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NOVEMBER 2023 VOLUME 80, NO. 11
FEATURES 16 Vessel Report: Ferry Industry Metamorphosis
The art of building ferries is going through some changes.
26 Cover Story: Urgent Needs
Washington State Ferries is rebuilding its fleet and its workforce.
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BOATS & GEAR 20 On the Ways
• Kirby takes delivery of first electric inland towboat in the U.S. • Philly Shipyard delivers first national security multimission vessel • Signet takes delivery of new Rotortug • Bollinger Shipyards christens towing, salvage and rescue ship • Washburn & Doughty delivers 93' escort tug to McAllister Towing
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AT A GLANCE 8 On the Water: The El Faro, remembered in song. 8 Captain’s Table: To tow or not to tow? 9 Energy Level: More problems for U.S. wind. 10 WB Stock Index: WorkBoat stocks lose 56 points in September. 10 Inland Insider: Job-related fatalities in towing industry stay low. 12 Nor’easter: Governors seek help to keep offshore wind afloat. 13 Insurance Watch: The hazards of tug operations.
NEWS LOG 14 Workforce shortages plague Gulf Coast shipyards. 14 Austal USA's president resigns. 14 Markey Machine acquires JonRie. 14 Support for offshore wind in New Jersey takes a plunge. www.workboat.com • NOVEMBER 2023 • WorkBoat
DEPARTMENTS 2 Editor’s Watch 6 Mail Bag 44 Port of Call 51 Advertisers Index 52 WB Looks Back
ON THE COVER Washington State Ferries’ vessel Wenatchee. Washington State Ferries photo 1
EDITOR'S WATCH
In a Seattle state of mind
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eattle is home to Washington State Ferries — the largest ferry system in the U.S. It's also home to the Pacific Marine Expo (PME), which will be held Nov. 8-10 at the Lumen Field Event Center. WSF is experiencing some growing pains of late. It needs newer, more environmentally friendly vessels. To that end, officials have secured more than $2 billion worth of funding to overhaul older boats in the fleet and build five new ferries. To move the process along, the Washington Legislature dropped the requirement that all new state ferries be built in Washington. Yet upgrading the fleet is only half the problem. Crew shortages are especially dire in the wheelhouse and the engine room. Sometimes crewmembers just don’t show up. “Waiting cars have been backed up for miles, as people sit in line for two or even three hours. Medical appointments are missed, family trips are disrupted, jobs aren’t gotten to, and deliveries aren't made. Of the 2,660 cancelled trips through September of this year, 1,390 were caused by missing crew,” writes our Editor-at-Large Bruce Buls in his story that begins on page 26. PME is owned and operated by the same company, Diversified Communications, that puts on the International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans each year. Diversified knows what it’s doing. Known more for its connection to the commercial fishing industry, PME show officials have worked hard to includeai16389015345_editwatch_BPA_2021.pdf more for those of us in the
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commercial marine world. Many of the 400-plus exhibitors service or operate in the workboat market, and over 125 of them also attend the International WorkBoat Show. “Due to stricter environmental regulations on the West Coast, we see many workboat operators being early adopters of sustainable technologies which sets the stage for the rest of the country,” said Lauren St. Clair, PME’s group marketing director. “With the huge coastline and myriad of inland waterways on the West Coast, there is huge opportunity for owners and operators at the Expo to showcase their products to over 4,500-plus buyers.”
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s a retired master and longtime America’s Boating Club instructor, I completely agree with Capt. Alan Bernstein about recreational vessel operator licensing/training (WorkBoat, September 2023, Captain’s Table, “Time to license recreational boaters”). This September on Cheatham Lake, northwest of Nashville, Tenn., a 36-year-old father with a nine-year-old son were riding aboard a jet ski when it crashed into a barge killing both. The towboat’s deckhands launched the skiff, and they quickly retrieved the unresponsive father. It took the Coast Guard, Tennessee Wildlife Resources, the Cheatham County Sheriff Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol, and Army Corps of Engineers using an ROV and cadaver dogs until the next night to find the son under a barge.
Recreational boaters often do not understand the dangers and limited maneuverability of commercial vessels unless they take the America’s Boating Club 370-page basic boating course that is NASBLA (National Association of State Boating Law Administrators)approved. Unfortunately, some state boating law administrators are now taking the easy way out by using online courses instead of ours with its face-toface instruction and a practical on the water component. Hopefully, people will finally realize we have already had 22 unnecessary boating deaths in Tennessee alone this year. Virtually all these deaths could be prevented by more stringent recreational boating licensing requirements and associated training. Thankfully I am now retired, and I don’t have to deal with the crazies trying to jump my sternwheel rollers close astern. Keep up the good work America’s
Boating Club, Alan, the Passenger Vessel Association, and the American Waterways Operators. Capt. John Farmer America’s Boating Club Knoxville, Tenn
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AT-A-GLANCE
On the Water
The El Faro, remembered in song
O BY JOEL MILTON Joel Milton works on towing vessels. He can be reached at joelmilton@ yahoo.com.
ctober marked the tragic anniversary of the sinking of the SS El Faro in the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin, with the loss of 33 hands. The crew of 33 perished on Oct. 1, 2015, after the El Faro sailed into the eyewall of Joaquin. Recently, I received a timely email from Jerry Popiel in Cleveland, a singer-songwriter who seemed an unlikely WorkBoat reader. It was an invitation to check out a new piece of music he wrote, performed, recorded and produced entirely himself. A certain late, great Canadian singer was clearly a big influence on him, and the song felt immediately familiar to me, yet it is a thoroughly modern sound as Jerry put his own distinct stamp on the vernacular. This is folk-influenced rock all the way. “The folk music tradition is replete with ship stories, with Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ being the most wellknown. With the El Faro, I decided to take a slightly different tack with the lyrics — less
Captain’s Table
To tow or not to tow?
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BY CAPT. ALAN BERNSTEIN Alan Bernstein, owner of BB Riverboats in Cincinnati, is a licensed master and a former president of the Passenger Vessel Association. He can be reached at 859-292-2449 or abernstein@ bbriverboats.com.
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friend called me recently and asked if I thought he could tow one of his passenger boats to drydock using another one of his passenger vessels. My immediate answer was “Yes, I don’t see why not.” He needed to get one of his vessels to drydock and, with the crowded drydock schedules, he had to move quickly. During our conversation, I explained that I did not know of any federal regulations that would prevent him from using a certificated passenger vessel to tow another vessel. I suggested that he should inform the Coast Guard of what he intended to do, but that as long as he had a plan, adequate lighting, appropriate crew, and adequate horsepower, all should be satisfactory. I am not a regulator, but I do have some experience in this area. In 1982, my company, BB Riverboats, was awarded a contract to provide passenger vessel services during the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville, Tenn.
about ‘here’s what happened’ and more about ‘what would you do’ and ‘how does it feel’?” said Popiel. And so was born his “The Wreck of the El Faro” to pay proper tribute to the 33 lost hands. But why such an empathetic ear for mariners from some guy “on the beach” in Cleveland? It turns out Jerry is a retired Coast Guard officer with seagoing service and an active 9th District RCC (rescue coordination center) search and rescue specialist and knows of what he writes. “Having served onboard ships during a number of storms in the Atlantic, I remember the uneasy feeling of the vessels battling green water over the bow, steel shuddering immensely, and taking rolls big enough to throw you out of your bed, all while being seasick. Certainly, whatever the crew of El Faro faced and felt was far worse than that. These courageous men and women, and the families they left behind, deserve to be remembered.” Indeed they do. Well done, Mr. Popiel. You can stream “Wreck of the El Faro” on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-wreckof-the-el-faro/1702412229?i=1702412230) and Spotify (https://spotify.link/nkeZEvdicDb), or at www.jerrypopiel.com. We transported three excursion vessels, three deck barges, one office barge, and one crew barge approximately 1,400 river miles from Cincinnati to Knoxville. All these assets were towed by the 600-hp passenger vessel the M/V Becky Thatcher and a small 350-hp towboat, the Shirley B. We made it to Knoxville and back without a hitch, even though on the return trip we encountered high water when we entered the Ohio River on the last leg of that trip. U.S. passenger vessels are completely safe to use in towing situations that I have described here. There is no intention to compete with towboats commercially. Financial compensation is not a consideration and passengers are not being carried during such operations. The owner is simply towing a vessel from point A to B and back again. I am not seeking any additional regulation. I believe that current regulations permit passenger vessels to engage in this type of towing practice, as long as there is a plan in place and the Coast Guard is informed. I am interested in hearing your opinion about the towing of passenger vessels.
