmar America Corporation

2511

yanmar.com/us

1546

Yarde Metals

3632

www.yarde.com

954

Yates Cylinders

3447

www.yatesind.com

2201

ZF Marine

www.wesco.com

www.zfmarine.com

WESMAR - Western Marine

Zodiac of North America, Inc.

Electronics

www.zodiacmilpro.com

1853

1811 852

www.wesmar.com

Western Branch Metals Inc 2562

Wynn Marine Ltd.

1401

www.inmarsystems.com

www.weldsale.com

www.viega.us

Viking Life Saving Equipment

www.WPTpower.com

www.hbfuller.com/marine

www.videoray.com

Viega

WPT Power Corporation

www.wachain.com

www.weg.net

1563

vicusdt.com/en/

VideoRay

Wozair USA Ltd.

Washington Chain & Supply Inc.543, 1501

www.weems-plath.com

www.vibratechtvd.com

VICUS Engineering USA

World Wide Metric

3643

www.worldwidemetric.com

www.blessey.com

www.vetus.com/usa

Vibratech TVD

446

precisiontension.com www.woosterhydrostatics.com

Associates, Inc.

1200

www.wintronelectronics.com

Wooster Hydrostatics, Inc.

www.waterwaysjournal.net

2054

www.vestdavit.no

VETUS Maxwell

3129

www.wintebusa.com

Washburn & Doughty

www.watermakers.com

www.vesselvanguard.com

Vestdavit, Inc.

Winteb Inc.

www.wozair.com

www.veotecamericas.com

Vera Navis Ship Design

911

www.wartsila.com

VectisAutomation.com

Veotec (Americas) LLC

Wingate Marine LLC

WireCo World Group 702

www.washburndoughty.com

1918

www.willardmarine.com

Wintron Electronics 821

www.wandfluh-us.com

Wartsila North America, Inc.

www.vanuatumaritimeships.com

3618

www.wago.us

Wandfluh of America

www.valencewater.com

357

2743

www.wagerusa.com

Wago Corporation

vaarst.com

352

www.wifpro.com

Willard Marine 2129

3261

www.farmerscopper.com

WIF-Pro 2119

1509

www.whitingdoor.com

Wieland Farmers Copper 1004

www.wabteccorp.com/marine-solutions

Wager Company

www.uptime.no

Vaarst

2401

www.wosupply.com

Wabtec Corporation

www.gsaauctions.gov

Whiting Door Manufacturing Corporation

www.volvopenta.com

www.unisea.no

Administration (GSA)

1942

www.voith.com

www.uniquegroup.com

UniSea AS

Voith Turbo, Inc.

2013

www.wbmetals.com

www.vmtechnology.ca

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sel built in the U.S. It’s a 105'×27'×15' tug being renovated at Feeney Shipyard in Kingston, N.Y. The tug was built in 1957 at Brooklyn’s Jakobson Shipyard. It’s current owner is Brooklyn-based Amogy, a three-year-old company founded by four MIT alumni.

Amogy is also the developer of the 1-MW ammonia-based system that will power the tug. It’s a version of Amogy’s 600-kW power pack. The ammonia-topower technology feeds liquid ammonia through Amogy’s cracking modules integrated into a hybrid fuel-cell system that powers electric motors for zero carbon emissions.

In another first, though this time across the Atlantic in Norway, Amogy’s website notes that the company will provide the first ammonia-to-power technology for two 269' platform supply vessels, built by Green Ships Invest AS for Bourbon Horizon AS with “an agreed option for a third vessel.”

Amogy’s “ammonia-to-power solution will be integrated into the ePSV power-plant systems, enabling zeroemissions operations.” The driving force is pending emission requirements: “today’s global PSV fleet, is in majority between 10 and 20 years old. It does not comply with the emerging industry emission requirements.”

On its website (amogy.co) Amogy notes that for ammonia to effectively contribute to net-zero goals, there must be an increase in clean ammonia production. Additionally, carbon taxes would be a way to encourage vessel operators to adopt ammonia — or other alternative fuels — to reduce the maritime sector’s carbon footprint.

interdiction, and border and harbor security.

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the growth of USVs is likely to continue. As Sea Machine’s Michael Johnson put it, “Autonomy is taking hold faster on the waterways that it is on the roadways.”

— Bruce Buls

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ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND ZERO EMISSIONS

I

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Ammonia is predicted to become the leading fuel source for the world’s giant cargo ships by 2050, according to the IEA.

Amogy

t’s a race — there’s no other way to describe it. The race started in 2018 with the International Maritime Organization’s decarbonization goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% (the emphasis is on “at least”) by 2050, compared with 2008 levels.

