November 2020
The November issue of Marine Log magazine gives readers an update on shipbuilding during the pandemic, patrol boats, workboats, propulsion technology, and more.
shipbuilding
Versatile cat targets through-life efficiency
Built by the Aluminium Marine shipyard in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Coolgaree Cat, is a versatile 32-meter Incat Crowther catamaran ferry developed specifically for operator Sealink Travel Group’s Palm Island and Magnetic Island
Baldwin reintroduces Made in America Shipbuilding Act
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) has reintroduced legislation—the Made in America Shipbuilding Act (S. 4687)—that seeks to strengthen Buy American requirements for the federal government’s purchase of ships by expanding current law
Philly Shipyard teams with BMT on Navy T-AGOS (X) studies
Philly Shipyard Inc., the sole operating subsidiary of Philly Shipyard ASA (Oslo: PHLY), is to participate in the U.S. Navy’s Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance (T-AGOS(X)) industry studies under an award made to
RMC installs Azipods in RoPax newbuild in one week
Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has taken just one week to complete the installation of the ice-class Azipod propulsion solution in the new 150 meter RoPax ferry it is building for
Defense rethink could mean big changes for shipbuilders
Both the House and Senate have now passed their versions of the National Defense Authorization Act. As this was written, the two measures were headed for reconciliation, but so far as Navy
Seaway pilots take delivery of Gladding-Hearn pilot launch
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass,, has delivered a Chesapeake class pilot boat to the Saint Lawrence Seaway Pilots Association in Cape Vincent, N.Y. The Seaway pilots navigate ships in and out
U.S. shipbuilding suppliers support moves to strengthen “Buy American” requirements
The American Shipbuilding Suppliers Association (ASSA) has released a Statement of Policy today defending and supporting the work of House Armed Services Committee (HASC) lawmakers who are working to pass legislation that
SCA elects new leadership
Ben Bordelon, president and CEO of Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., has become the new Chairman of the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), succeeding Terry O’Brien of Austal USA, Mobile, Ala. The new
Wilhelmshaven FSRU to have GTT containment system
Paris-headquartered LNG containment system specialist GTT says it has received an order from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the equipment of the new 26,000-cubic-meter floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU)