Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass., has just completed a four-month refit of the Cormorant, a ferry that it delivered in 1979. Since then, the vessel has logged thousands of miles under its keel
Racine, Wis., headquartered transmission specialist Twin Disc, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWIN) has appointed James E. Feiertag as president and COO. He assumes the role of president, previously held by CEO John H. Batten,
The plug-in hybrid excursion vessel Enhydra, delivered to San Francisco’s Red and White Fleet last September by Bellingham, Wash, shipbuilder All American Marine, features a BAE Systems HybriDrive. Builders faced the challenge
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 — Blount Boats, Warren, RI, has signed a contract with South Ferry Company to construct a steel passenger/vehicle ferry for Shelter Island, NY. The 101 ft x 40 ft
JUNE 13, 2018 — Racine, WI, based Twin Disc, Inc. (NASDAQ:TWIN) reports that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Papendrecht, Netherlands, headquartered Veth Propulsion Holding, B.V. and its wholly-owned
JANUARY 31, 2018 — Master Marine, Bayou La Batre, AL, has recently delivered the 67′ x 28′ M/V Tom Torretti, the second of four fleet boats with a maximum 7′ 9″ working
AUGUST 14, 2017 — Built by Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Amon, the two latest DP2 high-speed catamarans to join the SEACOR Marine fleet—the SEACOR Puma and SEACOR Panther—have significantly more horsepower than their
JULY 21, 2017 — Virginia’s Hampton Roads Transit recently christened its newest passenger ferry, Elizabeth River IV. Designed by BMT and constructed by the Armstrong Marine shipyard in Swansboro, NC, the ferry
MAY 25, 2017 — Barbour JB Shipyard in St. Louis, MO, has laid the keel for a new harbor tug that will be powered by Veth Z-drives. Designed by Sterling Marine, the
AUGUST 29, 2016 — The Global Provider, Maxum Petroleum’s newest bunkering vessel, is currently under construction at Jesse Co. in Tacoma, WA, and expected to enter service in January 2017. Scott Prince,