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JT Marine lays the keel for San Francisco Bay Ferry's first universal charging float, and Eastern Shipbuilding is selected to build six structural units for the future USS Philadelphia. Plus Arc begins engineering a battery-electric conversion of Pacific Maritime Group's harbor tug Harbor Sentinel.


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JT Marine lays keel for SF Bay Ferry charging float

JT Marine in Vancouver, Washington has marked the keel laying of San Francisco Bay Ferry's first universal charging float, part of the infrastructure program for the operator's planned battery-electric ferry fleet.

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Eastern Shipbuilding to build six structural units for future USS Philadelphia

Eastern Shipbuilding Group of Panama City, Florida has been selected by Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, to fabricate six structural units for the Navy's future USS Philadelphia, with deliveries to Pascagoula, Mississippi scheduled for the third and fourth quarters of 2027.

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Arc begins electric conversion of Pacific Maritime Group tug

Arc has begun engineering a battery-electric conversion of Harbor Sentinel, a 50-foot harbor tug owned by Pacific Maritime Group in Long Beach, California, with a 12-month demonstration planned after commissioning.

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