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Mark Knoy succeeds Bruce Paulsen as SCI’s board chair
Earlier this month, the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) gathered at the International Seafarers’ Center in Newark, N.J., for its first meeting of 2024. Among the agenda items was a formal transition in board leadership.
Bruce Paulsen, Esq., partner at New York law firm Seward & Kissel, who had chaired SCI’s board for the past six years, stepped down, and Mark Knoy, trustee since 2008 and formerly vice chair of the board, assumed the position as chair.
Paulsen successfully steered the Institute through challenging times, including the long period of restrictions imposed by the pandemic, which limited SCI’s ability to easily engage with mariners and seafarers, conduct training sessions at its facilities in Paducah, Ky., and Houston, Texas, and host its maritime events. Additionally, he guided the transition in directorship for SCI and SCI’s Center for Mariner Advocacy.
The Rev. Mark Nestlehutt, president and executive director of SCI, expressed appreciation for Paulsen’s exceptional leadership: “I am incredibly grateful for the stewardship he provided. His vision and unwavering commitment to our mission have positioned SCI for continued
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Signet Maritime delivers the first of two advanced Rotortugs
(MarineLog) Signet Maritime’s Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard has recently completed the Signet Sirius. The first of two ART 92-32W Rotortugs, it and is the first ART (advanced Rotortug) that Signet has built for its fleet.
Designed by Robert Allan Ltd. in collaboration with RotorTug BV, the vessels incorporate the patented triple Z-drive Rotortug propulsion layout, featuring omni-directional maneuverability, and the benefits of a fully redundant and precise propulsion machinery configuration. The Rotortug concept offers increased redundancy for ship-handling, terminal support, and escort towing, as well as enhanced crew safety.
Designed to escort deep-draft VLCCs in and out of the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, Signet Sirius is the most powerful 32-meter ART to date, with a bollard pull of more than 90 tonnes.
Extensive analyses and simulations were performed to confirm the suitability of the ART 92-32W for the proposed Corpus Christi operations. These included simulations at the Seamen’s Church Institute and TDT-Sim analysis by Robert Allan Ltd., in conjunction with Markey Machinery, to ensure proper winch selection for the tug to meet the environmental criteria
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OpenTug raises $3.1 million in seed round funding
(MarineLog) OpenTug, the digital shipping startup built to connect freight with barges and terminals nationwide, reports that it has raised an oversubscribed $3.1 million seed round investment.
Led by Entrada Ventures, the funds will be used to further develop the company’s industry-leading technology and grow OpenTug’s network of shippers and service providers to help America move marine freight at unprecedented levels.
The OpenTug digital maritime marketplace gives shippers access to thousands of barges, tugs, and terminals across over 25,000 miles of marine highways, while its SaaS platform enables operators to automate their pricing, routing, tracking, booking, and marketing.
An increasing number of shippers are joining the OpenTug network to leverage the Mississippi River, Ohio River, intracoastal waterways, coastal regions, and oceans to find more efficient ways to move freight.
OpenTug says that it has already onboarded over 30% of US barge capacity and 200 terminals. In 2023, the platform helped three million tons of cargo find its way to the waterways. Its SaaS services now help marine transportation providers such as TOTE Maritime, SEA.O.G, McDonough
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New MTU remanufacturing and overhaul center opens in South Carolina
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Representing what Rolls-Royce Power Systems says is “a low double-digit million dollar investment,” the company has opened a new remanufacturing and overhaul center at its MTU Aiken site in South Carolina.
The new 69,000 square foot (6,400 square meter) facility is connected to the existing manufacturing operations at MTU Aiken. It brings formerly outsourced workshop and warehouse operations in-house and expands them to provide remanufacturing and overhaul of MTU Series 2000 and Series 4000 engines and Detroit Diesel two-stroke engines and components, plus internal and external rework services.
Initially focused on parts remanufacturing for after sales support, the facility is targeted to remanufacture 20,000 parts per year once fully operational, greatly improving spare part availability and customer support in the region.
“We have more than 150,000 engines in the field and our service business is growing,” said Dr Jörg Stratmann, CEO, Rolls-Royce Power Systems. “Service is not just maintenance and repair, but also upgrades, remanufacturing and digital services for predictive maintenance. Our customers trust us, and we want to fulfil this trust throughout
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SEACOR Marine will upgrade more PSVs for battery hybrid operation
(Marine Log)
Houston-headquartered SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SMHI) is to acquire four state-of-the-art energy storage systems from Kongsberg Maritime AS. They will be installed on four of SEACOR Marine’s platform supply vessels (PSVs), equipping them for battery hybrid operation.
