Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass., has just completed a four-month refit of the Cormorant, a ferry that it delivered in 1979. Since then, the vessel has logged thousands of miles under its keel
The Virginia Pilot Association has ordered a Chesapeake Class launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass. The vessel will be the association’s ninth pilot boat built by the shipyard since 1983. Since the
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass. has delivered a second high-speed passenger ferry for Rhode Island Fast Ferry, Inc. It will enter service between Quonset Point, R.I., and Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., alongside
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
NOVEMBER 1, 2018 – Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, MA, has won an order from the Seaway Pilots Inc., Cape Vincent, NY, for a Chesapeake Class pilot boat. Delivery of the new
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 — The newest addition to the Virginia Pilots Association boat fleet is powered by a propulsion system from Volvo Penta of the Americas that features twin 13-liter 900 hp
JUNE 21, 2018 — The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) has taken delivery of M/V Glory, the second of two new high-speed catamarans from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. Funded by a grant
MAY 1, 2018 — Designer Incat Crowther has released some further details on the 33 m catamaran passenger ferry now under construction at Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, MA, for Rhode Island Fast
APRIL 20, 2018 — Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has begun construction of a second high-speed passenger ferry for Rhode Island Fast Ferry, Inc., which is to open a new seasonal route between
JANUARY 10, 2018 — Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, MA, has delivered a Chesapeake Class pilot boat to the Alabama Pilot, Inc., Mobile, AL. With length overall of 53.6′, beam of 17.8′,