ON THE WAYS

Designed by UK-based Camarc

, the all-aluminum vessels have a re ned hull with enhanced fuel ef ciencies and reduced slamming accelerations, which are designed to provide twin Volvo Penta D13-800 EPA Tier 3 marine diesel engines, producing 800 hp at 2,300 rpm each. The mains will connect to HamiltonJet twin HJ403 waterjets with two Station AVX express Twin Disc MGX5136SC marine gears. The combination allows for high performance maneuverability with an expected top speed of 35 knots and a running speed of 32 knots.

The jet-powered pilot boats’ mission is to safely service pilot transfers to deep-draft vessels on the Lower Mississippi River at Pilottown, La.

“Safety on the unpredictable Mississippi River is our top priority,” Capt. E. Michael Bopp, president, Crescent River Port Pilots’ Association, said in a statement. “We look forward to these boats to help us achieve our mission of safely guiding billions of dollars of precious cargo in and out of one of the largest river ports in the world.”

The new boats, which will have 3' drafts, Stidd marine seating for twoperson crews and eight pilots each, will have tankage for 600 gals. of fuel and 55 gals. of freshwater.

Other features include a Northern Lights 16-kW genset, roof pilot boarding system, and Teledyne FLIR M364C thermal camera system with joystick control. — Ken Hocke

Zealand. The vessel will serve an integral role in NV5Geodynamics’ mission of providing turnkey “single pass” offshore surveys and has been specifically customized to serve the U.S. East Coast offshore wind sector.

Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding began construction in March on the future USNS Muscogee Creek Nation, the 10th Navajo-class towing, salvage and rescue ship (T-ATS). It’s also the fifth T-ATS vessel being built by Bollinger since acquiring the program in April 2021. The Navajo-class is a series of 263’x59’x24.6’ T-ATS being built for the Navy. The Navajo-class is a multimission common hull platform that will be deployed to support a range of missions such as towing, rescue, salvage, humanitarian assistance, oil spill response and wide-area search and surveillance operations using unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The vessels will replace the existing Powhatan-class T-ATF fleet ocean tugs and Safeguardclass T-ARS rescue and salvage ships in service with the U.S. Military Sealift Command.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII) announced in April that its Pascagoula, Miss.-based Ingalls Shipbuilding division was awarded a $1.3 billion modification to a previ- ously awarded contract from the Navy for the detail design and construction of amphibious transport dock (LPD) 32. The resulting fixed-price-incentive contract totals $1.54 billion. The LPD will be the 16th in the San Antonio class and the third Flight II LPD. The 684’x105’ ships are used to embark and land Marines, their equipment, and supplies ashore via air cushion or conventional landing craft and amphibious assault vehicles, augmented by helicopters or vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, such as the MV-22 Osprey.

Shell's Vito floating production system was specifically engineered to reduce carbon emissions by 80% while cutting lifetime costs more than 70%.