Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), Seattle, WA, recently awarded a $9.6 million contract to Foss Maritime Co., Seattle, to build an all-aluminum, double-end, 20-car ferry to operate on Lake Roosevelt in
An LNG-fuelled ferry would not only have significant environmental benefits, but economic ones as well, according to a recently completed feasibility study for Washington State Ferries. Naval architectural and marine engineering firm
Bludworth Marine LLC, Houston Texas, has signed a new barge construction contract with Olin Chlor Alkali Products forthree 200 ft x 35 ft x 12 ft tank barges to be built at
Ocean Marine Services, Inc., Nikiski, Alaska, recently purchased the 1998-built, 194 ft offshore support vessel Sabre from Gulf Coast creditors, according to shipbroker Marcon International, Inc., Coupeville, Wash. The U.S. flag Sabre
Trinity Offshore, Gulfport, Miss., has launched TC-055, a 57 ft MK II Very Shallow Draft Multi-System Skimmer (VSMSS) built for Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) to meet the very exacting vessel specifications
Burger Boat Company, Manitowoc, Wis., recently signed a contract to build 350-passenger, 98 ft passenger vessel for Chicago’s First Lady Cruises, Chicago, Ill. To be called Chicago’s Leading Lady, the steel-hulled vessel
Boats, Inc., Warren, R.I., has been adding to its order book. Recent contract include an award by the Maine Department of Transportation to build a 110-foot passenger ferry for the Casco Bay