The four vessels included in the contract are the SEACOR Ohio, SEACOR Alps, SEACOR Andes and SEACOR Atlas. Installation is expected to begin in December 2024 and to be completed by the second quarter of 2025. Once installed, more than 50% of SEACOR Marine’s PSV fleet will be hybrid powered.
The four PSVs, all of Kongsberg Maritime UT771 CDL design, will be equipped for battery hybrid operation by the installation of a Kongsberg containerized deckhouse energy storage system (DESS) and associated switchboards and thruster control systems. The upgrade will also see a new Kongsberg Maritime K-Pos dynamic positioning (DP) system installed to replace the current DP system on all four vessels.
Beginning in February 2024 in Ulsteinvik, Norway, Kongsberg Maritime will also upgrade the UT771 CDL SEACOR Yangtze with the deckhouse energy storage system.
“Our
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Saltchuk makes a new offer for OSG
(Marine Log)
Privately held, Seattle-headquartered Saltchuk Resources Inc. has made a new offer to acquire NYSE-listed tanker and ATB operator Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG). Saltchuk, which is OSG’s largest shareholder, made an earlier offer to acquire the rest of OSG in June 2021 but suspended those discussions that September, citing pandemic-related market uncertainties.
Today, OSG confirmed that its board of directors had received an unsolicited non-binding indication of interest from Saltchuk for the acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of the company that Saltchuk does not already own for $6.25 per share in cash.
“Consistent with its fiduciary duties, OSG’s board of directors will be carefully considering and evaluating, in consultation with its financial and legal advisors, this indication of interest in due course,” said OSG, noting that it “does not intend to comment further on the unsolicited indication of interest or any related matters until its board of directors has determined that disclosure is necessary or appropriate.”
In its letter to the OSG board, signed by Saltchuk Holdings chairman Mark Tabbutt , Saltchuk
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Detyens wins $8.2 million USNS Arctic contract
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Detyens Shipyards Inc., Charleston, S.C., has been awarded at $8,220,997 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220524C4091) for an 82 calendar day shipyard availability for a mid-term availability of Military Sealift Command’s fleet ordnance and dry cargo ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8).
Built by NASSCO and commissioned in 1995, USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8), formerly USS Arctic (AOE-8), is the third ship in the Supply class of fast combat support ships. Powered by four GE LM2500 gas-turbines, the ships have the speed to keep up with carrier strike groups and are designed as multi-product ships carrying fuel, ammunition and supplies
The contract awarded Detyens includes a base period and two unexercised options that, if exercised, would increase its cumulative value to $8,342,391.
Work will be performed in Charleston beginning Jan. 15, 2024, and is expected to be completed by Apr. 5, 2024.
Fiscal 2024 working capital (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,220,997 are obligated, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
This contract was a small business set-aside with proposals solicited via the
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Gulf Craft starts construction of new U.S. Virgin Islands ferry
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The Gulf Craft LLC shipyard in Franklin, La., has started construction of a new U.S Virgin Islands ferry. The 300-passenger 32-meter Incat Crowther designed catamaran vessel will service the busy tourist and commuter route between Red Hook on the island of St. Thomas, and Cruz Bay on the island of St. John. Currently, two other Incat Crowther 28-meter vessels service this route.
The Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Public Works received a grant of $1.7 million to build a third ferry for the route in the 2022 round of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) ferry grants.
The USCG Subchapter-K approved passenger ferry has a design that Incat Crowther describes it as “simple and stylish” with accessibility and an elevated customer experience in mind.
“Incat Crowther has a proven track record of designing and delivering tailored passenger ferries for operators throughout the Caribbean,” said Incat Crowther USA managing director Grant Pecoraro. “We are pleased to be collaborating with our longstanding partner, Gulf Craft, to deliver another vessel to this region.”
“Our team of
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PNNL hybrid research vessel hits the water
(MarineLog)
Seattle-based Snow & Company recently launched the 50-foot plug-in hybrid research vessel it is building for the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) into Lake Washington.
The vessel, the R/V Resilience, is set for for delivery to the PNNL-Sequim campus, in Sequim, Wash., in 2024. The Seqim campus houses the only marine research facilities in the Department of Energy.
PNNL is managed for the Department of Energy by Battelle and Snow calls the vessel its “battle cat.”
The vessel’s hybrid system includes
• Hybrid battery: Spear 113kWh
• Engines: Volvo D8 510 hp
• Electric motors: Danfoss 20 kWResilience has space for two crew members and six scientists, es, a 500 lb davit, a dive operations platform, an onboard scuba tank recharge air compressor, a FLIR camera, and a 1,000 pound capacity crane.
In a social media post, Snow notes that, on electric. the hybrid research vessel, can operate silently and maxes out at around 6 knots, while, on diesel. it can make 28 knots.
“We hate to see her leave, but we love
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