Senior Navy leaders and shipbuilders gathered at General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, yesterday, to attend a keel-laying ceremony for the future Virginia-class submarine USS Tang (SSN 805), Aug. 17.
The U.S. Coast Guard said yesterday that first responders are shifting the focus of their Maui fire response to minimizing maritime environmental impacts, while remaining ready to respond to any new reports
A salvage team yesterday recovered the body of a crew member from a Suez Canal tugboat that sank after a fatal collision with a gas tanker transiting the canal. The incident occurred
Fortunately, there have been no recent incidents on the scale of the 2019 California dive boat fire that killed 34 people. Nonetheless, in a Marine Safety Information Bulletin issued April 6,(MSIB Number:
Later this week, efforts will get underway to remove a historic tugboat that is partially submerged at the National Guard Dock in Gastineau Channel, near Juneau, Alaska. According to a local media
In response to the deadly Conception dive boat fire, the U.S. Coast Guard is issuing an interim rule as the first step to implementing statutorily mandated requirements for fire safety on certain
Fleeting and fuel service provider Lydia Ann Channel (LAC) Fleet, Rockport, Texas, christened the M/V Samantha Trueheart, a 78- by 34-foot towboat, in a ceremony held October 30. The 2,000 hp. vessel
Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark has introduced the 38 Defiant NXT, a next-generation welded-aluminum monohull pilothouse model based on the company’s popular 38 Defiant platform. The first new vessel, Fire Boat
Vallejo, Calif., based Moose Boats has delivered a new M2-38 fireboat to the Rochester (N.Y.) Fire Department. Rochester is on the southern shore of Lake Ontario and its new fireboat, Marine 1,
Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark has delivered two of three new welded-aluminum 50 Defiant monohull pilothouse fireboats to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR). Designed by Metal Shark’s in-house engineering team and built
