Smithsonian unit repowers launch with triple Volvo Penta sterndrive

AUGUST 22, 2017 — The Panama-based Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution (STRI) has repowered its eleven-year-old launch Morpho with a triple Volvo Penta diesel sterndrive rig. Constructed in 2005, the 48 ft Morpho

Royston repowers two Lake Windermere passenger vessels

JULY 24, 2017 — The Queen of the Lake, a traditional wooden launch built in 1949, is one of two well-known passenger service vessels operating at a leading British tourist destination that

Ingram Barge opts for GE for towboat repowers

APRIL 5, 2016 — Ingram Barge Company has chosen GE Transportation 8-cylinder, 250 mm bore inline medium speed (1,000 rpm) Tier 4 compliant marine diesels, supplied through and distributor National Maintenance &

Boston Harbor Cruises completes fast ferry repower

JUNE 9, 2015 — Boston Harbor Cruises’ Provincetown Fast Ferry, Salacia is officially back at work after being drydocked at Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, MA, from January through May to undergo an almost

Boston Harbor Cruises to repower high speed cat

JANUARY 13, 2015 — Boston Harbor Cruises is to drydock its Provincetown Ferry, the high speed catamaran Salacia,  at Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, MA, for a $2.6 million dollar engine refit. The 600

EPA provides funding for tugboat repower

NOVEMBER 13, 2014 — The U.S. EPA has awarded $495,000 to fund two marine repower projects in the state of Massachusetts. CLF Ventures, Inc. has received $300,000 to repower the tugboat Navigator,

Vigor completes repower of AMHS ferry

AUGUST 29, 2014 — Naval architecture and marine engineering firm Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) reports that the repower of the M/V Columbia has been completed. EBDG provided design services and ongoing