Then the departments of Energy, Transportation Department, Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency upped the decarbonization goal by committing to a net-zero carbon emissions standard by 2050. That’s 27 years from now. Is it enough time for the operators of an estimated 38,000 commercial vessels in the U.S. to hit that zero greenhousegas mark? We’ll see.

Switching to alternative fuels in the marine market is critical in trying to hit that decarbonization goal; fuel to power new vessels and the thousands of existing tugs, passenger boats, ferries, crew transfer vessels, service vessels, fireboats, police boats, etc., that will need to have diesel-fuel powered engines hoisted off their engine blocks and replaced with an alternative power system.

Currently there are several alternative carbon-free fuel options, including liquid natural gas, hydrogen, ammonia, biofuels, methanol and, yes, electricity.

Recent issues of WorkBoat included several vessels that have already started the power change-over process. One of those is the first ammonia-powered ves-

Along those lines, Amogy notes that the European Council adopted a new regulation to help decarbonize the maritime sector.

The FuelEU maritime initiative is designed to increase the demand for and encourage consistent use of renewable, low-carbon fuels and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping sector, by penalizing vessels that don’t adhere to certain standards.

Electricity also falls into the alternative fuel category in the search for zero-emission vessels The first fully electric, truckable push tug is being designed by Elliott Bay Design Group, Seattle, and will be built at Miller Marine, Deltaville, Va. EBDG said the 26' tug “will be a test case to understand the market demand for an all-electric vessel.” It should be completed in early 2024.

The 26-footer will be powered by a pair of permanent magnet motors with a 300-kW total output (400 hp).

On a full charge the tug will be able to operate for 12-plus hours. Shore power should recharge the tug in about eight hours. The tug is designed to tend dredges and buoys, service construction sites and run short-range ferry operations.

— Michael Crowley

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NTSB CALLS FOR CHANGES TO SMALL PASSENGER REGS

T

he National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended in October that engine-room fire detection and fixed fire extinguishing systems be installed in small passenger vessels previously exempted from Coast Guard regulations in Subchapter K. The NTSB issued the recommendations after investigating an engine room fire aboard the Spirit of Norfolk during a sightseeing cruise near Naval Station Norfolk, Va. The June 2022 cruise had 108 people on board. The fire was too large for the crew to fight, and the passengers and crew were evacuated to other vessels. It then took firefighters

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Firefighters boarding the Spirit of Norfolk during firefighting efforts.

four days to extinguish the blaze. No injuries were reported. The vessel was declared a total loss of $5 million.

For more than 20 years, the NTSB has been concerned with the increased risk of engine room fires and their ability to grow undetected on small passenger vessels. The NTSB first recommended requiring fire detection and fixed fire suppression systems in all small passenger vessels carrying more than 49 people to the Coast Guard in 2007 after investigating commuter ferry fires in 2000 and 2006.

Current regulations exempt small passenger vessels regulated under Subchapter K that were operating before March 10, 1996, from certain construction, arrangement and installation requirements, including engine-room fire detection and fixed fire extinguishing systems.

Subchapter K small passenger vessels are certified to carry more than 150 passengers or have overnight accommodations for more than 49 passengers.

“It is time for the U.S. Coast Guard to remove the exemption from the regulations,” NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said in a statement. “More than 100 of these exempted small passenger vessels are currently operating without fire detection or firefighting systems in their engine rooms while carrying hundreds of passengers — a completely unnecessary risk to passengers and crew. Vessels carrying a large number of people, no matter when they began operations, should be required to have fire detection and prevention systems so crews can take immediate action to protect and save lives.”

NTSB investigators determined the

fire on the Spirit of Norfolk was likely caused by the ignition of combustible materials stored near the exhaust pipe of the operating port generator. As the vessel was in service before 1996, it was not required to have engine-room fire detection and fixed fire extinguishing systems. The lack of these systems allowed the fire to grow unnoticed and precluded crew firefighting efforts.

NTSB investigators also found ineffective communications between the unified command, formed to coordinate firefighting and response operations, and firefighting teams contributed to the severity of the fire on the Spirit of Norfolk. The unified command’s original plan to fight the fire was to place foam into the engine room through the emergency hatch on the main deck. The firefighting teams were not able to locate the hatch and did not communicate that to the unified command nor did the unified command monitor the teams’ efforts to locate the hatch. Instead of using the hatch, the fire attack team opened the engine room door, which allowed the fire to spread.

City Cruises, operator of the Spirit of Norfolk and other sightseeing vessels, told the NTSB that they have committed to a multiyear project to retrofit their vessels with fixed fire extinguishing and fire detection systems.

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WORKBOAT INDUSTRY DEALS

ach year in the marine industry companies are founded, merge, acquired, and many go bankrupt.

