Pennsylvania Archives - Baird Maritime

February 1, 2022

Keel laid for future US Navy amphibious ship Harrisburg

Written by Baird Maritime on February 1, 2022. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Ships (Naval).

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding laid the keel for the US Navy’s 14th San Antonio-class landing platform dock (LPD) on Friday, Januar ..

July 8, 2021

US Transportation Department selects three port improvement projects for INFRA grant eligibility

Written by Baird Maritime on July 8, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Dredging and Land Reclamation, Maritime Infrastructure Development, Port World, Ro-Ro World.

Individual port improvement projects in three US states have been selected to receive grant funding under the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary ..

March 10, 2021

Pennsylvania shipyard cuts steel for Maritime Administration’s second NSMV

Written by Baird Maritime on March 10, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Marine Research and Training.

Philly Shipyard in Pennsylvania has cut the first steel for the second National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) slated for the US Department of Transportation’ ..

MARITIME SECURITY WEEK

October 20, 2021

NOAA, US Coast Guard locate revenue cutter lost at sea in 1963

Written by Baird Maritime on October 20, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Maritime Archaeology, Non-Naval (Maritime Security).

A team of researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the US Coast Guard has located the wreckage of a US Revenue cutter that was lost ..

EMERGENCY SERVICES WEEK

May 19, 2021

Pittsburgh Public Safety adds newbuild to river police and rescue boat fleet

Written by Baird Maritime on May 19, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Firefighting, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Search and Rescue.

Pittsburgh Public Safety of Pennsylvania has taken delivery of a new police and rescue craft from Wisconsin builder Lake Assault Boats. The catamaran boat will become the ..

January 21, 2021

MARAD authorises construction of two additional multi-mission vessels

Written by Baird Maritime on January 21, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Marine Research and Training, Ro-Ro World.

The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has authorised the construction of two additional national security multi-mission vessels (NSM ..

October 11, 2021

US Navy sells two decommissioned aircraft carriers for scrapping

Written by Baird Maritime on October 11, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Ship Repair & Recycling, Ships (Naval).

The US Navy, through the Naval Sea Systems Command, has sold two decommissioned aircraft carriers to a Texas shipbreaking firm for eventual scrapping. Sold to Internation ..

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 ..

December 18, 2020

The Great Lakes Towing Company christens two newest tugs

Written by Baird Maritime on December 18, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Harbour Tugs and Operation.

The Great Lakes Towing Company held an official naming ceremony for its two newest tugs on Wednesday, December 16. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are the fourth and fifth ves ..