Submerged Submarine Launches Aircraft
An all-electric, fuel cell-powered, unmanned aerial system (UAS) aircraft has been successfully launched from the submerged 'USS Providence' (SSN 719) & flew a several hour mission demonstrating live video capabilities streamed back to the submarine, surface support vessels and Norfolk base before landing at the Naval Sea Systems Command Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC), Andros, Bahamas. From concept to fleet demonstration, the Navy says this idea took less than six years to produce in a collaboration between the U.S.
Crowley Returns to Oakland Market
Crowley Marine Services tugs, once a fixture in San Francisco Bay from the early 1900s to 1996, have returned home. 4400 horsepower) and the Sea Robin (twin screw - 5000 horsepower). horsepower) and the Sea Robin (twin screw - 5000 horsepower). The company's Oakland operation is located at the 9th Avenue terminal. its surrounding areas. Crowley is no stranger to the San Francisco Bay area. 1900's until 1996 with its venerable "red stack" fleet of tugs. Crowley's corporate headquarters remains in downtown Oakland. CEO. this port where it all started.
MMS Announces Plans for Next GOM Royalty-in-Kind Sale
The Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) will offer for sale, to the public, this spring, additional natural gas royalty production from the Outer Continental Shelf. This initiative is a continuation of the royalty-in-kind (RIK) pilot programs MMS is pursuing to test the efficacy of taking royalties in kind as an alternative to the traditional cash basis for natural gas and crude oil royalty payments. The MMS plans to expand the RIK pilot in the central Gulf of Mexico to nearly double the amount of natural gas previously offered. MMS will offer royalty gas on two additional pipeline systems, the Bluewater and Sea Robin systems, with about 200,000,000 cu. ft.per day. The gas will be offered for sale to the highest bidder at or near the lease.
CMS Fleet Strongest in Region
Crowley Marine Services' Southern California fleet recently confirmed its strength by demonstrating ABS certified bollard pull test measurements of more than 100,000 lbs. for every tug in the region. The CMS is fleet is the highest hp and highest bollard pull fleet of tugs in the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors. Tugs serving the Los Angeles and Long Beach market range from 4,400-7,000 hp and include several of Crowley's newest Harbor Class cycloidal tractor tugs and on Z-drive tug, as well as high-hp conventional vessels. Crowley also recently refurbished its Sea Robin Class to ABS' Guide to Rebuilding Vessels Less Than 90 Meters in Length standards. Two Sea Robin Class vessels are based at the Long Beach location.