The past 12 months has been no different. Here are some examples: • In September, Seacor Holdings Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., announced the sale of its U.S. harbor towing operations and assets from its Seabulk Towing Holdings Inc. subsidiary to E.N. Bisso & Son Inc., New Orleans, and Bay-Houston Towing Co., Houston. The E.N. Bisso

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transaction includes 12 harbor towing vessels across ports in Florida and Alabama. Bay-Houston is acquiring eight tugs that operate in Texas along the Sabine Neches Navigation District and in the Port of Lake Charles, La. • Global investment firm Carlyle and private equity firm Stellex Capital Management announced in July that they had completed the sale of Titan Acquisition Holdings to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds. Titan is comprised of Vigor Industrial LLC, a Portland, Ore., shipbuilding and ship repair company; MHI Holdings LLC, a ship repair and maintenance company based in Norfolk, Va.; and Continental Maritime, San Diego.

• Maritime Partners LLC, Metairie, La., announced in September that that it had acquired Norfolk, Va.-based U.S. Marine Management LLC (USMMI) from Maersk Line Ltd. USMMI is engaged in chartering U.S.-flag tankers and military support vessels, owned and operated by USMMI, to the Military Sealift Command, and the operation and maintenance of U.S. governmentowned vessels. USMMI currently operates a fleet of five U.S.-flagged vessels (including one owned maritime support vessel, three owned tankers, and one bareboat chartered tanker).

• Crowley, Jacksonville, Fla., and Seacor Holdings, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., (through its subsidiary Seabulk Tankers Inc.) have formed a joint venture that will integrate their liquid energy and chemical transportation vessels, operations and related services into a new, independent Jones Act service provider, Fairwater Holdings LLC. Fairwater will serve the U.S. domestic market with vessels and marine transportation solutions across the petroleum and chemical trades. Its fleet includes 20 oceangoing, articulated tug-barges and 11 tankers, several under long-term charter. The joint venture will provide crewing and technical management for an additional 21 third-party-owned vessels. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2024. — K. Hocke 109

PORT OF CALL Employment, Equipment & Services

Commercial Contracts Manager BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair is seeking a seasoned, high-potential Commercial Contracts Manager to join an exciting, challenging, fast-paced, and dynamic work environment.

The position routinely interacts with customers, senior leadership team, cross functional teams, and other company personnel to manage the entire contracts life cycle of commercial contracts from capture to closeout.

Highly motivated Contract Administrators with proven and appropriate experience with the desire to excel and grow their career are encouraged to apply.

CAPTAIN'S & AB'S We offer excellent benefits and competitive wages to qualified applicants.

Mobro Marine has openings for Captains and Able Bodied Seaman.

Experience required for inland and offshore East Coast US, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.

Contact Mike Rodriguez (904) 305-2502 mrodriguez@mobromarine.com

We Are

HIRING AB's QMED's Licensed Deck Officer Licensed Engineer

Qualifications:

TWIC - MMC - Passport Pass a 719K physical Pass a DOT/USCG Drug Screen Visit our website to apply or call:

716-635-1346 - Ask for Kathy www.americansteamship.com /employment

For full job description and to apply: https://www.workboat.com/resources/ jobs-marketplace/welders-painterscarpenters-deckhands

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Derrick Barge Deck Foreman Leadermen Rigger Derrick Crane Operator Deck Crane Operator Tower Operator Welding Foreman Welder (6 GR Certified) Clerk Chief Engineer Chief Electrician Mechanic Oiler Electrician Steward Night Cook Galley Hand Tug Boat Captain Able Body Seamen QMED/OILER

we're hiring!

VANUATU FLAGGED TUG CREWS

GENERAL MANAGER PROJECT MANAGER Shipyard Repair & Maintenance ESTIMATOR Shipyard Repair & Maintenance PURCHASING, SHIPPING, RECEIVING

All deck officers must hold valid Vanuatu GMDSS– General Operator’s Certificate (GOC) (IV/2)

Please send resume:

jobs@shoreoffshore.com

jtmarinevancouver@gmail.com

Able seafarer deck–II/4 or II/5 Chief engineer—III/3 Able seafarer engine—III/4 or III/5

Email resume to:

WE'RE W E'RE WE'RE HIRING! H IRING! HIRING!

IS HIRING!

Competitive Salary Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Friendly Work Environment Paid - Time off Career Path Opportunities

Immediate Openings!

Minimum 2 years offshore experience onboard a derrick barge required.

Applicants must have a valid TWIC card.

