November 2021
What’s trending in the workboat world? Find out in our November issue, with a focus on patrol and pilot boats, other workboats and more!
What’s trending in the workboat world? Find out in our November issue, with a focus on patrol and pilot boats, other workboats and more!
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
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
The Association of Maryland Pilots has taken delivery of its fourth Chesapeake class launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass. Since the Chesapeake class pilot boat was introduced by Gladding-Hearn in
Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) reports that it has certified and classed Singapore’s first hybrid-powered vessel. Built, owned, and operated by Singapore-based Penguin Shipyard International, a subsidiary of Penguin International Limited, Penguin
The Los Angeles Pilot Service has welcomed two new pilot boats, Angels Pilot and Angels Navigator, to the Port of Los Angeles. The 56-foot Camarc-designed boats, built by Vigor Industrial (see earlier
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass., has booked an order from the Metairie, La., based Associated Federal Pilots for a Chesapeake class pilot launch, scheduled for delivery in July 2021. With a
New Bedford, Mass., headquartered marine equipment manufacturer and importer IMTRA reports it has been booking orders from multiple pilot boat organizations to supply equipment for newbuilds and retrofits. Products selected include easy
Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark is building a welded aluminum 55 foot x 17 foot pilot boat for the Pascagoula Bar Pilots Association in Mississippi. Designed in-house, the new 55 Defiant
The Canaveral Pilots Association has partnered with naval architecture firms Glosten and Ray Hunt Design on a pilot/demonstration project for the design, construction, and operation of an electric pilot boat. The boat