Vigor to build Camarc pilot boat pair for Port of LA
The Port of Los Angeles has recently awarded Vigor a contract to build two 56’ pilot boats. The boats are being built to a design by Camarc Design of the U.K. and
The Port of Los Angeles has recently awarded Vigor a contract to build two 56’ pilot boats. The boats are being built to a design by Camarc Design of the U.K. and
Canada’s Sea Legend Pilotage is set to take delivery of a composite FRP hulled Stan Pilot 1605 that will achieve a speed of 29 knots compared with the 20 knots of its
The Southwest Alaska Pilots Association’s newest pilot boat, Emerald Island, features a vessel stabilization system supplied by Humphree USA, giving a smooth comfortable ride to pilots and crew in all sea conditions.
Zoetermeer, Netherlands, headquartered MAN Rollo is to supply two MAN diesel engines, each developing 882 kW at 2,100 rpm, for a new pilot boat, which is being built for the Dutch Pilotage
The Southwest Alaska Pilots Association’s newest pilot boat, Emerald Island, is now at work. Built by Somerset, Mass-based Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, the Emerald Island arrived by ship in Victoria, BC on December 22
FEBRUARY 4, 2019 — Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has delivered a custom welded-aluminum pilot boat to the Brazos Pilots Association in Freeport, Texas. The new vessel, Brazos Pilot, is a 64’ x
JANUARY 16, 2019 —Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has delivered a retrofitted pilot boat to the Delaware Bay pilots association. Brandywine, one of the shipyard’s early 53′ Chesapeake class launches built in 2004,
DECEMBER 6, 2018 — The Southwest Alaska Pilots Association has taken delivery of a new pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. The Somerset, MA, shipyard delivered the vessel to Fort Lauderdale,
JULY 12, 2018 — The Virginia Pilot Association has taken delivery of a Chesapeake class MKII launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, MA. The MKII, a new generation of the shipyard’s popular Chesapeake
APRIL 30, 2018 — While some pilotage services require pilot boats to spend considerable time at sea, others involve short trips, which means the boat is tied up at the dock. Vancouver,