SOUTHWEST SHIPYARD WELDERS: COMBO-FITTERS PAINTERS/SANDBLASTERS CARPENTERS WAREHOUSE COORDINATOR MAINTENANCE MECHANICS Southwest SAFETY TECHNICIANS Shipyard LABORERS & HELPERS

OFFSHORE SERVICES, LLC

Join Our Team Offshore Day Cooks Night Cooks Bakers

Dredge Captain & Dredge Engineer Northern California - Richmond

Camp Boss Galley & BR Hands We offer a 28 & 14 rotating work schedule Excellent benefits package which includes: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, & AD&D Insurance.

Starting salaries depending on level of offshore experience.

Apply at our website:

www. premieroffshorecatering.com Equal Opportunity Employer

See all job positions & apply online at:

www.careers.foss.com

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PORT OF CALL Offshore Positions Wanted Experienced Riggers, Painters, Cooks & Galleyhands for Offshore.

Must have T.W.I.C. Miniumum 2 years offshore experience. Must pass drug test.

JPADD RESOURCES STAFFING Email Resumes to:

j.padd@yahoo.com

SEEKING APPLICANTS Ordinary Seaman - ($29.08/hr.)

Able Seaman- ($32.84/hr.)

Oiler- ($33.55/hr.)

Applicants must be available to work on-call. Permanent status is obtained after working 150 days and eligibility for additional benefits follows.

Applicants are requested to forward copies of all pages of their MMC that contain information and a copy of their TWIC with their completed application.

Mate's- AB'S Chief Engineers DDE - 4000 - Q-Meds Captains - Boat Pilots Experienced Deckhands Captains - 100 Gross Tons

For application or to submit letter of interest and resume please email: HR@steamshipauthority.com or mail to: Steamship Authority, HR Office 228 Palmer Ave., Falmouth MA 02540

torres.progressivemarineservice @gmail.com

NOW HIRING! As our fleet continues to grow, we are looking for experienced wire boat:

- Captain - Mates

- Engineers - AB Deckhands

We Offer:  A company committed to safety  Competitive Day Rates  Equal Time Opportunities  Paid Travel

Apply online: www.dannoceantowing.com Email: hiring@dannoceantowing.com Phone: (813) 251-5100

Cooks, Utility Hands, Galleyhands & Riggers All applicants must have: TWIC card Water Survival T Huet & Safe Guard certification. Positions require travel and set schedules.

Send resume to

tandnb16@gmail.com

Promote your job listing in the upcoming WorkBoat issue!

Contact: Wendy Jalbert wjalbert@divcom.com

Dann Ocean Towing

OFFSHORE WORKERS NEEDED!

McAllister Towing, “Leading the Way” for over 150 years, Has positions available:

Captains, Mates, Engineers, AB & OS Deckhands  Captains: Need a minimum of 200 Ton Near Coastal

License with Master of Towing, 1600 ton preferred, with a valid TWIC, USCG Medical Certificate, NY harbor experience is preferred. Coastwise towing experience on wire tugs and /or Tractor tug experience is a plus

SEEKING CHIEF ENGINEER

 Mates: Need a minimum of 200 ton Near Coastal

146’ Z-Drive Research Vessel.

Atlantic Coast science missions with a great team.

Be a part of the Mid-Life Rebuild for the Ship and Operations in 2024-2025!

Full job description and to apply online: https://careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/listing/

excellent Benefits Full-time EOE

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Send Resume:

jswallow@udel.edu

License with Mate of Towing, 1600 ton preferred, with a valid TWIC, USCG Medical Certificate, NY harbor experience is preferred. Coastwise towing experience on wire tugs and /or Tractor tug experience is a plus

 Engineers: Need a valid MMC, TWIC, USCG Medical

Certificate, We prefer a Licensed Engineer with Tug experience, but will consider unlicensed personnel that have tug experience.

Send resumes to: revans@mcallistertowing.com or employment@mcallistertowing.com Or apply online at: https://www.mcallistertowing.com/aboutmcallister/employment-opportunities

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PORT OF CALL Employment, Equipment & Services WE ARE HIRING

ALL POSITIONS ABOARD OUR FLEET!

CAPTAINS & MATES LIC. ENGINEERS QMED, AB & OS

All applicants must possess valid MMC, Medical Certificate and TWIC credential

Apply online: www.dannmarinetowing.com/employment

WE ARE HIRING!

Golden Alaska Seafoods has open positions on the M/V Golden Alaska Engine Room positions: Chief Engineer,

MMT is a company that values families and builds careers. We provide our employees with the best equipment and training, and set them on a path for success in the marine industry.

Technician

There's still time to cash in on a

Prep Cook, Galley Assistant, Housekeeper Deck positions: Bosun, Deck Boss, Deckhand, Deckhand Trainee Factory positions: Baader Technician, Surimi

FULL JOB DESCRIPTIONS & TO APPLY GO TO:

https://www.workboat.com/resources /jobs-marketplace/magnoliatankermen-engineers

join our team Relief Engineer - OSV Come join our team if you are a motivated professional ENGINEER for OSV's with a United States Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) and desire a stable employment environment where you are appreciated!