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AT-A-GLANCE
Energy Level More problems for US wind BY JIM REDDEN, CORRESPONDENT
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he U.S. offshore wind business has gone through a particularly tough stretch over the past few months. In late August, consortiums that were developing two significant wind farms off Massachusetts deemed it more financially prudent to pay a combined $108 million in termination penalties rather than try to make their respective projects work under current cost structures, while the leading East Coast developer warns it could be forced to do the same. In yet another blow, the widely anticipated Gulf of Mexico wind lease sale fizzled with only a single bid awarded. Following up on earlier alerts, partners Shell New Energies and Ocean Winds North America agreed to pay a $60-million fine and cancel the power purchase agreements (PPA) for their 1.2-GW South Coast Wind farm, south of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. On Aug. 23, Avangrid, lead developer of the 1.2-GW Commonwealth Wind farm, was allowed to terminate earlier negotiated PPAs and will pay a $48-million termination penalty after warning this summer that the project was economically untenable under those rates. Both developers say they plan to rebid in the next lease sale in hopes of negotiating more favorable PPAs. Citing spiraling costs, supply chain snags and insufficient tax credits, Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted A/S, with seven northeast wind projects under development, said it may write off as much as $2.12 billion, further delaying the delivery of roughly 4,974 MW of power off New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Maryland. “We are still upholding a real option to walk away,” Ørsted CEO Mads Nipper told Bloomberg News on Sept. 5, following the Aug. 30 earnings call. Ørsted said it will “reconfigure” its
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AT-A-GLANCE
WorkBoat Composite Index WorkBoat stocks lose 56 points in September
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Tidewater’s president and CEO, said the second quarter was another positive one for the offshore vessel market. “The most important indicator of strength in our business, average day rate, continued its upward momentum during the second quarter, with the average day rate up $1,400 per day sequentially, nearly a 10% movement,”
orkBoat stocks closed out the quarter losing 1.65%, or 56 points, in September. For the month, losers topped winners 14-11. Among the winners for the month was Tidewater Inc., which rose over 9% in September. During their second-quarter conference call in August, Quintin Kneen,
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8/31/23 391.81 5,332.08 4,096.79 3,405.47 92.76 34,721.90 4,507.66
9/29/23 412.46 5,087.72 4,121.96 3,349.29 94.51 33,507.50 4,288.05
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PERCENT CHANGE 5.27% -4.58% 0.61% -1.65% 1.89% -3.50% -4.87%
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Inland Insider Job-related fatalities in towing industry remained low in 2022
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new Coast Guard report shows just how dangerous it can be for towing industry workers. At the same time, the report also shows that the rate of fatal injuries remains low. Slips and falls into the water were the top cause of death on freight-carrying
towing vessels and barges in 2022, while the industry recorded the secondlowest rates in crew fatalities and tank barge spills last year. These are some of the conclusions in the Coast Guard-American Waterways Operators Annual Safety Report, released by the Coast Guard Office of Investigations and Causality Analysis in August. The report evaluated crewmember fatalities, gallons of oil spilled from tank barges, and the number and severity of towing vessel casualties.
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Kneen told analysts. “The average day rate is now up approximately $5,500 per day since the recovery began around the end of 2021. Every region and every vessel class experienced a modest to quite significant day rate increases during the second quarter, with the exception of our 8,000 to 16,000 BHP-class anchor handlers, which were essentially flat sequentially.” Kneen said day rate improvement is the primary driver of increasing profitability. “As such, we remain focused on a variety of tactics to continue to drive global average day rates. We were successful in our tactics to continue to push day rates globally.” In summary, Kneen said they are very pleased with the continued momentum across all regions and vessel classes during the second quarter, and “we remain highly constructive on the outlook for 2024 and beyond.” — David Krapf
The crewmember fatality rate per 100,000 towing industry workers is projected to be 3.8 in 2022, the second lowest recorded since reporting such incidents started, after the 1.9 BY PAMELA GLASS recorded in 2021. The rate for 2020 Pamela Glass is the was 10.6. Washington, D.C., correspondent for There were four WorkBoat. She deaths related to reports on the vessel operations last congressional committees and year, compared to federal agencies two in 2021 and 11 that affect the in 2020. The highest maritime industry, including the Coast rate between 1994 Guard, Marad and and 2022 was reArmy Corps of corded in 1997 with Engineers. 34 deaths. A total of nine deaths were reported, with four related to towing vessel or barge operations, and the others attributed to natural causes and a drug overdose.
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AT-A-GLANCE The four deaths related to vessel operations involved falls into the water while moving a dredge pipe, being crushed between the towing vessel and a barge, being struck by a line, being thrown into the air and landing on another barge while installing deck rigging, and being hit in the head by a suspended load while involved in crane operations. Over the last 22 years, from 2000 to 2022, falls into water accounted for 44% of fatalities, followed by asphyxiation (18%), being crushed between objects (11%), and struck by moving objects (10.5%). Overall, there were 95 incidents involving towing vessels or barges in 2022 that resulted in 101 crewmember injuries, the majority of which were minor or moderate in severity, caused
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mostly by working with lines, wires or winches. As for oil spills, the report shows that 3,109 gals. of oil were spilled into U.S. waterways from 48 incidents involving tank barges in 2022 — the lowest spill volume recorded since 2010 and the second lowest ever. The 2022 spill rate was .05 gals. of oil per million gallons transported. The four largest tank barge spills were caused by a transfer hose being pinched between two vessels, a malfunction with the transfer hose handle resulting in overfilling a day tank on a vessel, a tankerman failing to monitor tank levels adequately thus causing a spill, and a tankerman failing to reduce the flow rate when nearing completion of an oil transfer, resulting in overfilling a tank.
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Nor'easter
Governors seek help to keep offshore wind afloat
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overnors of six Northeast states deeply committed to offshore wind are pleading for more help from the Biden administration as they face the possibility that wind developers may pull the plug on their renewable energy hopes. “Instead of continued price declines, offshore wind faces cost increases in orders of magnitude that threaten states’ ability to make purchasing decisions,” the governors warned in a Sept. 13 letter to President Biden. “These pressures are affecting not only procurements of new offshore wind but, critically, previously procured projects already in the pipeline. “Absent intervention, these near-term projects are increasingly at risk of failing. Without federal action, offshore wind deployment in the U.S. is at serious risk of stalling because states’ ratepayers may be unable to absorb these significant new costs alone.” Six states that signed onto the letter – Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland – are banking on buying power from planned offshore wind projects. It’s a key part of their future energy planning, looking to renewable sources of wind and solar power. Meanwhile natural gas producers – aggressively marketing themselves as the “bridge fuel” to the energy future
– continue to pick up the slack in the region, as aging nuclear reactors approach retirement age. Offshore wind advocates portray future offshore wind turbine arrays as the green replacement. But now wind developers are seeking to negotiate new, higher prices for future projects off Massachusetts and New York. Partners Equinor and BP off Long Island near the New York Harbor approaches are seeking major increases in their contract prices. “Application of Empire/Beacon’s request would result in a 54% increase on average across its portfolio of projects,” according to a document filed with regulators at the New York Public Service Commission by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The “strike price” for Empire Wind 1 would rise from $118.38 per megawatthour (MWh) to $159.64/MWh and for Empire Wind 2 from $107.50/MWh to $177.84/MWh. Beacon Wind would see the strike price rise from 118.00/MWh to 190.82/MWh. Meanwhile for their Sunrise Wind project, developers Ørsted and Eversource are looking for a 27% step-up, from $110.37/MWh to $139.99/MWh. NYSERDA said developers “cite an unexpected and unforeseeable rise in inflation and supply chain costs and con-
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straints associated with, among other things, the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.” As a result, the authority said, projects now in development are “no BY KIRK MOORE, CONTRIBUTING longer be economi- EDITOR cally viable under existing contract Contributing Editor Kirk Moore pricing terms.” was a reporter for Industry heavy- the Asbury Park weight Ørsted Press for over shook up the indus- 30 years before joining WorkBoat try when it warned in 2015. He has it may take a $2.3 also been an editor billion write-down for WorkBoat’s sister publication, on the value of National Fisherman, its U.S. offshore for over 25 years. wind projects. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, one of the signatories to the letter to Biden, is fighting opposition to offshore wind from Republican legislators. To keep Ørsted’s Ocean Wind 1 project viable off New Jersey, Democratic state legislators allied with Murphy approved steering another $200 million in federal renewable energy tax credits to the company during last-minute budget negotiations June 30. But the states’ ability to boost subsidies is limited. The governors want the Biden administration to boost federal tax credits for offshore wind developers, give their states a share of revenue from offshore energy leases and hasten permitting for the projects. Among their specific proposals is a first-ever cut of BOEM lease revenues to the states — a necessity to keep escalating costs from falling to electric ratepayers. Offshore wind opponents have long argued that projects will drive up costs, so the prospect of higher pricing is raising political anxiety for state governments. The governors’ letter called for establishing a new revenue sharing program for federal offshore wind leasing.
