Conrad Shipyard picked to build new Governors Island battery-hybrid ferry
When we last reported on the plan for a new ferry to operate between New York City’s Lower Manhattan and Governors Island, things had reached the stage where an RFP for the
VIDEO: Breakaway barges pile up against McAlpine Dam
Shortly after 2 a.m. on March 28, 2023, a vessel towing 11 barges made contact with a stationary structure at the entrance to the Portland Canal near the McAlpine Lock and Dam,
Hornbeck Offshore gets $8.4 million MSC contract mod
Hornbeck Offshore Operators LLC, Covington, Louisiana (N3220521C2296), has been awarded a $8,418,000 option (P00010) for the fixed-price portion of a previously awarded, firm-fixed-price contract with reimbursable elements to exercise a one-year option
DOE names 9 phase one winners in FLOWIN prize contest
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the Phase One winners of the FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize. Open to floating wind platform designers, fabricators, and project site developers, the three-phase
New MAN dual-fuel four-stroke passes TAT
MAN Energy Solutions’ MAN 49/60DF engine has received its Type Approval after a five-day program on the testbed at the company’s Augsburg, Germany, headquarters. The Type Approval Test (TAT) of the new
Great Lakes operating season starts
The Great Lakes shipping season is underway after the 1,004 foot long Great Lakes bulker Edwin H. Gott made her way into the Poe Lock, kicking off the 2023 navigation season at
VIDEO: Kiel launches autonomous ferry test vessel
Stockholm, Sweden, is not the only European city aiming to get an autonomous passenger ferry into operation (see earlier story). Kiel, Germany, also has a boat in the water. That vessel is
Spirit of Boston fire: USCG convenes marine casualty investigation
The Coast Guard has convened a formal marine casualty investigation into a fire that occurred Friday evening aboard the small passenger vessel Spirit of Boston. Rear Adm. John Mauger, Coast Guard First
Japan’s largest WTIV features first-of-its kind telescoping crane
Recently delivered by the Japan Marine United (JMU) shipyard to Shimizu Corp., the GustoMSC designed and equipped offshore wind turbine installation vessel Blue Wind is Japan’s largest WTIV to date, and will
FMD launches defense accelerator program
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, has launched the FM Defense Accelerator program to identify and nurture emerging technologies with mission-critical applications for the future of maritime