Shipbuilding

WorkBoat file photos

Navigating waves of change: The dynamic evolution of maritime design

WorkBoat Staff

GLDD's Cape Hatteras and the Cape Canaveral, the two Damen 3013 Multi Cats built by Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, La. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock photo

Conrad delivers twin Multi Cats to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock

Ken Hocke

The Signet Sirius before leaving the Signet shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. Doug Stewart photo

Signet Marine is changing with the times

Ken Hocke

Re-siding older hopper barges has become the industry’s most cost effective way of trying to maintain a stable fleet size. C&C Marine & Repair photo

Building new is not a barge owner’s only option

WorkBoat Staff

Gulf Island was required to dismiss with prejudice all claims it had asserted against Hornbeck on account of Hornbeck’s termination of the vessel construction agreements. Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc.

Hornbeck Offshore settles litigation, construction of two MPSVs to resume

WorkBoat Staff

Master Boat Builders, Coden, Ala. was one of the two shipyards awarded construction contracts by Gulf LNG Tugs. Doug Stewart photo.

Gulf LNG Tugs awards contracts for four more Z-Tech tugboats

WorkBoat Staff

Shipyard workers are hard to come by for many shipyards. Doug Stewart photo

Workforce shortages plague Gulf Coast shipyards

Ken Hocke

Alaska is receiving $286 million in federal funding to upgrade its ferries and ferry infrastructure. Alaska Marine Highway System photo

Government funding drives ferry projects

Capt. Arnie Hammerman

Crowley rendering

Crowley awarded design and production contracts for 6,000-hp Crescent tug

WorkBoat Staff

Hobie Boeschenstein at left, SeaTrac’s director of product and business development, deep in conversation with SeaTrac co-founder and designer Jigger Herman in the company's Marblehead, Mass., workshop. Robin G. Coles photo.

SeaTrac’s unmanned surface vehicles

The vessel was built to Coast Guard standards and will operate as a multipurpose research vessel in the Hawaiian waters and offshore on ocean routes. All American Marine photo

All American delivers research vessel to Hawaii

WorkBoat Staff

The new vessel concept pairs traditional propulsion while carrying a modular reactor that can be activated upon arrival at the destination and then deactivated and transported after the power supply is discontinued. Crowley rendering

Crowley, BWXT unveil nuclear power generation vessel concept

WorkBoat Staff

Safe Boats International photo.

Patrol boats are major weapons against bad actors

Ken Hocke