Best Vessels: Distinctive deliveries of 2021
SSG Michael H. Ollis: First of three new Staten Island Ferries Built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, the 320 foot long by 70 foot beam SSG Michael H. Ollis is the lead ship
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New Hamburg fire vessels are versatile as well as green
Damen Shipyards has handed over twin plug-in hybrid firefighting vessels to Flotte Hamburg, a subsidiary of the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) that is tasked with implementing low-emission shipping in the city. With
Lake Assault expands dealership network
Lake Assault Boats, part of Fraser Industries and a leading manufacturer of fire, patrol, and rescue craft, has named Banner Fire Equipment, Inc.—of Roxanna, Ill.—as its sales and service dealership for Arkansas,
Metal Shark introduces next-generation fireboat
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
San Francisco gets world’s first floating fire station
Seemingly overnight, a new structure appeared on San Francisco’s waterfront back in December. Situated at Pier 22½ just behind the historic Firehouse 35 and nestled beside the Bay Bridge, this floating building
New fireboat is first Moose on Great Lakes
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,
Zycraft moves ahead on unmanned fireboat development
Singapore-based unmanned surface vessel developer Zycraft USV PL has now completed Phase II engineering development of an 8 meter long unmanned fireboat. This follows completion of Phase I which started in 2019,
MetalCraft Marine delivers high performance fireboat to Vietnam
MetalCraft Marine, which has yards in both Watertown, N.Y., and Kingston, Ontario, reports that its Kingston yard has delivered a Firestorm 36 Mk II fireboat to the Fire Department of Quang Ninh
Silver Ships delivers 36-foot fire rescue RHIB to Eglin AFB
A first-of-its-kind fire rescue boat recently delivered to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida by Silver Ships, Theodore, Ala., is the first Ambar 36-foot (11-meter) firefighting RHIB Silver Ships has built—similar fire
Kentucky fireboat gets a permanent home
The City of Covington, Ky., reports that its 35 ft fireboat is to get a new, permanent home. Covington’s Fire Boat 1 — powered by two 300-horsepower Evinrude E-TEC engines and mounting