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27 Jul 2023

Singapore Completes First Methanol Bunkering

Source: MPA

Maersk and Hong Lam Marine have conducted the worldā€™s first ship-to-container ship methanol bunkering operation of a Maerskā€™s container vessel at the Raffles Reserved Anchorage in Singapore.This was also Singaporeā€™s first methanol bunkering and it was conducted with the support of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), government agencies and research institutes.Maerskā€™s container vessel ā€“ the worldā€™s first container vessel sailing on green methanol ā€“ was successfully refuelled with approximately 300 metric tonnes of bio-methanol via Hong Lam Marineā€™s Singapore-registered tankerā€¦

14 Jun 2023

Fire Extinguished on Tanker Bertherd at Jurong Port Tank Terminals

A tanker berthed at Jurong Port Tank Terminals (JPTT) caught fire on Tuesday, with smoke observed on the forward part of the tanker, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has informed.Singapore Civil Defence Force marine and land-based firefighting forces, MPA patrol craft, and JPTTā€™s emergency response unit were deployed to put out the fire and ensure navigational safety.As a precautionary measure, operations at the adjacent berths have stopped, and a nearby vessel at the berth has been shifted to the anchorage."The fire was extinguished at about 0925 hours, and the tankerā€™s crew are all safe and accounted for. There is no damage to the tanks and berths at JPTT.

10 May 2023

New Police Boat Delivered to Louisiana's St. James Parish

(Photo: Ocean Craft Marine)

Ocean Craft Marine (OCM) based in Annapolis, Md., has delivered a new police boat to the St. James Parish, La. Sheriffā€™s Office Special Response Team (SRT).The St. James Parish Sherriffā€™s Office is adding the Ocean Craft Marine 8M Law Enforcement (LE) Interceptor rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) to its assortment of patrol craft in order to augment their riverine capabilities with the latest in high-performance hull designs. The Sheriff Office will utilize the new vessel to increase the effectiveness and timeliness of its response to domestic incidentsā€¦

23 Mar 2023

US Transfers Three Patrol Ships to the Egyptian Navy

(Photo: U.S. Navy)

The United States has transferred three U.S. Navy patrol craft to the Egyptian Navy in an effort to help boost regional maritime security.During a formal ceremony in Alexandria, Egypt on March 21, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) turned over USS Hurricane (PC 3), USS Sirocco (PC 6), and USS Thunderbolt (PC 12), three former Cyclone-class patrol coastal ships built by Bollinger Shipyards in the early 1990s.ā€œThe Egypt-U.S. maritime partnership has been a fundamental pillar of our bilateral defense cooperation for decades,ā€ said Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of NAVCENT, U.S.

09 Feb 2023

US Coast Guard Enforces Safety Zone for Historic Crane Import

The U.S. Coast Guard will enforce a temporary safety zone in the Savannah River on Thursday for the import of the largest gauge ship-to-shore cranes in U.S. history.The Coast Guard said its captain of the Port Savannah would establish a safety zone during the import of the cranes to ensure the safety and security of the public and all vessels in the channel. The safety zone is expected to take place from 12:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., Feb. 9.No Vessel Permitted in Safety Zone"Vessels are not permitted to enter into, transit through, moor, or anchor within 1,500 feet of the motor vessel Biglift Baffin. No vessels will be permitted in the safety zone 30 minutes prior toā€¦

26 Jan 2023

Mark Heward Named Director at MITAGS

Mark Heward (Photo: MITAGS)

The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) announced that Mark Heward has joined its team as Director. Heward came aboard with MITAGS in October 2022, after retiring from a 22-year active service career in the Royal Navy.ā€œWe are thrilled to welcome Mark Heward aboard as the Director of MITAGS. Markā€™s underway time, leadership, management and training experience together with being fully STCW qualified and his continuing education experience are a rare combination,ā€ said Eric Friend, MITAGS Executive Director.

09 Dec 2022

Navy Veteran Joins MITAGS as Director

Mark Heward, Director of MITAGS - Ā©MITAGS

The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) said Friday that Mark Heward had joined as Director of MITAGS.Heward came aboard with MITAGS in October 2022, after retiring from a 22-year active service career in the Royal Navy.Eric Friend, MITAGS Executive Director, said: "We are thrilled to welcome Heward Heward aboard as the Director of MITAGS. Markā€™s underway time, leadership, management, and training experience, together with being fully STCW qualifiedā€¦

17 Nov 2022

US Says Iran Responsible for Drone Attack on Tanker

An attack on a tanker off the coast of Oman on Tuesday was carried out by an Iranian-made drone, U.S. Central Command said in a statement, adding that a multilateral maritime operation led by a British Royal Navy frigate had responded to the area.An Israeli official had blamed Iran for the strike on the Pacific Zircon tanker managed by Israeli-controlled Eastern Pacific Shipping. The company said there was minor damage to the hull but no injuries or spillage of the gas oil cargo.A White House official earlier said the United States was "confident that Iran likely conducted" the hit using an unmanned aerial vehicle. Iran's Nournews, which is affiliated with the country's top security body, blamed Israel for the attack.U.S.

