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April 29, 2021

MARAD awards US$19.6 million in shipyard upgrade grants

Written by Baird Maritime on April 29, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Passenger Vessels, Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Dredging and Land Reclamation, Ferries, Firefighting, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Inland Tug Operations, Marine Research and Training, Maritime Tourism, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Pilotage, Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Search and Rescue, Subsea Surveying.

The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) will award US$19.6 million in grant funding to 31 small shipyards in 15 states through the Sma ..

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE WEEK

September 24, 2020

Ocean Surveys takes delivery of 10-metre survey boat

Written by Baird Maritime on September 24, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Marine Research and Training, Subsea Surveying.

Connecticut-based Ocean Surveys (OSI) recently took delivery of a new survey boat. The 10-metre vessel will be fitted with twin 186kW outboard engines, wiring, electronic ..

August 22, 2019

Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department welcomes new response boat

Written by Baird Maritime on August 22, 2019. Posted in Firefighting, Search and Rescue.

Lake Assault Boats has delivered a new emergency response boat to the Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department of Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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December 16, 2020

VESSEL REVIEW | Captain Ben Moore – Connecticut produce transporter opts for autonomous navigation technology on hybrid-powered cargo catamaran

Written by Baird Maritime on December 16, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Commercial Mariner – Vessel Reviews, Dry Cargo World, Ship World Vessel Reviews, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval), Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Derecktor Shipyards of Mamaroneck, New York, recently handed over a new hybrid-powered cargo vessel built for transporting farm and food products from New York for consum ..

EMERGENCY SERVICES WEEK

June 3, 2020

Sherman Volunteer Fire Department’s newest response boat enters service

Written by Baird Maritime on June 3, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Firefighting.

The Sherman Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD) of Sherman, Connecticut, has placed a new response boat into service. Built by Canada’s Stanley Boats, the newbuild lan ..

April 25, 2019

New rescue boat delivered to West Haven Fire Department

Written by Baird Maritime on April 25, 2019. Posted in Firefighting, Search and Rescue.

The West Haven Fire Department Center District in Connecticut has taken delivery of a new rescue boat acquired mostly through federal grant funding.
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November 2, 2020

Sea Machines to help develop first US-flagged autonomous hybrid cargo vessel

Written by Baird Maritime on November 2, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Dry Cargo World, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval).

Connecticut-based First Harvest Navigation, a marine transportation company that connects family farms to urban and suburban neighbourhoods, has selected Sea Machines Rob ..

November 1, 2019

Bernhard Schulte Offshore, MidOcean Wind form JV to serve US offshore wind market

Written by Baird Maritime on November 1, 2019. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Crew Transfer, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind.

Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO) and MidOcean Wind (MOW) have entered into a joint venture to build and operate support vessels for the US offshore wind industry as well a ..

May 8, 2018

General Dynamic Electric Boat to invest US$852 million in Groton Shipyard expansion

Written by Baird Maritime on May 8, 2018. Posted in Submersibles (Naval).

General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB) is spending almost half of its $1.7 billion multi-year capital expenditure plan on upgrading its Groton, Connecticut manufacturing fa ..