All American Marine awarded Phase I deal for MLB SLEP program

Birdon America, Inc. has named All American Marine, Inc. (AAM), Bellingham, Wash., as the West Coast shipyard for Phase I of the U.S. Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat (MLB) Service Life Extension

Austal Vietnam to build high speed cat for Comoros Islands operator

Comoros Islands ferry operator SGTM has awarded Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) a contract worth A$15.5 million (US$10.7 million) contract for a 41 meter, high-speed catamaran. Austal says that the contract will provide production

Metal Shark delivers patrol boat to San Juan PD

Jeanerette, La., based shipbuilder Metal Shark has delivered a new 36-foot welded-aluminum patrol boat to the San Juan, Puerto Rico, Police Department. The new patrol boat is a 36 Fearless stepped-bottom center

Sanmar delivers first tug with CAT AVD hybrid solution

Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has delivered the Boğaçay XXXVIII, its 200th tug built to a design by Robert Allan Ltd. The delivery marks both a milestone in a working relationship of 25 years

Master Marine set to deliver second of two towboats to Osage Marine

Master Marine, Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala., will soon deliver the M/V Frank Mellor, the second of two vessels ordered at the shipyard by Osage Marine Services Inc., St. Louis, Mo. Like

China’s first Robert Allan designed DF tug enters service

Vancouver, B.C., based naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd. reports that the first ever dual-fueled RAstar 3800-DF tug was recently delivered to China’s Ningbo Zhoushan Port Company Ltd. Named Yong Gang Xiao

Eastern delivers first of two 5,100 hp Z-drive tugs to Bisso Offshore

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, Fla., has delivered the first of two 80-foot 5,100 hp Z-drive tugs, the M/V C.D. White, to Bisso Offshore, LLC, a division of E.N. Bisso &

Maritime Partners adds two more towboats

Metairie, La., headquartered Maritime Partners LLC continues to add to its fleet. The company specializes in providing financing solutions in the Jones Act market that include owning and chartering out vessels. Its

Red Rock to supply cranes for third Keppel FELS dredge

Keppel FELS has awarded Kristiansand, Norway, headquartered Red Rock AS a contract for the delivery of two cranes for the third in a series of newbuild trailing suction hopper dredges the Singapore

Two more Hamburg fireboats to be Schottel equipped

Following the delivery of what was then hailed as Europe’s most modern fireboat, the Branddirektor Westphal, last year (see earlier story), the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has ordered two more firefighting vessels.

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