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Insurance Watch The hazards of tug operations
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ugboat operations are a big part of coastal and inland marine commerce. But tug operations also present a range of dangers and hazards that can lead to significant insurance claims. An awareness of those dangers can go a long way towards mitigating the risks to vessels, crews, tows, and others on or near the water. Even experienced operators can benefit from a review of risks. It can be a good jumping off point for both preventative planning and loss mitigation. Collisions. Tugs often operate in congested waters, which increases the risk of collisions with other vessels. Collisions can cause significant damage to both vessels involved, as well as to any cargo or property on board. Groundings. Running aground can cause damage to a vessel’s hull and propulsion system and can also lead to spills of fuel or other hazardous materials. Fires and explosions. Fires and explosions can occur on tugboats for a variety of reasons, such as electrical malfunctions, fuel leaks, or welding accidents. Fires and
explosions can cause significant damage including environmental harm. Mechanical failures. Even on a well-maintained vessel, mechanical failure can occur at any time. Crew injuries. Tugs can be dangerous workplaces, and crewmembers can be injured in a variety of ways, such as falls from heights, slips and trips, or exposure to hazardous maBY DAN BOOKHAM terials. Theft and vandalism. Tugs and tug Dan Bookham is a equipment can be targets for theft and vice president with vandalism, which can result in sigAllen Insurance & Financial. He nificant financial losses to the tugboat specializes in owner or operator. longshore, offshore Cargo damage. If a tow is not and shipyard risk. He can be reached properly secured, it can be damaged at 1-800-236-4311 or lost during transport. or dbookham@ A strong safety culture that runs allenif.com. from the greenest crewmember to company leadership is the key to minimizing claims and potential financial loss and injury. So is communication and training.
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Workforce shortages plague Gulf Coast shipyards
Murdaugh out as Austal USA’s president
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ustal USA, Mobile, Ala., announced in August the departure of Rusty Murdaugh, who resigned as president of the company eff ective Aug. 30. He was named president in September 2021 (after serving as acting president since February 2021). He led Austal USA through significant changes that ushered in a period of unprecedented growth. Under his leadership, the company added steel shipbuilding capability to the Mobile shipyard.
Finding and retaining shipyard workers remains a challenge.
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ike many other U.S. shipyards, yards in Mississippi and Alabama are struggling to recruit and retain workers. Though the pool of shipyard laborers is deep along the Gulf Coast, big yards like Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss., and Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., that employ thousands of workers drain the pool of experienced craftsmen and craftswomen for smaller yards. Experienced is the magic word. “We recently had a week where we brought in 45 to 50 people,” said Garrett Rice, president of Master Boat Builders, Coden, Ala. “I think we kept seven.” Master Boat has plenty of work. Among the boats in the yard and in the water are two 86'×36' escort tugs for Moran Towing Corp., which will be followed by two more Moran tugs — two 92'×40' escort tugs, and the much-publicized Crowley 82'×40' e-Wolf, a tug which will be the first fully electric ship-assist tug in the U.S. and is designed to be the first zero-emission tugboat. Small gensets will be available if needed, but the tug is expected to operate primarily on batteries that are recharged at night at a dock in San Diego, where it will operate. “We have six different designs in the yard right now,” said Rice. In Pascagoula, Miss., Signet Shipbuilding & Repair recently delivered the first of two 103'4"×45'6"×15'7" Robert Allan-designed Rotortugs to its parent company, Signet Maritime. Signet Sirius will be followed by its sistership Signet Capella later this year. Both will work in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in Texas. For Signet, safety is the linchpin to attracting and keeping shipyard workers, especially those with experience. “If you have a safe working environment, it will lead to a more productive environment,” said Gayle C. Snyder, Signet’s executive vice president, administration, infrastructure and special services. “We have an incident rate of 0.48 as a four-year average. We’re pretty proud of that.” Signet has plans for expansion which will require more shipyard workers. “Besides the hourly wage, we have all the incentives,” said Hans L. Schmidt, Signet Shipbuilding’s president. “The 401-k, the food allowance, but it’s been a challenge.” — Ken Hocke
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Markey Machine acquires JonRie InterTech
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arkey Machine, Seattle, a manufacturer of marine deck equipment, announced in September that it had acquired JonRie InterTech, West Creek, N.J. The purchase price was not disclosed. JonRie is considered a leader in the design, manufacture and start up of marine winch systems.
Support for offshore wind in New Jersey takes a plunge
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new Stockton University Poll shows New Jersey public support for building off shore wind turbines took a steep dive over the past four years, especially among residents in areas along the ocean and bays — where the plans for wind power once enjoyed 77% support. By early October, that support had plunged to 33% among the latest poll respondents in coastal areas, according to the Stockton poll. Respondents thought shore tourism would be aff ected at least somewhat.
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Ferry Industry Metamorphosis New ferries and conversions focus on reduced emissions.
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Transit Authority (PRMTA). The new ferries, capable of carrying 300 passengers and 300 short tons of cargo, will connect Ceiba with Vieques and Culebra in Puerto Rico. The new passenger vessels should significantly improve regional connectivity for residents. The first ferry will be delivered in late 2024 and will immediately join the two previous ferries that Conrad built for PRMTA. Rendering of the new, hybrid Governors Island ferry.
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ver the last year a lot has happened in the ferry/passenger vessel sector. A substantial push toward alternative propulsion has begun with multiple conversions and repowers underway. Conversions to hybrid-electric, construction of new greener ferries, and infrastructure projects associated with electrification to support recharging of vessels are modernizing ferry operations.
CONRAD SHIPYARD New York City is set to introduce its first hybrid-electric ferry with the planned launch of the new Governors Island ferry in the summer of 2024. The innovative vessel, designed by Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), will boast a 1,200-passenger capacity, plus vehicles, and represents a significant step 16
toward reducing emissions in New York Harbor. The ferry’s hybrid propulsion system offers the flexibility to operate on either zero-emission, battery-only power or a battery-assisted hybrid with diesel backup. The ferry is being built by Conrad Shipyard LLC based in Morgan City, La., and will replace the 67-year-old, 1,000-hp diesel-electric Lt. Samuel S. Coursen, which was commissioned by the Army in 1956. “Since Governors Island is accessible only by ferry, we are proud that the Trust for Governors Island has selected us to play such a vital role in its growth and progress,” Conrad Shipyard CEO Johnny Conrad said earlier this year. “This ferry will be the first-ever hybrid vehicle and passenger ferry in New York Harbor.” Conrad is getting ready to build four cutting-edge cargo and passenger ferries for the Puerto Rico Maritime
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Casco Bay Island Transit District (CBITD), Portland, Maine, is upgrading its fleet starting with a new cutting-edge $25 million doubleended hybrid-electric ferry. The 164' passenger-vehicle ferry designed by EBDG and currently under construction at Senesco Marine, Kingston, R.I., includes substantial advancements in ferry technology and construction. It will replace the aging diesel-powered Machigonne II, a 36-year-old vessel that services Peaks Island in Casco Bay. CBITD estimates an annual reduction of 800 tons of carbon dioxide emissions with the hybrid-electric propulsion system. The vessel’s versatility is another key feature. It can operate using a diesel-electric system, a fully batterypowered system with zero emissions, or a combination of both, providing the flexibility to adapt to various operational needs. Hank Berg, CBITD’s general manager, told a crowd at a Propeller Club
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Ferries meeting in June that CBITD supports a proposal from Maine’s Public Utility Commission to implement reduced rates for electric vehicles. The difference in cost would be drastic.
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Candela Marine Tech, Stockholm, Sweden, has unveiled its P-12 Shuttle ferry design for local public transportation. The P-12 Shuttle is a 100% carbon-fiber, 39'×14.7' electric catamaran passenger ferry featuring a hydrofoil system for enhanced speed and efficiency. The hydrofoil design lifts the hull entirely out of the water, allowing the P-12 to achieve speeds of up to 30 knots while drastically reducing energy consumption. It is powered by two Candela C-POD 50-kW electric pod drives with counter-rotating propellers mounted on the aft hydrofoils. The P-12 boasts a range of 60 nautical miles per charge and can cruise at 27 knots.
The P-12 Shuttle ferry is powered by two Candela C-POD 50-kW electric pod drives mounted on the aft hydrofoils.
A nearly silent electric motor, along with a state-of-the-art stabilization system that automatically adjusts the hydrofoil’s position up to 100 times per second based on sensor data ensures a stable, quiet ride that improves passenger comfort and reduces seasickness. Candela has established an office in California and aims to deploy the
P-12 Shuttle in various locations where fast, efficient ferry service is required, including the Sausalito to San Francisco route.
FERRY CONVERSION
The Mackinac Island Ferry Co. is receiving a $3.06 million grant from the Michigan Department of Environ-
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ment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s Fuel Transformation Program to convert the 84' ferry Chippewa to electric power. The project will replace the ferry’s 1988 diesel engines with new electric propulsion motors, resulting in a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. After the conversion and concurrent vessel redesign, the Chippewa, built in 1962, is expected to accommodate 250-300 passengers. The power conversion will eliminate 14,152 metric tons of carbon dioxide and 887 metric tons of nitrogen oxides over the Chippewa’s lifespan. Additionally, 1.5 MW of shore power infrastructure will be installed at the Mackinaw City ferry dock, along with electrification infrastructure upgrades at the Mackinac Island and St. Ignace ports. The conversion serves as a pilot project for electrifying 28 more Mackinac Island ferries, aligning with Michigan’s commitment to clean energy and carbon neutrality by 2050.
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The multi-purpose vehicle ferry features a steel hull and aluminum superstructure.