08 Nov 2022

RIBCRAFT Completes RIB Series for California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

(Photo: RIBCRAFT USA)

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife recently took delivery of three more RIBCRAFT 5.85ā€™s. With these additional boats, all of the Departmentā€™s long range fisheries patrol crafts now operate with a new RIBCRAFT 5.85 onboard. The rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) are deployed for boarding and enforcement up to 200 miles offshore. The delivery of these 19ā€™ RIBs completes the fleet with four others already in service.The new purpose built shipboard RIBCRAFT RIBs renewed the CAFWā€™s aging and varied fleet.

13 Oct 2022

MST Launches First in a Series of 18 New Patrol Boats

(Photo: BMT)

Marine Specialised Technology Group has launched the first in a series of new Police Patrol Craft being built for the UK Ministry of Defense Police (MDP) and the Gibraltar Ministry of Defense Police (GDP)Awarded in March 2021, The Police Patrol Craft (PPC) contract is a six-year program that will see delivery of 18 patrol craft to various Police units around the UK and Gibraltar. The Patrol Craft will be used to ensure protection of major Royal Naval Assets, including capital ships and submarinesā€¦

08 Aug 2022

Metal Shark Bulding Military Patrol Vessel for Guyana Defense Force

Credit: Metal Shark

Louisiana-based boat builder Metal Shark is building a welded aluminum monohull patrol vessel for the Guyana Defense Force (GDF).Construction of the 115ft x 27ft (35m x 8m) vessel is underway at Metal Sharkā€™s Franklin, Louisiana shipyard on the new 115 Defiant multi-mission vessel designed in-house by Metal Sharkā€™s engineering team and being acquired by the GDF via direct purchase. Once complete, the new vessel will join the eight other Metal Shark interdiction and patrol vessels currently in service with the GDF.ā€œDue to increasing maritime security concernsā€¦

27 Jul 2022

From Surface to Subsea to Space: U.S. Navy Shipbuilding Outlook 2022

The Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550) transit the Atlantic Ocean March 20, 2021, marking the first time a Ford-class and Italian carrier have operated together underway. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Riley McDowell)

As a rudderless U.S. Navy debates maritime strategy, fleet futures and platform performance, Americaā€™s naval shipbuilding industry can look forward to another year of relative stasis.Barring a major geopolitical incident or unexpected maritime provocation, government shipbuilding isnā€™t going to change course. With Admiral Michael Gilday approaching the final ā€œlame duckā€ year of his four-year term as Chief of Naval Operations and the 2024 election season looming, the prospect for major changes in the Navyā€™s demand signal seems limited.Aside from the U.S.

20 Jun 2022

Southampton Portā€™s New Patrol RIB sports Cox CXO300 Drives

Powered by the high-performance CX0300 diesel outboard, patrol craft Swift was supplied by Cox Marine's UK distributor Berthon to ABP to carry out harbour duties in Southampton Port. Image courtesy Cox

Associated British Ports (ABP) has taken delivery of a new fast response RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) installed with the CXO300 diesel outboard engine from Cox Marine. Designed to be both fast and agile, the patrol craft Swift has already entered service in Southampton, one of the UKā€™s busiest ports. Built by Berthon, Coxā€™s UK distributor based in Lymington, the 7.8m Commercial Grade RIB will be used by the ABP Southampton team to enforce harbor by-laws and to carry out other harbour duties by its safety security patrols.

16 Jun 2022

Updates, Developments and Advances in Combat and Patrol Craft

SBI completed an order last December for 52 Coastal Interceptor Vessels for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (Photo: SAFE Boats)

My first visit in 2007 to the American Society of Naval Engineersā€™ (ASNE) Multi-Agency Craft Conference (MACC) was an eye-opener. Having built a naval architecture career with frigates, destroyers and other large naval and commercial ships, I was eager to learn of the smaller craft used by the U.S. Navy and other government and military bodies. As my flight into Norfolk, Va. descended over Chesapeake Bay, I gazed in amazement as a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) raced toward Virginia Beach, slowed, glided up the beach and into its shore base.

09 Jun 2022

How to Choose Propulsion Systems for Patrol Craft

A U.S. Navy Mark VI patrol boat with waterjet propulsion. (Photo: Danny Gonzalez / U.S. Marine Corps)

The propulsion system is a critical part of all patrol craft. There are different types of propulsion systems available for use on these craft, and selecting the ā€œbestā€ one for the application at hand is not to be taken lightly. You will note that I used ā€œbestā€ in quotes, which Iā€™ve done to hint at the subjective nature of the decision. Propellers, waterjets, sterndrives, outboards ā€“ they are all commercial off the shelf technologies which are mature and used in different patrol craft applications.