Valid MMC/STCW with Chief Engineer OSV OR Unlimited HP endorsement Valid Medical Certificate Valid TWIC Diesel Electric experience preferred Competitive Wages - Terrific Benefits Sign On Bonus

APPLY AT: https://www.joollc.com/careers/ EMAIL: careers@joollc.com

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1st Assistant, 2nd Assistant, Oiler, Fishmeal Galley positions: Chief Steward, Cook,

Life insurance, Long-Term Disability, Medical, Dental, 401K & Holiday Pay

engine room personnel

Wheelhouse positions: Captain, Mate, Purser

TANKERMEN & ENGINEERS

SIGN ON BONUS

Calling all

Technician, Quality Control, Foreman, Factory Mechanic, Processor Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) EOE and Drug Free Company

Please apply online at:

www.goldenalaska.com

$3K SIGN-ON BONUS

and join an industry leader!

Don't miss out on your chance to become part of the Weeks Marine, Inc. family.

UL Assistant Engineers QMED-Oilers Competitive compensation, a generous benefits package and a family first culture await you!

Email resume and complete MMC today!

lhsimon@weeksmarine.com EEO/M/F/D/V

Promote your job listing in the upcoming WorkBoat issue!

Contact: Wendy Jalbert wjalbert@divcom.com WM RESOURCES STAFFING L.L.C.

Seeking Offshore Positions Experienced Riggers, Painters, Cooks & Galleyhands for Offshore.

Must have T.W.I.C. Miniumum 2 years offshore experience. Must pass drug test.

Email Resumes to:

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PORT OF CALL SE EK IN G QUA LI FIE D & E X PE RI ENC ED PER SO NNE L to work on our subsea construction fleet.

AVAILABLE POSITIONS

Seeking to Expand its Sale & Purchase Brokerage Team We are looking for motivated individuals with at least 2 to 3 years of experience in the shipping industry.

Ideal candidates will have either experience in Sale and Purchase, Chartering or Vessel Operations.

Applicants should review our company background at www.pierotshipping.com before submitting their resumes to hr@pierotshipping.com

 Master  Senior Chief Officer  Chief Officer  Second Officer  Chief Engineer  Second Engineer  Third Engineer  Fourth Engineer  Electro-Technical Officer  Electrician  Instrument Technician  Bosun  Able Seafarer  Able Seafarer (Engine)  Welder

 Crane Operator  Crane Technician  Materials Coordinator  Chief Pipelay Engineer  Fitter  Technician Supervisor  Hydraulic Technician  PLC Technician  Electrical Technician  Mechanical Technician  Pipelay Operator  Deck Mechanic  Deck Coordinator  Offshore Const Manager  SR Offshore Const Supervisor

Send resumes to:

Our main office is located in New York, with remote operations in the USEC Mid-Atlantic and Miami

offshorevesseljobs@technipfmc.com The South Florida Water Management District is hiring!

NOW HIRING!!!

Need To Fill All positions aboard DP2-Construction Support Vessel • MASTER—STCW II/2 Master 3000 Tons and Unlimited DP Certificate • CHIEF MATE—STCW II/2 Chief Mate 3000 Tons and Unlimited DP Certificate • MATE—STCW/OICNW II/1 and Unlimited DP Certificate • CHIEF ENGINEER—STCW IIl/2 CE 3000KW/ 4000HP • ASSISTANT ENGINEER—STCW lll / 1 OlCEW • DECK FOREMAN —3+ Yrs experience in deck supervisory role • BOSUN—STCW II/4, II/5, VI/2, VI/6 AB Unlimited • ABLE SEAFARER DECK—STCW II/5, STCW II/4 AB Unlimited • ABLE SEAFARER ENGINE—STCW ll/5 , STCW II/4 Oiler/Motorman • CRANE OPERATOR—API Operator License Knuckle Boom • Wiper - OS License • OS/RIGGER—Qualified Rigger API RP2D or Equivalent • COOK—Food Safety Certificate • GALLEY HAND —Food Safety Certificate • ELECTRICIAN—Minimum 5 Yrs Mechanical/ Electrical Experience on all Vessel Types (DP2 & Conventional) • CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT– 5 + Yrs Industry Experience– Current Offshore Certifications • ROV SUPERVISOR—5+Yrs Industry Experience with 360+ Days In Senior Pilot Tech Role and Current Certifications • ROV PILOT TECH—150-hurs Piloting Experience/180+ Days Offshore as Pilot with Current Certifications

Must have DP-2 DSV experience, current mariners’ credentials, certifications & physical.