“Converting a ferry in the Mackinac fleet to electric will build on our cleanenergy leadership and help us achieve the goals of the MI Healthy Climate Plan to make our state carbon-neutral by 2050,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in
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Ferries vehicle ferry for the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Co. (B&PJF) at its Allanton Shipyard in Panama City, Fla. The new ferry, scheduled for delivery in 2024, will serve the route between Bridgeport, Conn., and Port Jefferson on New York’s Long Island. The design of the ferry is based on the P.T. Barnum and Grand Republic auto/ passenger ferries, previously built by Eastern for McAllister, the owners of the B&PJF. The new vehicle/passenger ferry will join the existing fleet and provide service across Long Island Sound. “We have a lot of repeat customers,” said Joey D’Isernia, Eastern’s CEO and chairman. “We’ve been doing business with McAllister for more than 30 years. When you do the right things, customers want to come back.”
NY WATERWAY FERRY CONVERSIONS NY Waterway, which operates ferries on the Hudson River, is set to undergo a significant transformation in its fleet thanks to a $7.3 million federal transportation grant. The money will enable NY Waterway to install hybrid engines in up to four of its ferries. The ferry upgrades involve replacing existing main engines and generators with two electric-driven propulsion motors,
a battery bank, and two smaller emergency generators for redundancy. The transition to hybrid technology is expected to result in substantial reductions in fuel consumption, emissions, and engine noise while also enhancing air quality around ferry terminals. The upgrades lay the foundation for future conversion to all-electric propulsion, aligning with NY Waterway’s commitment to greener, more efficient operations.
NEW FIRE ISLAND FERRY
Metal Shark delivered the Fire Island Maid, a passenger 70'x23' vehicle ferry to Fire Island Ferries. The ferry is another design by EBDG and was built at Metal Shark’s Bayou La Batre, Ala., shipyard. Featuring a steel hull and aluminum superstructure, the ferry is equipped with a hydraulic ramp designed for efficiently loading and unloading cars and heavy equipment. Its reinforced deck can accommodate fully loaded concrete trucks and general cargo weighing up to 100,000 lbs. The aft pilothouse accommodates two crew members. “We are excited to add Fire Island Maid to our fleet of vessels,” Dave Anderson, general manager of Fire Island Ferries, said when the new ferry was delivered this spring. “EBDG listened and provided a more efficient structure and arrangement. I know this new ferry will make a difference for our passengers and shipping customers.” Powering the ferry are twin Cummins QSL9 Tier 3 marine engines with a ZF Marine CruiseCommand control system and Twin Disc transmissions. A Cummins Onan MDK generator provides ship’s service power. For ease of service, the lightship weight of 160,000 lbs. allows the ferry to be lifted with the client’s existing lift. www.workboat.com • NOVEMBER 2023 • WorkBoat
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San Jac Marine delivers first electric inland towboat to Kirby
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n late August, Kirby Inland Marine LP, Channelview, Texas, the largest inland tank barge operator in the U.S., christened what it said is the country’s first electric hybrid inland towboat. The 73.6'×30' Green Diamond was expected to be in service by Oct. 1. The vessel was designed and built by Kirby-owned San Jac Marine, also of Channelview, and is time-chartered to Shell Trading (U.S.) Co. Shell Energy Solutions, which installed the plug-in charging station at Kirby’s Old River Fleet Dock, is providing the electrical power for the vessel. “We are excited to be the first to market with a plug-in hybrid inland towing vessel,” Christian O’Neil, president of Kirby Marine Transportation Group, told representatives of Kirby, Shell, assorted vendors, the Coast Guard and others who had gathered for the ceremony. “Barge transportation is already the cleanest and greenest way to move a wide variety of cargoes in America, and we are working to make it cleaner and greener.” Two Danfoss 450-kW electric motors deliver propulsion for the Green Diamond with a broad torque curve beyond that of a conventional towboat. The motors are driven by a Corvus Orca series battery system with 1,243 KwH of electrical capacity or, when needed, two onboard Caterpillar gensets with a combined 1,130 kW of power capacity. Stewart and Stevenson provided the power management system. “Depending on the load, the towboat can operate solely on battery power with zero emissions,” said San Jac Vice President Mitch Jones. “The generators provide excess capacity that’s stored in the batteries and used when needed.” Kirby said the vessel leverages the inherent benefits of a diesel-electric de-
73.6' hybrid electric inland towboat is said to be the first of its kind in the U.S.
sign combined with an energy storage system. Based on modeling, when operating on dockside supplied power, fuel use can be reduced by nearly 80% with up to a 95% reduction in noxious emissions. Engine run time can be reduced between 93% and 98%, compared to a conventional diesel-powered inland towing vessel, Kirby officials said. “Three years ago, we decided to design a new boat, one that would revolutionize the towing industry. What we turned out here is a true hybrid vessel unlike any that’s ever been built in the United States,” Jones said. “We are already looking at building follow-on vessels.” — Jim Redden
Philly Shipyard delivers first NSMV to Marad's new vessel program
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hilly Shipyard Inc. recently delivered the 525'×89'×55' Empire State, the first of five new National Security Multi-Mission Ves-
sels (NSMVs) for U.S. state maritime academies as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration’s (Marad) new vessel program. The ships are designed to offer top-tier training opportunities for the nation’s future mariners, and to serve as a critical support asset for humanitarian aid and disaster relief missions in times of need. The Empire State was delivered to Marad on Sept. 8 and will serve as the training vessel for SUNY Maritime College, Throggs Neck, N.Y. Philly Shipyard was awarded the contract to build the NSMVs by TOTE Services LLC, Jacksonville, Fla. TOTE, the vessel construction manager (VCM), was contracted by Marad to oversee the construction of the training vessels. The NSMV program is the first governmentsponsored shipbuilding program to utilize the VCM model, which places the responsibility for the selection and oversight of the shipyard on a
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fficials from Bollinger Shipyards LLC, Lockport, La., joined senior Navy brass pier side in late August at Bollinger Houma to christen the USNS Navajo. The Navajo is the lead ship of the Navy’s new Navajo-class of towing, salvage and rescue (T-ATS) ships. The Navajoclass is a multimission common hull platform that will be deployed to support a range of missions such as 263' T-ATS towing, salvage and rescue ship towing, rescue, salvage, humanitarian assistance, oil spill response and wide-area search and surveillance operations. The vessels will replace the existing Powhatan-class T-ATF fleet ocean tugs and Safeguard-class T-ARS rescue and salvage ships operated by Military Sealift Command. McAllister Towing, New York, recently took delivery of the 93'x38' tug Jane McAllister from Washburn & Doughty, East Boothbay, Maine. The new tug is equipped with 3516E Tier IV Caterpillar engines producing a total of 6,770 hp and powering twin Schottel SRP 490 Z-drive units. The Jane McAllister achieved over 91 short tons of bollard pull during its ABS certification. Crowley has teamed with nuclear component supplier BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) to develop a ship concept that has the potential to generate alternative, zero-carbon emission energy for defense and disaster needs by including a microreactor on board. The agreement with BWXT’s Advanced Technologies LLC subsidiary will allow both companies to jointly pursue and develop the design, engineering and development of new shallow-draft hull ships that will supply small-scale nuclear energy to shoreside locations. All American Marine (AAM) and the University of Hawaii at Mānoa have announced the delivery of a new research vessel. The boat will conduct research on behalf of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB). The IMUA is a 68.5'x25' semi-displacement aluminum catamaran hull that was developed by Nic de Waal of Teknicraft Design, Auckland, New Zealand. The vessel contains design elements found in the recently commissioned research vessels Blue Manta and Shearwater built for BlueTide Puerto Rico and Duke University, respectively. Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., was awarded a $91.5 million contract modification to a previously awarded contract for the detail design and construction of three landing craft utility (LCU) 1700-class boats. The contract also includes options for nine additional craft and associated support efforts. The 139'x31' LCUs are carried aboard amphibious assault ships to the objective area and used across a range of military operations to deliver vehicles, personnel and cargo from sea-to-shore and back. The connectors provide a heavy-lift capability and can carry about the same payload capacity as seven C-17 aircraft. Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Fla., has been awarded a contract from the Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct a new medium-class 320'x72'x28' hopper dredge for the Department of Defense and formally received the notice to proceed. The dredge will be constructed at Eastern’s Allanton and Port St. Joe facilities and is scheduled for delivery in 2027. Eastern has again teamed with Royal IHC, which has designed a diesel-electric hopper dredge to precisely meet Army Corps requirements.