17 Feb 2022

Strong Demand for Police and Fire Boats with More Orders on the Horizon

Endeavor Series 30-foot vessel built by Silver Ships for the Bayport Fire Department in Bayport, N.Y. (Photo: Silver Ships)

Today, despite an abundance of market challenges and supply chain headaches, many of Americaā€™s police and fire boat builders are in possession of the shipyard holy grail: a healthy backlog.Dave Hunt, business development and project manager for Theodore, Ala. based Silver Ships said vessel orders from police and fire agencies have been on the rise and that the expectation is that this trend will continue. ā€œBetween vessels delivered and in production, we have seen a year over year increase steadily since 2017; particularly the last two years.

17 Feb 2022

Digitalization: From Stem to Stern, Ship Design in 3D Digital

Image Courtesy of Robert Allan

3D digital design can save ā€˜dollars on the deck plateā€™ during construction while maintaining safety, says to Patrick Ryan, Senior Vice President, Global Engineering and Technology, ABS.Last year ABS, Robert Allan, Signet and USCG collaborated on a project that would be the first commercial vessel in U.S. history to be produced using only 3D models in design and construction for all structures. While the process used to deliver this RAL-designed Advanced Rotortug (ART) is historicā€¦

16 Nov 2021

Gibraltar's New Patrol Boat Completes Sea Trials

(Photo: BMT)

HMS Cutlass, the first of two new vessels being built for the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron, has undergone initial trials.Over recent weeks, the new HPB-1900 has been subjected to rigorous trials to test all systems and performance against a demanding set of requirements specified by the Royal Navy.Marine Specialised Technology Group (MST Group) and designed in partnership with BMT, the vessel is powered by three Volvo D13 engines, each producing 1000 HP and driving triple MJP 350X Waterjets.

29 Sep 2021

The Case for Stock Boats

(Photo: Metal Shark)

Could you imagine designing your own car or truck or airplane, and then trying to build it? Unless youā€™re Elon Musk, you most likely couldnā€™t.Todayā€™s consumers donā€™t want to solve their own problems, they want turnkey solutions, and they want them now. In what industryā€”other than maritimeā€”do you see customers designing their own products, putting them out for bid, and then dealing with time and cost overruns? Yet, in the maritime world most acquisitions are long, drawn-out processesā€¦

09 Sep 2021

Itā€™s European Design, But Built For The Jones Act Market

(Image: Damen)

The Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards Group is one of the industryā€™s largest and most recognized shipbuilders, perhaps best known for its standardized, serial production workboats. Now with several dozen newbuild and repair yards on the map, the company has produced more than 6,000 vessels over its 90-year historyā€”from harbor tugs and offshore supply ships, to ferries and patrol craft. But Damen does not have a shipyard in the United States, and therefore doesnā€™t directly build vessels for the Jones Act market. Instead, it licenses its designs to U.S.

23 Jun 2021

Marine Jet Power Expands Its X-Series Waterjets Lineup

(Image: Marine Jet Power)

Marine Jet Power (MJP) revealed three new sizes in its X-Series range of waterjets. Expanding upon the proven 280, 310 and 350 X sizes, the new 400, 450 and 500 X feature MJPā€™s duplex stainless-steel, mixed-flow pump design and welded aluminum intake.The new additions to the range will service vessels ranging in size from 26m ā€“ 40m / 85-ft ā€“ 131-ft and up to 2070 kW / 2775 bhp. Well suited for high-speed applications the X-Series is built for fast patrol craft, military applicationsā€¦

16 Jun 2021

UK Ministry of Defense Police Orders 18 High-speed Patrol Boats

Image courtesy BMT

Marine Specialized Technology (MST) Group has been announced as the winner in a competitive tender process with the U.K. MOD Defense Equipment & Support Organization (DE&S) to supply 18 high-speed patrol craft to the U.K. Ministry of Defense Police (MDP) and Gibraltar Defense Police (GDP). The five year contract is worth £36 million ($50.4 millon).The vessels, designed by MST in partnership with BMT, will be 15 meters in length and powered by twin inboard diesel propulsion engines driving twin Marine Jet Power 350X waterjets waterjets.

26 Mar 2021

All American Marine Sold to Bryton Marine Group

(Photo: All American Marine)

U.S. shipbuilder All American Marine (AAM) has been sold to family-owned Bryton Marine Group, the company announced on Friday.The aluminum vessel designer and builder will continue to operate in Bellingham, Wash. Bryton CEO Byron Bolton will assume the role of AAM CEO, and AAM's former CEO and owner Matt Mullett will serve in an advisory role. Ron Wille, AAMā€™s president, together with his management team will lead the business. AAMā€™s workforce and 57,000-square-foot facility will remain.All American Marineā€¦

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