MetalCraft Marine delivers 7th cutter boat to U.S. Coast Guard

MetalCraft Marine, which has yards in both Watertown, N.Y., and Kingston, Ontario, reports that its Watertown facility has delivered the seventh Medium Endurance Cutter in a 36-boat U.S. Coast Guard program to

Master Marine completes Plimsoll Marine towboat quartet

The Master Marine Inc. shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Ala., has delivered the 67- by 28-foot M/V Steel Skipper, the fourth of four towboats it is building for LaPlace, La.-based Cooper Group

Aerial view of Gulf Marine Repair shipyard in Tampa, Fla. (Credit: Gulf Marine Repair)

10 minutes with Gulf Marine Repair president Richard McCreary

On January 31, family-owned Hendry Marine Industries appointed Richard McCreary as president of its Gulf Marine Repair shipyard in Tampa, Fla. The shipyard’s core business focuses on repair, conversion and modification of

The Shearer Group adds to team

Mechanical engineer Ethan Johnson has joined Houston-headquartered The Shearer Group Inc. (TSGI), a leading naval architecture specialist in the design of inland towboats, ferries and barges. Johnson graduated from the University of

A steel wire rope drum on a crane offshore wellhead platform.

Wire rope: The importance of verifying your terminations

By Matthew Spolarich, CDR, U.S. Coast Guard, Marine Safety Unit Houma Wire rope and its associated cable assemblies are an essential part of the marine industry in a variety of load-handling applications.

icebreaking tugboats with FMD engines

Fairbanks Morse Defense books $13 million USCG contract

Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, has been awarded a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) requirements contract by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Surface Forces Logistic Center. The agreement,

FRC will be deployed in Bahrain

Bollinger delivers final Bahrain-bound Fast Response Cutter

Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the USCGC Clarence Sutphin to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla. The 47th Fast Response Cutter (FRC), it is the final ship in a series

Bridge damaged by barge

Barge strike on bridge could cost over $500,000 to fix

The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) marine casualty investigators are investigating a December 23 barge allision with the Bayou Ramos Bridge near Morgan City and Amelia, La., on Highway

Tim Meyers: 2021 Coat Guard Engineer of the Year

USCG names 2021 Coast Guard Engineer of the Year

Timothy Meyers has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Coast Guard Engineer of the Year Award. Assigned to the Office of Design and Engineering Standards in Washington D.C., Meyers leads

Spill seen from air

Offshore operator agrees settlement in GoM oil spill case

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that Taylor Energy Company LLC. a Louisiana oil and gas company, has agreed to liquidate and turn over all its remaining assets to the United States

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