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government contractor that utilizes commercial best practices to manage the project. DSEC and Herbert Engineering designed the vessel. The Empire State weighs in at 8,487 tons and draws just over 21'. Ship speed is 18 knots, powered by four sets of Wabtec 16 V250MDC main diesel generator engines running at 5,628 hp at 900 rpm each. The engines are hooked up to a single Nakashima 5-bladed, fixed pitch propeller with a 19.2' diameter. Ship’s service power comes from four Hyundai Heavy Industries main generators and one emergency generator. Kongsberg/Rolls-Royce RV 650-3 electro-hydraulic rotary vane controls make up the ship’s steering system, paired with Kongsberg K-Chief 600 CAMS controls. The ship is also outfitted with a Kawasaki Rexpeller KST0180LC/EMR retractable, Ldrive, controllable pitch bowthruster, and Kawasaki KT-88-B3 sidethruster and controllable pitch sternthruster. The new NSMV has berths for 760 people, including crew, faculty, and 600 cadets. For humanitarian missions, the vessel can accommodate up to 1,000 people. To assist with training exercises, the vessel has a helideck, various deck and engineering training spaces, as well as laboratories. An Oriental 35MT DC-3528 electric-hydraulic cargo crane sits on deck, as well as a side ramp for roll-on/roll-off (RORO) needs manufactured by SMS-SME Marine System and a 40 MT hydraulic side ramp shell door. Additional features include a RORO deck container and reefer container storage, as well as a modern hospital for use during disaster relief missions. Tankage includes 343,424 gals. of fuel oil and 554,760 gals. potable water. The vessel is American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) certified. The next training vessel is scheduled to be delivered in 2024 to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Meanwhile, the keel laying for NSMV
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The first NSMV will serve SUNY Maritime College in New York.
III (Maine Maritime Academy) and steel cutting for NSMV IV (Texas A&M Maritime Academy) were recently completed. Construction of NSMV V (California Maritime Academy) will begin later this year with all vessels to be delivered by 2026. Ship specifications will be compatible with the pier length, draft restrictions, and mooring limitations at each of the maritime training academies, Marad said. — Ben Hayden
in the U.S. to receive an ABS Cybersecurity-1 (CS-1) notation. “These tugs will be working for Enbridge Ingleside Energy Center moving VLCCs (very large crude carriers),” said Snyder. “Robert Allan specially designed these tugs to be able to make the tight turn needed in the Corpus Christi ship channel.” Enbridge Ingleside is the largest crude oil storage and export terminal by volume in the U.S. The three-thruster Rotortug is designed to increase maneuverability, but is also unique in that the vector
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of vessel travel and the vector of line tension do not have to be aligned, as they must be on a conventional tug or ASD tug, allowing for more complex, effective, and efficient maneuvers during ship escort at speed. Main propulsion comes from three MTU 12V4000 M65L, Tier 4 marine engines with a total of 7,725 hp. The mains connect to Kongsberg US 205 controllable pitch Z-drives that contain 2,500mm-dia., 4-bladed nibral propellers in nozzles. Ship’s service power comes from a pair of Tier 3 John Deere 6135AFM85 gensets, sparking 300 kW of electrical power each. The Signet Sirius has two Markey Marine winches on deck — a DESF52 AGILE, 200-hp, electric winch on the bow, and a TESF-32 AGILE, 200-hp, electric winch on the stern. Also on deck, the tug is equipped with a Fire Fighting Systems AS (FFS) SFP 1,000-kW centrifugal fire pump, and two FFS 1200LB, remotely operated monitors with 10,600 gpm flow and a range of 400'. Tankage includes 45,000 gals. of fuel oil; 3,500 gals. diesel exhaust fluid; 5,300 gals. potable water; 500 gals. lube oil; and 160 gals. hydraulic oil. — Ken Hocke
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ignet Shipbuilding & Repair (SS&R), Pascagoula, Miss., delivered the first of two new 103'4"×45'6"×15'7", 299-gt. Robert Allan Ltd.-designed advanced Rotortugs to Signet Maritime Corp., Houston, in October. The purpose-built tug Signet Sirius will support the Port of Corpus Christi (Texas) channel improvement project. The sistership, Signet Capella, is scheduled for delivery in November. Signet Executive Vice President Gale C. Snyder, said that the company believes that the new tugs are the first towing vessels to receive an ABS ENVIRO notation, first in the U.S. to achieve an ABS LEV (low emissions vessel) notation, and first 22
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Urgent Needs Washington State Ferries rebuilds its fleet and its workforce.
By Bruce Buls, Editor at Large
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irst, the bad news: Washington State Ferries, the largest ferry system in the U.S., is in dire need of newer, cleaner vessels. The fleet of 21 RoPax ferries is clearly insufficient in both number and condition. Older, less reliable boats that should be retired are still being pressed into service, often at high cost. Reliability is a problem. As of Sept. 20, 2,660 trips have been canceled this year. Problems termed “vessel mechanical” accounted for 567 or 21% of those cancelled trips. Over the past decade, the ferry system has canceled thousands of trips due to mechanical problems. Despite the missed trips, the diesel-powered doubleenders burn about 19 million gallons of fuel annually, blowing carbonized exhaust into the neighboring air and upper atmosphere. The cost, financially and environmentally, is way too high. Washington’s state government has declared that both costs must be significantly reduced. The other big problem: Crew shortages. This summer, hundreds of scheduled sailings were canceled, sometimes at the last minute, because of insufficient Coast Guard-certified crew. Routes that are normally served by two boats shuttling back and forth are often reduced to one. Waiting cars have 26
been backed up for miles, as people sit in line for two or even three hours. Medical appointments are missed, family trips are disrupted, jobs aren’t gotten to, and deliveries aren’t made. Of the 2,660 cancelled trips through September of this year, 1,390 were caused by missing crew. Now, the good news: The fleet is being electrified with both retrofits (one of which just began in September) and funds for five hybrid newbuilds have been budgeted by the state Legislature. The retrofits begin with the three largest boats in the fleet, the 200-car Jumbo Mark IIs, which are being converted from diesel-electric to hybrid-electric over the next three years at Vigor’s Seattle shipyard. The company has a $100 million contract for the first two boats and WSF has a $50 million option on the third. The funding includes $35 million from a Dept. of Ecology Volkswagen mitigation settlement resulting from Clean Air Act violations. Beyond that, WSF has secured $1.9 billion in federal and state funding for five newbuild, fixed-price, hybrid-electric ferries. And whereas state ferry construction formerly had to be done in Washington, any shipyard in the country will now be able to bid on these vessels, thanks to recent state legislation. Hiring and retaining enough crew, from the engine room to the wheelhouse, is also getting a much-needed jump start. New programs have been recently instituted that will help www.workboat.com • NOVEMBER 2023 • WorkBoat
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A rendering of the proposed robotic charging system to be installed on WSF's hybrid-electric ferries.
Washington State Ferries (WSF) has launched a bold plan to shift to a hybrid electric ferry system, aiming to eliminate emissions. WSF runs the nation's largest ferry network, but it's also the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions among Washington state agencies. It consumes 19 million gallons of diesel fuel annually to serve 24 million passengers.
recruit needed entry-level personnel as well as train and promote existing employees.
ELECTRIFICATION Finally getting a boat into the shipyard to begin the electrification process is a “big milestone,” said Matt Von Ruden, system electrification program administrator for WSF. “The Wenatchee, our first conversion, will come out of the shipyard in late spring, and we’ll have it on the run for the summer,” he said. While in the shipyard, the 1998-vintage, 460' vessel will also get much-needed propulsion control updates and other maintenance/repair work. For the conversion, the current dieselelectric system will have two of four engines removed and replaced with an
energy storage system. “That’s what made this project attractive,” said Von Ruden. “It’s already an electric vessel, a diesel-electric, with AC motors at each end. We’ll essentially replace two gensets with batteries that can be charged by shore power or by the remaining diesel engines.” The batteries will be housed in shaftalley compartments, which have been essentially voids, “so energy storage and its fire suppression system are going into underutilized spaces” low in the hull. Siemens Energy, Munich, is supplying the engineering and the batteries, manufactured in Trondheim, Norway. Sufficient shoreside power for recharging will not be available by next summer, so the boat will initially operate as a hybrid-electric vessel, which will
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be more energy efficient than straight diesel-electric. “The savings will come from peak shaving,” said Von Ruden. “When you’re offloading and loading, you can run the engines at optimum load and send that power to the batteries. Then when you’re making your transit and you want more power, you augment the engine with the batteries.” The system still has redundancy with the second engine. In this configuration, WSF predicts fuel savings of about 21%. Once shore power is available at both ends of the Seattle-Bainbridge Island route, “The boats will operate in full battery mode and achieve savings up toward 95 percent,” said Von Ruden. Getting shore power established will take a few years, especially on the Seattle side where the central waterfront is being redeveloped. WSF’s downtown facility, Coleman Dock, handles two routes and is adjacent to docks serving smaller passenger ferries operated by both King County and Kitsap County. These boats are all currently dieselfueled, but potentially could be replaced with battery-powered vessels. Given these extra-large power needs, Von Ruden said that Seattle City Light is planning a large energy storage facility nearby. “It will be like a microgrid arrangement,” he said. City Light will 27
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The Wenatchee is being converted to hybrid electric propulsion.
own and operate the large battery storage facility. The current target date is 2026.
