Gulf of Mexico Archives - Baird Maritime

October 21, 2020

COLUMN | Battle of the batteries: OSVs go plug in [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on October 21, 2020. Posted in Anchor Handling, Engines & Propulsion Systems, Gear Featured, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

“Batteries not included” are words that have ruined a million Christmases. Increasingly, however, containerised, lithium-ion battery packs are now included on OSVs to ..

October 8, 2020

Acceptance trials completed for US Coast Guard cutter Stone

Written by Baird Maritime on October 8, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Non-Naval (Maritime Security).

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has completed the acceptance trials of the US Coast Guard’s newest Legend-class national ..

September 18, 2020

Ingalls Shipbuilding completes builder’s trials of future US Coast Guard cutter Stone

Written by Baird Maritime on September 18, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Non-Naval (Maritime Security).

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has successfully completed the builder’s trials for the US Coast Guard’s ninth ..

October 15, 2020

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding delivers new self-unloading barge to VanEnkevort Tug and Barge

Written by Baird Maritime on October 15, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Dry Cargo World.

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding has delivered a new self-unloading barge to Michigan-based VanEnkevort Tug and Barge for operation on the Great Lakes. The new barge, named ..

September 28, 2020

Magseis Fairfield awarded deepwater OBN survey in Gulf of Mexico

Written by Baird Maritime on September 28, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Subsea Surveying.

Magseis Fairfield has been awarded a contract for a deepwater 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the US Gulf of Mexico. The survey is anticipated to start in December ..

September 15, 2020

Callan Marine awarded US$54 million coastal restoration contract in Louisiana

Written by Baird Maritime on September 15, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Dredging and Land Reclamation.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently awarded a US$54 million construction contract to Callan Marine for the North Breton Island Restoration Project in ..

MARITIME SECURITY WEEK

October 12, 2020

Future US Navy LCS Mobile completes acceptance trials

Written by Baird Maritime on October 12, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Ships (Naval).

The future US Navy littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Mobile has successfully concluded its acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico after a series of in-port and underway ..

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE WEEK

September 24, 2020

FEATURE | New inland boxship concept promises bigger loads, faster transits on Mississippi River

Written by Baird Maritime on September 24, 2020. Posted in Boxship World, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Work Boat World Features.

Florida-based shipowner American Patriot Holdings (APH) is proposing a new LNG-powered vessel that will be used to transport containerised cargo along the Mississippi ..

TUG & SALVAGE WEEK

September 14, 2020

VESSEL REVIEW | A. Thomas Higgins – Second in new series of “go-anywhere” river and ocean tugs for Bisso Offshore

Written by Baird Maritime on September 14, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Commercial Mariner – Vessel Reviews, Inland Tug Operations, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Eastern Shipbuilding Group of Panama City, Florida, recently delivered a new steel-hulled Z-drive ship assist tug to Bisso Offshore, a division of marine services company ..