Metal Shark delivers foil-assisted cat

Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark has delivered a new excursion vessel to Southwest Florida tour and charter boat operator Pure Florida. Sea Flight is a custom 40’ x 14’ welded aluminum

Vigor wins $17.6 million Navy contract

Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Oregon, has been awarded a $17,635,905 firm-fixed-price contract for a 63-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul dry-docking of USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 202). The contract

Grand Bahama Shipyard resumes operations

Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS) reports that it has officially resumed operations, welcoming back its first commercial vessel, the 57,062-ton Agathonissos. Owned by Greece-based Eletson, it returned to the shipyard yesterday to complete

WSF and Vigor initiate hybrid-electric ferry project

Dignitaries from the state of Washington joined Governor Jay Inslee, Washington State Ferries officials and Vigor employees yesterday at Vigor’s Seattle shipyard to celebrate the beginning of the greening of WSF’s fleet.

Bollinger promotes Christian Pierce to Director of Engineering

Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., has promoted Christian Pierce to Director of Engineering. In this role, he will lead the engineering department in all facets of engineering on both government and commercial programs

Defiant class patrol boat

Metal Shark expands into Peru

Jeanerette, La., based shipbuilder Metal Shark has announced its expansion into Peru, with a new patrol boat order now in production, and a multiyear co-production agreement recently established with state-operated Peruvian shipyard

First barge launched at reopened Arcosa Marine facility

A barge yard idled in 2015 is back in business with a splash. Arcosa Marine recently launched the first barge to be completed since it reopened its Madisonville, La., yard in April.

Armstrong Marine delivers 40 ft research vessel

The College of Fisheries and Marine Science at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has added a new research vessel to its fleet. Named Nanuq, the 40 ft, aluminum hulled, vessel was designed

Gulf Island books TxDOT order for 300 ft hybrid ferry

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (GIFI) reports that its Shipyard Division has received an award for the construction of a 495 passenger, 70 vehicle, double-ended ferry for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

VIDEO: Dutra launches hydraulic dump scow

Corn Island Shipyard, Grandview, Ind. has launched the 6,000 cu.yd, Jones Act compliant hydraulic dump scow ES15 for San Rafael, Calif., headquartered Dutra Group, The barge has been christened and commissioned and

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