NEWBUILDS The even-larger item on Von Ruden’s plate is the design, contracting and construction of five, new-from-the-groundup, hybrid-electric car ferries. Initially envisioned as part of the 144-car Olympic class, the new boats could be slightly longer than those 342-footers. “We’re planning to lengthen the vessels slightly to improve arrangements for heavy equipment and get a little bit better length-to-beam ratio,” he said. The plans are more fluid now that WSF is no longer committed to having Vigor build the boats originally planned for. When the electrification plan was first hatched, in 2019, the first new boat of the series was expected to be in service by 2022. And it would be built by
Vigor, in Seattle, just like the other four Olympic-class boats delivered between 2012 and 2018, and numerous ferries before that. But then the yard changed ownership and the new builder and the old buyer no longer saw eye to eye, especially on risk liability. The proposed price went up, and WSF walked away. The problem, however, is that Vigor is essentially the only game in town for vessels this big. Three of the four Olympic-class boats had superstructures built by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders on nearby Whidbey Island, but that yard can’t handle building and launching a complete vessel that large by itself. Vigor also had the upper hand because state law required all ferries be built in Washington. That requirement was dropped by the state Legislature this past session, and WSF is free to solicit bids from shipyards anywhere in the
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U.S. “So we now have a much greater pool of competition, which we’re optimistic will be favorable, both in terms of capability and price,” said Von Ruden. The new legislation also gives WSF the option to engage in either a designbuild arrangement or a design-bid-build, which Von Ruden believes is best. “That means that we will build on the Vigor efforts of the design, assess the design and determine that we’re comfortable with all the risks and make changes as needed.” WSF can also award two contracts, to both the lowest and second lowest bidders, setting up the possibility of partnerships between yards, perhaps even one outside the state and one in state, to speed up deliveries. At the same time, the law also gives Washington builders a 13% credit to compensate for the higher costs in Washington due to labor costs and environmental standards. “We have interest from all over the country,” said Von Ruden. “It’s really exciting. Anytime you have a five-build opportunity, you’re going to get some interest, and we are seeing that.” He said WSF is now pushing to get the invitations to bid out by next spring. The prospect of getting new vessels through yard partnerships could be seen as an opportunity, according to Joshua Berger, founder and CEO of Washington Blue, a non-profit advocacy organization and the key tenant in a new Maritime Innovation Center in Seattle. “I’m not advocating taking jobs away from our region at all,” he said, “but that could be an opportunity for us to maintain our skilled labor and expertise if we can make it cost competitive to build hulls elsewhere and then finish them here. Maybe that’s a silver lining or an opportunity for us as we try to figure this out. In my opinion, we still have the most expertise and highest quality craftsmanship that exists, probably outside of Norway. But even in Norway they built the hulls in Turkey and then finish them in Norway.” Matt Nichols, of Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, doesn’t see much of a silver lining. “They had made a law that the boats would be built here in Wash-
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ington because that was a reward for the yards here that had jumped through all these [environmental] hoops and done the right thing. It was also to keep jobs here and to do warranty work here. “That worked until they forgot why they passed things, and now they decided to take it down to the Gulf. They did give us a 13 percent preference for Washington state yards, which is nice, but it should have been about 20 percent. “We did three of the four [superstructures] for the Olympic class built at Vigor,” said Nichols. “We’re right here willing to do it, all day long. So is Dakota Creek and so is Vigor.”
CREW REVIEW Employing enough licensed and credentialed people to safely and legally operate the ferries has been a problem for years, one that got even worse during the Covid pandemic. Washington state government mandated that all state employees be vaccinated, and many people
quit, retired, or were fired rather than get the shot. But shortages had been anticipated long before Covid. “We identified in 2012 that WSF would be short of deck officers,” said Dan Twohig, vice president for the
International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots, United Inland GroupPacific Maritime Region. A former mate at Washington State Ferries, Twohig has been working closely with Steve Nevey, director of operations at WSF, to get state funding to train more mates and masters.
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COVER STORY Both men realized that expecting current employees to take time off and pay for training out of their pockets hadn’t been working out. “When I took over this job two years ago,” said Nevey, “I asked why we weren’t giving people time off to do that and paying them a living wage while they’re doing it. So I put that question to Roger Millar, the state’s Secretary of Transportation, and he said, yeah, absolutely. If that’s what it’s going to take, let’s do it.” With Millar’s backing, Twohig and Nevey went to the Legislature to lobby for funding and got more than they asked for, “which is unheard of,” said Twohig. “We got almost eight and a half million dollars to fund our programs.” The first program is designed to promote Able Seamen (ABs) to Mates. So far, two classes of 12 WSF ABs have completed courses at Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) in Seattle and gone on to take the exams to become licensed mates. The classes were paid for by WSF and the ABs made wages while in school. Another new program helps mates take the next step to master with a federal pilotage license. All WSF masters and chief mates must have a pilotage license to operate a state ferry. “This is the most difficult thing to do to qualify to drive the ferries,” said Twohig. “You have to be an unlimited federal pilot for all the ferry routes.” Twohig and Nevey created what they call the Mates in Training Program in which mates are pulled from regular duty and given paid time to ride around on all the routes and carefully study the eight different charts, which must be drawn, in detail, from 50 e memory during exams. “We’ve found e ow 29 e h S t h h that people can pretty much do this in at t S ot us oa Bo nine months,” said Twohig. , B 1 k or ec “Mates and masters are our biggest W D problem,” said Nevey. “It’s our biggest 29 challenge for long-term stability.” ov N WSF has also been renewing efforts to recruit and train engine room and entry-level deck hands as well. Through community programs like the Maritime High School in the Highline School District, Maritime Blue’s Youth Maritime Collaborative and the Seattle Jobs Initiative, high school students are being Quality Commercial Vessels... introduced to maritime opportunities and getting some on-the-water experience. Built by Burger to Your Requirements Burger is recognized worldwide for quality custom vessels Hiring and promotions at all levels that provide years of dependable service. are growing the worker pool needed to • Aluminum and Steel Fabrication • Refit and Repair Services operate 19 boats nearly 24/7. “So, we do • Passenger Vessels - Hull Plate Replacement have a bench,” said John Vezina, WSF’s • Water Taxis - Exterior and Interior Coatings • Wind Farm Support Vessels Engine & Generator Repowers director of planning, customer and uction - All Vessel System Repairs Constrotor Yacht • Crew Supply Vessels r e d n government relations, “but we don’t have U M minum • Other Vessels to 260’ (80m) - Interior Refresh 180’ A lu a deep enough bench, which is what New Construction | Vessel Haul-Out | Refit & Repair Services we’re working on now with the new +1 920.686.5117 | sales@burgerboat.com | BurgerBoatCommercial.com hiring for every position.” Proudly built in the USA 30
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geared to both commercial fishing and workboat operators. The Expo features several special daily events including live demonstrations, the Coastal Challenge (a rebranded Fisherman of the Year contest), a presentation by the Fisher Poets, and the Highliner Ceremony. Produced by Diversified Communications, the show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 8 and Nov. 9, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 10. As part of our show coverage, on the opposite page we have provided the Pacific Marine Expo exhibitors list, booth numbers and websites. For more information go to www.pacificmarineexpo.com, email: customerservice@ divcom.com or call (508) 743-8566. www.workboat.com • NOVEMBER 2023 • WorkBoat
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706
https://www.bekina-boots.com BlastOne
946
https://www.blastone.com/ Blue Ocean Gear https://www.blueoceangear.com/
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515 4128
www.bornstein.com 707
www.hobostrom.com 507
www.bplast.pl/en 4333
http://www.bristolbayboroughak.us Bristol Bay Driftnetters Assoc
1128
4119
https://www.bristolbayfishermen.org Bristol Bay Fishermen's Association
www.ballardindustrial.com
http://www.afdf.org Alaska Marine Safety Education
Ballard Industrial
Bomar- Pompanette www.pompanette.com
Bristol Bay Borough
AquaTraction Puget Sound
argents.com
www.boatswainslocker.com
BPLAST
Aquakob Systems Inc.
Alaska Department of Fish
1025, 1124
Bostrom, H.O. Co Inc
https://aquatraction.com/
http://www.acsalaska.com
534
Bornstein Seafoods Inc
https://www.aquakob.com/
https://alaskaosro.org/ Alaska Communications System
629
www.anchorhatches.com
www.ajrmarinewindows.com Alaska Chadux Network
Ameco
www.vulkan.com
www.advantecglobal.com AJR Marine Windows Inc
4233
https://ameco-usa.com/
http://acs-iws.com
Boats & Harbors Boatswain's Locker Inc
Alpha Welding and Boat Repair Inc
115
1132
www.boats-and-harbors.com
www.armstrongconsolidated.com Solutions
Boat Lift SRL https://www.boatlift-usa.com
alphadivinginc.com
www.volunteeroverseas.com ACI Boats
https://www.blueskiesdronerental.com
https://alfamarineprotein.com
www.armstrongconsolidated.com
1352
4225
www.bristolbayfishermen.org British Columbia Trade and Invest
513
https://www.britishcolumbia.ca Britmar Marine Ltd
614
www.britmar.com BRIX Marine
1107
www.brixmarine.com Cali-optics Importer
1162
www.liusco.com Carmody Company Inc.
