Fire Island ferries new ferry

Metal Shark wins Fire Island Ferries construction contract

Metal Shark, Jeanerette, La., has been awarded a contract to build a new vehicle ferry for Fire Island Ferries. Designed by Elliott Bay Design Group, the 70- by 23-foot vessel features a

Coast Guard commissions fifth Bahrain-bound Sentinel-class FRC

Bollinger Shipyards LLC president and CEO Ben Bordelon joined senior U.S. Coast Guard officials yesterday at the Port of Tampa for the commissioning of one of the newest Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters,

Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama

TTB 2022 attendees to tour Austal USA shipyard in Mobile

On March 29—Day 1 of Marine Log’s TTB 2022 conference for the tug, towboat and barge industry—conference attendees will have the unique opportunity to visit Austal USA, one of the country’s premier

BAE Systems San Diego Shipyard

BAE’s San Diego shipyard to get $50 million in infrastructure improvements

On February 8, the Port of San Diego Commissioners unanimously agreed to allow BAE Systems’ San Diego shipyard to take advantage of $50 million worth of infrastructure improvements to begin later this

Master Marine completes Plimsoll Marine towboat quartet

The Master Marine Inc. shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Ala., has delivered the 67- by 28-foot M/V Steel Skipper, the fourth of four towboats it is building for LaPlace, La.-based Cooper Group

Lyon Shipyard to drydock a dry dock

The Navy’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) has awarded Lyon Shipyard a $16.3 million contract to complete the dry-docked availability phased maintenance availability onboard the USS Dynamic (AFDL-6) and Barge (YFND-30). Delivered

Aerial view of Gulf Marine Repair shipyard in Tampa, Fla. (Credit: Gulf Marine Repair)

10 minutes with Gulf Marine Repair president Richard McCreary

On January 31, family-owned Hendry Marine Industries appointed Richard McCreary as president of its Gulf Marine Repair shipyard in Tampa, Fla. The shipyard’s core business focuses on repair, conversion and modification of

First ship in new fleet oiler class starts trials

USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the Navy’s lead ship of its new class of fleet replenishment oilers, conducted initial builder’s trials and returned to port, February 4, reports Naval Seas Systems Command

Set for delivery in 2022, tug has a bollard pull of 90 tons.

TTB 2022: Lessons learned on building an advanced hybrid tug

On March 30—Day 2 of Marine Log’s TTB 2022 conference for the tug, towboat and barge industry—Garrett Rice, president of Master Boat Builders Inc. based in Coden, Ala., will present on its

Southern Illinois Transfer towboat will be Mitsubishi-powered

A retractable pilothouse towboat under construction at Kaskaskia Shipyard Inc., Red Bud, Ill., is to be powered by two Mitsubishi diesel propulsion engines, supplied by Covington, La., headquartered Laborde Products. Ordered by

LOAD MORE