November 2020

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.

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

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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

The Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship, USS Tripoli (LHA 7), departed from Ingalls Shipbuilding division last month, sailing to its homeport in San Diego. Tripoli enters the Pascagoula River channel passing guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), which has been delivered to the Navy by Ingalls, and will sail away later this year.

Defense rethink could mean big changes for shipbuilders

Big Changes Ahead? Unmanned surface vessels are something that need keeping under scrutiny because they underscore that the Navy of the not so distant future may look a lot different. A Congressional

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)

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