204
carmodycompany.com Cascade Engine Center LLC 1210, 1431, 1439 www.cascadeengine.com Cascade Machinery & Electric
734
www.cascade-machinery.com Castoldi US
942
www.castoldijet.it Castor Marine
1109
https://castormarine.com
33
PACIFIC MARINE EXPO 2023 Exhibitor Listings Catalyst Marine Eng. LLC
4215
Caterpillar Inc
1115 541
Curtin Maritime
239
CFAB - Alaska Commercial
Deckhand Electronic Logbook 4121
http://www.sunwell.com
cheyennescale.com
DEIF
Christie & Grey Inc
1212
www.deif.com
4312
city.kodiak.ak.us/ph/page/harbormaster
Delta Western llc, dba Delta Western Petroleum
913 500
Coastwise Corporation
1030
901 1121
Columbia Industrial Products
Division of Investments
442
4322
ComNav Marine Ltd
1029 1050
FPT Industrial 528
www.fptindustrial.com
1304
www.fraserbronze.com
Fraser Marine Products Freedman Seating Company
www.driveshafts.com 904
Dryshod Waterproof Footwear
1158
4130
www.cityofcordova.net 638
606
http://www.fronius-usa.com
www.dsv.com
Frontier Precision
Duramax Marine LLC
1339
https://frontierprecision.com/
DSV Air & Sea Inc
FT - TEC USA Corp
www.DuramaxMarine.com
www.jensenmaritime.com 1210
E&E Foods
3001
4311
1521 127, 4333 1521 220 4533 842 739 1239 424 827
www.freedmanseating.com Fronius USA LLC
https://dryshodusa.com/
https://cooleyequipment.com/
34
Fitec International
439
Dong Yang Rope Mfg Co Ltd
1246
www.fisheryfriendlyclimateaction.org
Dole Refrigerating Co
Continental Western Corporation
www.crxengines.com
713
www.doleref.com
http://www.cwestern.com
CRX Gas Engines
Fishery Friendly Climate Action
Flexahopper Plastics LTD
Driveline Service of Portland Inc
Crowley
www.fishermensnews.com
www.flexahopper.com
http://www.ropes.co.kr
Cordova Port & Harbor
4214
www.dockstreetbrokers.com
www.comnav.com
Cooley Equipment Sales, Inc.
www.fisheriessupply.com
www.fitecfishing.com
Commercial Fishermen for
4226
www.fishexposeattle.com
611
Dock Street Brokers
447
www.fireboy-xintex.com
608
www.dnvgl.com
www.cfec.state.ak.us/ 4213
Farwest Steel Corp
Fisherman's News
DNV GL USA Inc
www.fishermenforbristolbay.org
Exail
Fisheries Supply Company
Commercial Fisheries Entry
Bristol Bay
Everts Air Cargo
Fish Expo Seattle
www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/inv
4214
Enviro-Tech Diving Inc
Fireboy-Xintex
www.cipcomposites.com Commission
333
www.farweststeel.com
4229
Dexter-Russell Inc www.dexter-russell.com
Endura Paint
ixblue.com
Desert Air Alaska
www.coastwise.com
905
www.evertsair.com
desertairalaska.com
www.coastalfluid.com
Eltorque LLC
https://www.etdiving.com/ 2601
https://deltawestern.com
http://www.clatsopcc.edu Coastal Fluid Power
529
https://www.dellnerbubenzer.com/
Clatsop Community College
1008
www.endura.ca
Dellner Bubenzer
www.christiegrey.com City of Kodiak Ports & Harbors
320
https://deckhandlogbook.com/
1007
Cheyenne Scale
Elliott Bay Design Group
https://eltorque.com/
Deepchill Technologies Inc
www.cfabalaska.com
1108
www.ebdg.com 106
Datrex Inc www.datrex.com
Fishing
510
Dakota Lithium Batteries
www.centralwelding.com
Electrical Hub www.electricalhub.com
https://dakotalithium.com/
www.cdc.gov/niosh Central Welding Supply
1311
https://curtinmaritime.com/
marine.cat.com CDC/NIOSH
Cummins Inc www.cummins.com
www.catalyst-marine.com
238 214 505
http://www.seaangelusa.com
https://eefoods.com/
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Fullriver Battery USA
924
https://fullriverbattery.com/ Furuno USA
1515 721 611
Hill Innovations Hiller Companies (The)
601
Hockema Group Inc
www.garmin.com
https://hockema.com/
Geislinger Corp
Homer Marine Trades Association/
1207
Port of Homer
www.geislinger.com GEMECO Marine Accessories
530
www.homermarinetrades.com
633
www.tmigreen.com
Hydro Dynamics Solutions
https://www.gemeco.com/ General Communication Inc (GCI)
ICOM America Inc
http://www.gci.com Glamox Aqua Signal Corporation
704 1444
www.imtra.com
833
https://www.sentinelsnetwork.org/
Indigenous Sentinels Network
www.glendinningprods.com Glosten
Inlet Energy
www.glosten.com Gold Star Marine
4129
Jokasafe Oy Jotun Paints Inc
826
JT Marine
1129
KEMEL USA Inc 4033
Kendrick Equipment 551
Kent Safety Products www.absoluteoutdoorinc.com
839
www.KleenPacific.com
Kleen Pacific, LLC
4114
Kobelt Manufacturing Co Ltd 4229
www.kobelt.com
1013
www.kodiak.org
Konrad Marine
715
https://www.imifish.com/
KSC Seattle
339
https://ironwear.com/
Haesung Enterprise Co., Ltd
1142
Hamilton Jet
1333
www.hamiltonjet.com Hammonds Fuel Additives Inc
604
www.biobor.com Hana Fishing Tackles
www.harbormarine.net
321
433
1045
www.kumhohook.co.kr
611
www.kvh.com
Jackfield - Distribution Eugene
www.leitor.com
JMP Corporation www.jmpusa.com
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400, 405, 406
KVH Industries Inc Leitor Inc
Jastram
1310
Kumho Fishing Tackle Co
544
LFS Marine Supplies
926 1039 844 621
http://www.lfsmarineoutdoor.com/ 1331
Libra-Plast AS
839
https://www.libra.no/
www.jastram.com 1442
www.kongsberg.com
www.itsaskorda.es Gagnon Inc
921
1031
https://jackfield.ca/en/
www.hanaft.com Harbor Marine Maintenance
Kongsberg Maritime
http://isolvtechnical.com/ Itsaskorda
1130
Kodiak Area Chamber of Commerce 4312
www.konradmarine.com
http://www.marinmax.co.kr/
410
www.knudehansen.com
International Marine Industries Inc 1000
Isolv Technical Services
951
Knud E. Hansen
849
www.guycottenusa.com
706
1134
Great Western Pump Co
Ironwear
1152
www.kequipment.com
Integrity Machining Inc
Guy Cotten Inc
1221
www.kemelusa.com
www.kolstrand.com
www.grundens.com
1321
www.karlsenner.com
www.graco.com
Grundens
625
Karl Senner LLC
www.imspacific.com
www.greatwesternpump.com
1139
www.jtmarineinc.com
415
Graco Inc
508
www.jotun.com
www.inletenergy.com Integrated Marine Systems Inc
www.goldstarmarine.com
1421
jokasafe.fi 1529
www.icomamerica.com Imtra Corp
www.glamox.com Glendinning Marine Products
4124
www.hillerfire.co
www.gannetnets.com Garmin USA
Highmark Marine Fabrication
John Deere Power Systems www.johndeere.com/marine
https://www.hilljets.com/
www.fusion.networkinv.com Gannet Nets
1307
www.highmarkmarine.com
www.furunousa.com Fusion Marine Technology Inc
Hatton Marine www.hattonmarine.com
1343
LifeMed Alaska
4231
http://www.lifemedalaska.com/
35
PACIFIC MARINE EXPO 2023 Exhibitor Listings Linde Gas & Equipment Inc
639
www.praxair.com Little Hoquiam Shipyard
726
www.mphyd.com/contact.html 801
www.littlehoquiamshipyard.com LKK
Maximum Performance Hydraulics
1052
213
MCM Industrial Solutions
117
1010 812 1221 4328
MetOcean Telematics
Miller-Leaman Inc Millner-Haufen Tool Company www.millnertools.com
Mackay Communications Inc
Mitsubishi Marine Engine 1503 920
www.mshs.com
www.marcoglobal.com
Mountain Pacific Bank
Marine Exchange of Puget Sound
4118
www.mp.bank Mustad Autoline Inc
www.marexps.com 545
www.mustadautoline.com
1111
www.mustangsurvival.com
Mustang Survival Inc
marinehydraulicconsultancy.com/ Marine Jet Power AB
MUVEEN
www.marinejetpower.com Marine Systems Inc
1133
National Marine Exhaust Inc
Marine Yellow Pages
www.nationalmarineexhaust.com 330
www.marineyellowpages.com Marport Americas Inc
939
https://martak.com/
36
Nauticomp Inc NAVA Engineering Gdansk
915 1513
Nor'eastern Trawl Systems Inc
538
https://norsap.no/
851
NorSap
839
North American Fishing Supplies 401
www.nafscorp.com
1415
www.nafisheries.com
233
North Atlantic Pacific Seafood
711
North Coast Fishermen's 1239
Cable Committee
633