Send resumes & copies of credentials to:

ssr2-jobs@hydrasubsea.com

 Offshore Const Supervisor  Offshore Operations Engineer  Deck Supervisor  Rigging Supervisor  Assistant Rigging Supervisor  Rigger (incl Lead rigger)  Rigger Welder  ROV Superintendent  ROV Senior Supervisor  ROV Supervisor  ROV Senior Pilot Technician  ROV Pilot Technician  HSE Advisor  Medic Administrator  Offshore Administrator

join our team

JOIN OUR TEAM!

Field Operations Positions Available: ▶ Industrial Electrician ▶ Fleet Technician ▶ Diesel Engine Specialist ▶ Stat Diesel Engine Operator/Mechanic ▶ Instrumentation Control Technician Enjoy a competitive salary with excellent public sector benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance, Florida Retirement System, deferred compensation, paid vacation, holiday leave, life insurance, alternate work schedule and a great professional atmosphere.

Apply at SFWMD.gov/Careers

These jobs allow you to be home every night with your family and no travel is required.

Relief captain - OSV Come join our team if you are a motivated professional CAPTAIN for OSV's with a United States Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) and desire a stable employment environment where you are appreciated!

Valid MMC with Master 3000 GT or greater National and STCW endorsement Valid Medical Certificate Valid DP Unlimited Certificate Valid TWIC

Competitive Wages - Terrific Benefits Sign On Bonus

APPLY AT: https://www.joollc.com/careers/ EMAIL: careers@joollc.com

Promote your Equipment & Services in the upcoming January issue!

Contact: Wendy Jalbert / wjalbert@divcom.com

Seeking Experienced Offshore Personell Utility Hand/Cooks/Housekeeping wanted for offshore work. Rotating hitches of 12 hour days, 28 days on then 14 days off.

https://cardinal.bamboohr.com/jobs

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Must have the following: RIG PASS/SAFE GULF HUET MMC BOSIET TWIC

3 yrs offshore utility experience.

Applicants will also be required to pass a USCG Merchant Mariner Physical and a USCG DOT Drug Test

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PORT OF CALL Employment, Equipment & Services The Alutech and OP Series Chairs & Deck Rails

Greater Quality. Greatest Value. www.alu design.no www.alu-design.no

Alu Design offers a standard product line in addition to the option for customization to suit specific needs. Sleek modern design and maximum utility and comfort are emphasized. No matter whether you call it a pilot chair, helm chair, navigator chair or operator seat, we have the chair for your application.

Captains, Mates, and ABs J.E. McAmis is hiring for dredging and marine construction projects in the Pacific Northwest.

If interested please email resumes to

scott@jemcamis.com In-Mar Solutions offers a complete line of Alu Design & Services chairs and deck rails.

www.inmarsolutions.com 

info@inmarsolutions.com

(225) 644-7063

Keel Coolers

and copy to Captain Doug at

acecrabber@yahoo.com

Trouble free marine engine cooling since 1927!

THE WALTER MACHINE CO, INC Tel: 201-656-5654 - Fax: 201-656-0318

www.waltergear.com

POWERING THE FLEET FOR 60 YEARS! Lowest Cost of Ownership More Copper = Lower Operating Temps & Less Fuel Consumption

SMITH BROTHERS, Inc.

Custom Specs Available 9kW - 395kW Designed & Built by

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TUGS/BARGES FOR RENT

Barges sized from 8’ x 18’ to 45’ to 120’. Also “Shugart sectional barges. “Truckable Tugs” here.

MER Equipment

www.smithbarge.com Galesville, MD 20765 - (410) 867-1818 Keith Aschenbach keitha@mcleancontracting.com

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PORT OF CALL

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Polar Fleece Blankets/Towels

Marine Industrial Bunk Beds Fire Retardant

Bunks and Curtains

Meets IMO & USCG Requirements

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Wide Range of Ship Repair Services Here at Shipwright Marine Services LLC, we provide exceptional ship maintenance for our clients. We’ll handle most aspects of your vessel, from mooring equipment and deck fittings to machinery and structural repair. We are a global service provider.

Mooring Winches Windlass’ Band Brakes Fair Lead upgrade Window Washing Baskets Hydraulic Equipment Repair r Shipwright Marine Services, LLC. 30 Valley Road, Travelers Rest, SC | Office: 864-689-1315 | Cell: 864-534-4300

clinch@shipwrightmarineservices.com www.shipwrightmarineservices.com Promote your Equipment & Services in the upcoming January issue!

