What is a towing vessel? - WorkBoat
WEBJan 2, 2019 · The court’s decision placed 75% of the blame on Tesla Offshore and 25% on International Offshore, which challenged the court’s finding that its vessel was a towing vessel under 46 U.S.C. 2101. The U.S. Code defines a towing vessel as “a commercial vessel engaged in or intending to engage in the service of pulling, pushing, or hauling ...
More efficient keel coolers changing the game - WorkBoat
WEBFeb 28, 2017 · More efficient keel coolers changing the game. The DuraCooler SuprStak is built around a double bank of coolers. It is designed to force a turbulent flow of water over and around the keel cooler. Duramax Marine photo. Sometimes it just doesn’t make sense to throw something out and replace it with a new item especially when the old one still ...
First U.S. LNG ATB goes into operation for Shell | WorkBoat
WEBJan 14, 2021 · The ATB is made up of the 4,000-cubic meter, 324'x64'x32'6" liquid natural gas barge Q-LNG 4000 and the 128'x42'x21' 5,100-hp tug, Q-Ocean Service. The Q-Ocean Service is powered by twin GE 6L250 MDC, Tier 4 main engines and connected to Wartsila Z-drives. Both the barge and tug were built at Pascagoula, Miss.-based VT Halter Marine.
U.S. shipbuilders: We are ready, capable to build icebreakers
WEBJul 12, 2016 · Shipyards told Congress Tuesday that they have the technical knowledge, workforce skills and construction experience to build the next generation of heavy icebreakers that will meet the growing U.S. maritime and security interests in the Arctic. “There is strong interest in icebreaker construction from at least 10 shipyards located …
First all-electric ferry in U.S. reaches milestone | WorkBoat
WEBAug 6, 2020 · The first zero-emission, all-electric passenger/vehicle ferry in the U.S. marked its first anniversary this spring after a conversion that cleared a few hurdles. Alabama’s Gee’s Bend Ferry completed its annual COI, “and that was very successful. The vessel has worked as envisioned and is doing it safely,” said Tim Aguirre, general ...
Vessel Vanguard: Marine Maintenance Management Made Easy
WEBSep 15, 2021 · The full Vessel Vanguard product suite allows users to access a solution to manage and administer their vessel or operation all in one place. With both Vessel Vanguard PRO and Vessel Vanguard SMS, users will have access to the most robust, proactive maintenance management solution available. Eliminating unnecessary costs, …
Designing the first fully electric truckable tug | WorkBoat
WEBFeb 13, 2023 · Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) and Miller Marine announced in November that the two companies would design and build a fully electric truckable push tug. The 26' tug is purposefully designed as a multifunctional utility boat servicing marine construction sites, tending dredges, tending buoys, short range ferry operations and other near shore ...
Bay Shipbuilding begins construction of largest U.S.-built
WEBJan 13, 2022 · Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon bay, Wis., started construction on the largest LNG (liquefied natural gas) bunkering barge ever built in the U.S.. Bay Shipbuilding is expected to complete construction on the 416' barge in late 2023 under contract with Crowley, the largest independent operator of tank vessels in the U.S. Crowley will …
Coming to your next VHF: new channel numbers | WorkBoat
WEBJan 11, 2017 · Simplex channels send and receive on the same frequency, allowing direct vessel-to-vessel communication. The changed numbers for U.S. channels 1, 5 and 7 give them new prefixes of 100- (for 1001, 1005, and 1007). Fifteen other channels now with two digits get 10- prefixes – like the new 1022 for Coast Guard marine safety information …
Building costs are keeping barge rates high | WorkBoat
WEBMay 17, 2022 · Th e h igh cost of building new barges and the labor to crew tows have been a helpful development for the inland barge industry, keeping barge rates high and preventing an overbuilding of bottoms.. After two difficult months this winter when the barge industry was hit hard by the Covid-19 omicron variant that sidelined crews and …
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