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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

Mike Rowe, host of Discovery's hit series, Dirty Jobs.

Master Boat Builders featured on Discovery’s hit series “Dirty Jobs”

As Mike Rowe, host of Discovery’s popular reality series “Dirty Jobs” always says, “it’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it.” And at shipyards, such as Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat

Clean Canaveral at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding

Q&A: 10 Minutes with Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding

In a ceremony held December 3, 2021, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., shipbuilder Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding delivered the 340 foot long, 5,500-cubic-meter LNG bunkering barge, Clean Canaveral, to Polaris New Energy. The vessel, which

Preliminary insolvency administrator

Insolvency administrator goes to work at Genting’s German shipyards

There’s some good news for the approximately 2,000 employees at Genting Hong Kong’s German shipbuilding subsidiary MV Werften, which filed for insolvency January 10. Though they have not been paid their December

Captain Bob Moore pilot boat

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.

Fleet oiler

East Coast Repair wins $8.7 million fleet oiler overhaul contract

East Coast Repair & Fabrication LLC, Portsmouth, Va., has been awarded an $8,719,597 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220522C4198) for an 85-calendar day shipyard availability. The contract is for the mid-term availability of the Military

Multirole Italian Coast Guard vessel

Italian Coast Guard inks contract for new offshore vessel

The Italian Coast Guard today signed a contract for the design and construction of a new 85 meter multi-role offshore vessel. Worth EUR 80 million (about $91 million) the agreement covers the

ABB's equipment package for new bulkers features PM shaft generators with a power-take-off (PTO) solution

Himalaya bulkers feature ABB PM shaft generators

Technology in a series of up to 12 new 210,000 dwt LNG-fueled bulkers will include a scope of ABB solutions with permanent magnet (PM) shaft generators at its core. The ships are

First French-based LNG bunkering vessel named at Chinese yard

The first LNG bunkering vessel to be based in France was officially named Gas Vitality in a ceremony held October 26 at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, China. Following the signing of a long-term charter

C5ISR facility opening ceremony

New Eastern Shipbuilding C5ISR production facility supports OPC construction

Eastern Shipbuilding Group this week commissioned a new C5ISR (Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) production facility at its Allanton, Fla., shipyard. The new, dedicated shore-based facility is specifically

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