Contact: Wendy Jalbert / wjalbert@divcom.com

Coast Guard & State Pilotage License Insurance License Defense & Wage Loss Group Coverage Available

Agent - MOPS Merchant Officers Protective Syndicate

R.J. Mellusi & Co.

(212) 962-1590 - FAX (212) 385-0920

29 Broadway, Suite 2400, New York, NY 10006

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PORT OF CALL Employment, Equipment & Services

MARINE MACHINING & MANUFACTURING Your One-Stop Shop for Your Marine Drive Needs Sales and Service

Sales and Service

• A17, A19, A22 and A22HS • Propeller Shafting Bar Stock lengths up to 36’ • C.N.C. Machined Propeller Shafting • Precision Propeller Shaft straightening & repair

• Custom Machined Shaft Couplings up to 30” diameter • Michigan Wheel Propellers • Propeller Repair

W O R L D L E A D E R I N B O AT S H A F T I N G World's Largest Stocking Distributor of AQUAMET

33475 Giftos Dr., Clinton Township, MI 48035 ◼ PH. 586-791-8800

www.marinemachining.com - www.aquamet.com 2010 Safeboat Defender 25 (Two Boats Available) Twin Mercury Verado Supercharged 250HP Outboards Blistering Top Speed Boat One = 745 Engine Hours Boat Two = 572 Engine Hours New: Collars & Foam, Vessel View

$175,000 USD Each

702, Optima Batteries, Tires, Non-Skid, Steering Wheel

Fully Serviced in 2023 as well as USCG documented. Four shock absorbing seats and a Webasto diesel heater for comfort. Exterior flood lights, cabin lighting, and cockpit deck lights. Triple axle EZ Loader aluminum trailer with ladder. Add your preferred navigation screen. Radar dome, transducer, and all rigging in place. Jumps on plane, turns on rails, and offers very stout aluminum construction. Both boats are available for sea trial and inspection now.

More details and photos upon request.

Email: 88thegoods@gmail.com Call: 512-662-1533 - Located Near Austin, TX

40' Pilot Launch For Sale Gladding Hearn hull #382, built in 2007.

Resilient Class vessel Twin Cummins QSL9 main engines, 400HP, 9650 hrs.

7kw Phasor genset (Kubota engine), 2100 hrs.

Hamilton Jets 29kts max speed 28 gal/hr at WOT. Average consumption 20gal/hr.

300 gal fuel capacity.

3 passenger seats, plus operator seat.

New rooftop A/C 3 VHFs Garmin MFD with GPS and Transducer Furuno Radar 3 fwd LED boarding lights, 1 aft.

All boats systems in good working order.

More vessel details and pictures available upon request.

Price is $249,000 USD Reasonable offers will be considered

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PORT OF CALL 36-inch Diameter Modular Plastic Pontoons The Best Idea Since the Indian Canoe

Uses: Pontoon boats, house boats,

workboats—replace old steel or aluminum pontoons Heavy Duty: Molded from sturdy, medium density polyethylene (MDPF) and filled with polyurethane foam for increased stability Modular: Each bow, middle and stern modules are 10 ft. in length

Displacement at full submersion:

Bow module supports gross weight of 3,100 lbs. and middle/stern each supports 4,200 lbs.

RACOR FILTER GAUGE

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ea.

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Toll Free: 877-456-2531

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PORT OF CALL Employment, Equipment & Services

THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL

for removing coatings and rust

Rustibus® is designed to de-scale and power brush ship decks, hatch covers, tank tops, etc. free from paint and rust!

USA OFFICE Ph: 832-203-7170 houston@rustibus.com

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PORT OF CALL WANTED - 180' Offshore Supply Vessel BUYER IS ACTIVELY SEEKING 1970S-1980S U.S. FLAGGED / BUILT OFFSHORE SUPPLY VESSEL 4 Bedrooms

2 Living Rooms Current certificates / COI not required.

Laundry Room Preferred dimensions are 180' 200' LOA, 2 Kitchen beam 38' or greater. Laid up vessels will be Guest Room 3 Bath Rooms considered based on current condition.

Moss Point, MS | marty.daniels@oceanfleetservices.com | 228-281-2866

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We are a Custom Manufacturer of Wheelhouse Tinted Shades & Crew Quarter Blackout Shades

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They are Incredibly durable, driven by over-sized clutches and operated by a stainless steel pull chain.

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ADVERTISERS INDEX ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CV2 Advanced Mechanical Enterprises . . . . . . 53 Ahead Sanitation Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . 66 Airmar Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 All American Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 American VULKAN Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Arcosa Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 BAE Systems Ship Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Bloom Incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 BMT Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Bostrom, H.O. Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Bristol Harbor Group Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Browns Point Marine Service, LLC . . . . . . 48 Burger Boat Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 CAIG Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Calumet Specialty Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . 54 Capital Bedding Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Colonna's Shipyard Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Connor Industries/Stanley Aluminum Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Conrad Shipyard, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Crowley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 David Clark Company Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Driveline Service of Portland Inc . . . . . . . . 7 Eastern Shipbuilding Group. . . . . . . . . . . . 33 engines, inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Everglades Diesel Injection Service, Inc. 81 Fairbanks Morse Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Fincantieri Marine Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Furuno USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CV3 Genoa Design International Ltd. . . . . . . . . 61 Gilbert Associates Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding . . . . . . . . . . 26

Gulf Coast Air & Hydraulics Inc. . . . CVR TIP Honda Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Howmet Fastening Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Hyundai Welding Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Imtra Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Incat Crowther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Innovative Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Kahlenberg Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Karl Senner, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CV4 KEMEL USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Laborde Products Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Lewis Marine Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Louisiana Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Luftex Gears Manufacturing & Services . 60 Lyon Shipyard Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 MAN Engines & Components Inc . . . . . . . 19 Marine Jet Power AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Maritime Partners LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 McCullough Engineering Services, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 McDermott Light & Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Metalcraft Marine Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Mitsubishi Turbocharger and Engine America, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Moose Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Moteurs Baudouin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Motor-Services Hugo Stamp Inc . . . . . . . . 23 Nabrico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Panolin America Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Pennel USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Philadelphia Gear, A Timken Brand . . . . . 31 Platypus Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 R M Young Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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R W Fernstrum & Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 RIBCRAFT USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Rio Marine Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 RIX Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Robert Allan Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 SAFE Boats International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Scania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Schoellhorn-Albrecht Machine Company 70 Scienco/Fast Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 SEACRAFT Shipyard LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 SENESCO Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Southern Fasteners and Supply, Inc. . . . . . 4 Southern Thrusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Steiner Construction Company Inc. . . . . . 29 Steiner Shipyard Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Subsalve USA Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Thordon Bearings Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Titan Boats, LTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Total / Lubmarine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Transport Products and Service Enterprises, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Trident Maritime Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Volvo Penta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 W & O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Wager Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Walther Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Washburn & Doughty Associates Inc. . . . 10 Winteb USA Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Wintrust Financial Corporation. . . . . . . . . 76 World Wide Metric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Yank Marine Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Yanmar America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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LOOKS BACK DECEMBER 1963

• In November, the Mississippi River reached its lowest level since 1956 as a result of the long drought in the drainage basins. But for upstream discharges from Corps of Engineers and TVA storage facilities in the Missouri and Ohio river basins, which accounted for 40% of the flow during October and early November, the river would have reached its lowest level in 25 years.

• The largest all-aluminum barge ever built was launched in November at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans. The barge, 195'×52'6"×12'7" all-welded hull, is nearly twice the size of the next largest aluminum barge in existence. It will be used to transport a variety of chemical products on the inland waterways. More than 400,000 lbs. of Kaiser Aluminum 5083-H113

plate and extensions and 6061-T4 pipe were used in the barge’s construction.

DECEMBER 1973

• The Tender Tarpon, a 185' offshore vessel constructed by Mangone Shipbuilding Co., Houston, was recently delivered to Wilhelmsen Offshore Services, Oslo, Norway. Currently at work in the North Sea, the vessel is the fourth ship delivered to Wilhelmsen

by Mangone. The vessel is powered by two turbocharged 16-645-E5 EMD engines.

• Named for the late vice president of Mon River Towing Inc., the Leo D. Guttman is an 1,130-hp towboat built

by Hillman Barge & Construction Co., Brownsville, Pa. The 84'×26'×9' towboat is powered by two Caterpillar D379 turbocharged and aftercooled diesel marine engines. The engines are outfitted with 4.34:1 ratio forward and 3.95:1 ratio reverse reduction gears and WABCO air controls. Storage tanks provide a capacity for 18,500 gals. of fuel, 3,500 gals. potable water, and 300 gals. lube oil. The new towboat has living quarters for a crew of eight.

DECEMBER 1983 • Moss Point Marine Inc., Escatawpa, Miss., one of the busiest shipbuilders on the Gulf Coast, has recently repowered and repaired three vessels and signed contracts for the construction of two additional boats — all for Inter Marine Co., Houston.

The three boats delivered included two 175'×40'×14' offshore supply boats and a 105' oceangoing tug. The two new vessels include a 186' towing/sup120

ply vessel and a 222' towing/supply vessel.

• The first regular topping-off service for coal and other dry bulk cargoes at the mouth of the Mississippi River will begin operation by July of next year. The new service will be operated by Electric-Coal Transfer Corp. and consist of six 19,000- to 38,000-ton oceangoing barges and four specialty-built cranes. www.workboat.com • DECEMBER 2023 • WorkBoat

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