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Former Chouest OSV to become marine spaceport
ABS is supporting the reactivation and modification of an offshore support vessel (OSV) to function as the world’s first marine spaceport for human space flights. The flights will be operated by Space Perspective, which is based at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Space Perspective offers a six-hour journey to space…
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BAE Jacksonville breaks ground for $200 million Pearlson Shiplift complex
BAE Systems officially began construction of a new Pearlson Shiplift and land-level repair complex at its Jacksonville, Fla., shipyard with a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday. The company first revealed its plans to build the $200 million complex in December 2022. The complex will feature a state-of-the-art shiplift system built by Pearlson Shiplift Corporation. The…
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ABS Wavesight adds ransomware defense and response to its offering
ABS Wavesight, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) company launched by ABS last November, is teaming with managed detection and response (MDR) cybersecurity service provider ActZero to deliver operators 24/7 ransomware defense and response. ActZero will provide proactive, comprehensive, cybersecurity protection to ABS Wavesight clients alongside ABS Wavesight’s portfolio of vessel and voyage management…
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Azam Marine adds another Incat Crowther to its fleet
Hobart, Tasmania, shipbuilder Richardson Devine Marine has handed over for delivery the 53 meter passenger ferry Kilimanjaro VIII following sea trials. Designed by Incat Crowther, the 620-passenger vessel has been built for Tanzanian ferry operator Azam Marine. It has now been loaded in board a transport ship and is the operator’s 11th…
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Austal in LOI for 130-meter Gotland Horizon X hydrogen-fueled cat
Swedish ferry operator Gotlandsbolaget reports that it has signed a letter of intent LOI with Australian shipbuilder Austal covering the design of a 130 meter high speed multi-fuel catamaran able to operate on gaseous hydrogen. Designated Gotland Horizon X, it will be able to travel at 35 knots, carry 1,650…
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New MSIB gives maritime a wake up call on harassment policies
The “Midshipman X” case continues to have consequences and a new USCG Marine Safety Information Bulletin on “Reporting Sexual Misconduct on U.S. Vessels” is getting very serious attention from U.S.-flag operators. Superceding an earlier MSIB, it says that recent changes to the law now require the responsible entity of a vessel, defined…
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Vigor gets another $10.3 million for USS John Paul Jones work
Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Ore., has been awarded a $10,309,313 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N4523A22C0552 for the procurement of 14 out of scope work specifications for repair, maintenance and modernization in support of the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) docking selected restricted availability. The award comes hard on the heels of Vigor…
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Three former Austal USA execs face DOJ and SEC charges
The U.S. Department of Justice reports that a federal grand jury returned an indictment March 30 charging three men with orchestrating an accounting fraud scheme at Austal USA LLC,a wholly owned subsidiary of Austal Limited, an Australian company that is traded over-the-counter in the U.S. via American Depositary Receipts, as…
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Prop SF aims to have 50 Beluga24 ferries in U.S. operation
In partnership with Swedish-based Green City Ferries, San Francisco area ferry operator Prop SF has ambitions to operate the first fast electric ferry in the U.S. by 2024 and a fleet of 50 electric vessels within five to seven years. As we have reported earlier, Green City Ferries plans to have two…
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Conrad Shipyard picked to build new Governors Island battery-hybrid ferry
When we last reported on the plan for a new ferry to operate between New York City’s Lower Manhattan and Governors Island, things had reached the stage where an RFP for the vessel was out. Now it is being built at Conrad Shipyard in Morgan City, La., New York City Mayor…
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