Savannah Pilots take delivery of new pilot boat
Earlier this month, Snow & Company of Seattle, Wash., handed off Savannah, the first of two new 64-foot aluminum pilot boats to the Savannah Pilots Association. Designed by Camarc Design of the
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Virginia Pilots order 10th Gladding-Hearn pilot boat launch
The Virginia Pilot Association has ordered a high-speed, harbor pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. It will be the pilots’ tenth launch built by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. Delivery is scheduled
Bermuda Pilots order new launch from Gladding-Hearn
The Bermuda Government’s Department of Marine and Port Services has returned to Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, for a new Chesapeake Class pilot boat. The Somerset, Mass. shipyard previously built a 61-foot pilot/rescue
Captain Bob Moore: Latest Chesapeake class pilot boat
As we reported back in our November issue, the Associated Federal Pilots in Venice, La., recently took delivery of a new Chesapeake class pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass.
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
Sweden converts pilot boat to methanol operation
The EU-funded Fastwater Consortium and the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) yesterday successfully demonstrated a pilot boat that has been converted to operate on methanol fuel. The demonstration in Stockholm Harbor followed the
Pascagoula Pilots take delivery of Metal Shark pilot boat
Jeanerette, La.-headquartered Metal Shark has delivered a 55- by 17-foot welded aluminum pilot boat to the Pascagoula Bar Pilots Association in Mississippi. Called Singing River Island, the vessel is the second Metal
November 2021
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Lake Pilots order RIB launch
Somerset, Mass., based Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has taken an order for a rigid-bottom, soft-sided RIB pilot boat from the Lake Pilots Association, Huron, Mich. The Resilient class high-speed launch will be
Gladding-Hearn delivers first pilot boat in new class
The Association of Maryland Pilots has taken delivery of a new class of pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, in Somerset, Mass. Called the Baltimore Class after the pilots’ base of