http://www.northcoastcable.org/ 612
North Pacific Crane
811
www.northpacificcrane.com 821
North Pacific Fuel
4221
www.petrostar.com 1200
North River Boats
1026
www.northriverboats.com 1051
Northern Air Cargo
4019
www.nac.aero 446
Northern Lights
813
www.northern-lights.com Northline Seafoods 1131
350
https://www.northlineseafoods.com/ Northwest Farm Credit Services
1244
www.northwestfcs.com
507
https://shop.nwpump.com/
www.nauticomp.com 139
Nobeltec Inc
www.net-sys.com
www.nautican.com
www.marport.com Martak Canada (2000) Ltd
Development Ltd
221
NOAA
724
Nautican Research &
www.davisonpublishing.com
Nikko Co Ltd
dba NET Systems Inc
https://muveen.com/
www.kirbycorp.com
Marine Yellow Pages
542
www.mitsubishi-engine.com Motor-Services Hugo Stamp Inc
www.mackaycomm.com
Marine Hydraulic Consultancy
700
www.millerleaman.com
Machine Support Technologies Inc 1004
806
www.nobeltec.co
Michelli Weighing & Measurement Michigan Wheel Marine
Nichols Brothers Boat Builders
www.noaa.gov
Motion and Flow Control Products
mstgrout.com
Marco/Smith Berger Marine Inc
234
www.miwheel.com 932
www.macgregor.com
(dba Mackay Marine)
927
nikko-us.com
www.michelli.com
www.lynden.com MacGregor USA Inc
427
www.mfcpinc.com
www.lundemarineelectronics.com Lynden International
Newfront Insurance
www.nicholsboats.com
Mercer Sport
http://www.metocean.com/
https://lablind.com/ Lunde Marine Electronics Inc
1121
https://mercersport.com/
www.lopolight.com Louisiana Association for the Blind
MER Equipment www.merequipment.com
1430
www.loganclutch.com Lopolight
312
www.newfront.com
www.helmchair.com Logan Clutch Corp
Net Sportswear Ltd https://www.net-sportswear.cn/
www.lkk.pl/ Llebroc Industries
1115
www.ncpowersystems.com
McDermott Light & Signal www.mcdermottlight.com
507
NC Power Systems
Northwest Pump
745 2500
www.nava.com.pl
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Notus Electronics Ltd
1238
www.notus.nf.ca OEG Enviro-Pak LLC
540
https://enviropak.com/ Olympic Propeller Company
743 1146
https://omnisense-systems.com/ OptimERA xG
4324
www.optimerainc.com
750
www.pumpindustries.com
Petro 49 Inc dba
PYI Inc 607
www.pyiinc.com
http://www.petro49.com
R W Fernstrum & Company
PFI Marine Electric
1221
https://www.fernstrum.com/
www.pacificfishermen.com
R.E. Thomas Marine Hardware
Philadelphia Gear,
https://retmarine.com/
Power Systems by Timken
1150
Oregon Fishermen's Cable Comm
633
Phoenix Lighting
929
https://rasmussenco.com/
313
www.raymarine.com
Raymarine Inc
www.phoenixproducts.com
PACFAB
843
https://www.pacnwfab.com/
Pivotel
Raytec Systems Inc
https://www.pivotel.com/
Pacific Boat Brokers Inc
403
Platypus Marine
1032
www.platypusmarine.com
Rena International Hosting
Pacific Fishermen Shipyard &
Pomorskie Poland/Pomerania
Fiskevegn AS
1221
www.pacificfishermen.com 535
www.pacificfishing.com 331
www.pacmarinecenter.com Pacific Marine Equipment LLC
701 852
www.pacificnetandtwine.com 1327 906
Pacific States Marine Fisheries 346
www.psmfc.org www.pacificwestrefrigeration.com Panel Components & Systems Penser North America Inc
Port of Seattle
2600 749
Saeplast Americas Inc 516
911
Samson Tug & Barge Inc
Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council
Scania
Propulsion Systems Inc PTLX Global www.ptlxglobal.com
Peoples Bank
Puget Buoy
1221
https://www.pugetbuoy.com/
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421 4317 1431
www.scaniausa.com 3002
Scantrol AS
429
www.scantrol.no 1206
Schaeffer Manufacturing Co
4127
www.schaefferoil.com
www.psiprop.com 649
800
www.saeplast.com www.samsontug.com
4321
835
http://swwilson.com/
www.ptshipwrights.com
pensernorthamerica.com/marine-services peoplesbank-wa.com
S & W Wilson
https://www.prismgraphics.com/
www.pc-s.com
4329
803
Ryco Equipment Inc
Prism Graphics Inc
848
Roxtec
www.rycous.com
www.pwsrcac.org 411
1350
4117
www.portofpt.com
Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-Op
1245
RJLL Enterprises
http://www.roxtec.com
Port of Toledo
928
www.resolvemarine.com
514
Port of Port Townsend
943
950
www.portoftoledo.org
www.alaskarubbergroup.com
Pacific West Refrigeration
Port of Port Angeles
portseattle.org
www.pacificpowergroup.com
Commission
2605
www.portofpa.com
https://pacificmarineequipment.com/
Pacific Rubber Inc/Alaska Rubber
Port of Bellingham
1306
www.rena-international.com Resolve Marine Group
www.portofbellingham.com
Pacific Marine Center
Pacific Power Group
507
arp.gda.pl
Pacific Fishing Magazine
Pacific Net & Twine Ltd
Development Agency Co.
807
https://raytecsystems.com/
www.pacificboatbrokers.com Electric
1106
Rasmussen Equipment Co Wire Rope and Rigging
https://www.philagear.com/
www.ofcc.com
Pump Industries Inc
www.pcg.com Petro Marine Services
www.olympicpropeller.com Omnisense Systems USA
Performance Contracting Inc
1221
Schottel Inc
503
www.schottel.de 610
Scurlock Electric LLC
314
http://www.scurlockelectric.com
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PACIFIC MARINE EXPO 2023 Exhibitor Listings Sea Risk Solutions
344
www.searisksolutions.com 507
www.seacon.com.pl/en/home/ Sea-Mountain Insurance Brokers Inc
609
State of Alaska Division of Health
www.twindisc.com
Department of Public Health/
U.S. Navy
1141
https://stepko.com/
Seattle Fishermen's Memorial
549
Sure Marine Service Inc
Seattle Marine & Fishing Supply Co 315
www.suremarine.com
http://www.b2b.seamar.com/ http://www.seattletarp.com
https://www.tahmaboots.com/
1012
Shoxs - United Safety
825 1521
1033
Snow & Company Inc
600
338 527
https://www.spearsmfg.com/ Spencer Fluid Power
Vancouver Drydock Company Ltd
907
Thoma-Sea Marine
www.seaspan.com
Constructors LLC
1204 1009
1233 653
www.spursmarine.com Stabbert Marine & Industrial LLC
709
Vogelsang USA
732
www.vogelsangusa.com
Thundercat Marketing Thyboron Trawldoor A/S
Victaulic Company www.victaulic.com
Thrustmaster of Texas
Tork Systems Transfluid LLC
706
Vonin Ltd
412
www.vonin.com 751
Vrundha Vittal Polyfabs
149
702
W&O
1001
www.wosupply.com 1533
642
www.wagerusa.com Washington Sea Grant
Enterprises, Inc.
www.wsg.washington.edu
1211
Washington Spray Foam
www.tspemarine.com
501 543
1033
https://sprayfoaminsulationmaine.com/
www.tridentseafoods.com
WCR Incorporated
Trim-Lok Inc
730
http://www.wcrhx.com/ WCT Marine
https://www.trimlok.com/ Turnbull Marine
805
Wager Company
Transport Products and Service
Trident Seafoods
www.spencerfluidpower.com Spurs Marine Manufacturing Inc
https://uselectric.com/
1245
https://www.torkusa.com/ 4433
www.soundprop.com Spears Manufacturing Company
504
www.flir.com
www.transfluid.us Sound Propeller Services
620
www.thyboron-trawldoor.dk
http://snowboatbuilding.com/ Sopow Art
4213
521
https://thundercatmarketing.com/
www.si-tex.com
4122
Vallation Outerwear
www.thrustmaster.net 646
www.sinexsolutions.com Si-Tex Marine Electronics
1166
4314
www.uscg.mil US Electric
www.thoma-sea.com
https://allsalt.com/ Sinex Solutions
1439
Teledyne FLIR
www.shipsmachinery.com
www.utbb.org
www.suzuki.com
4217
www.shipconstructor.com
1101
U.S. Coast Guard - 13th CG District
TAHMA BOOTS
www.seward.com
www.ufafish.org United Tribes of Bristol Bay
Suzuki 325
526
www.strapack.com
4115
http://www.uas.alaska.edu/ketchikan/ United Fishermen of Alaska
Strapack
www.seattlefishermensmemorial.org
Ships Machinery International Inc
117
1215
https://www.navy.com/ UAS Maritime
Stepko.com
https://seatronx.com/
ShipConstructor USA Inc
4002
632
www.dovertwg.com Twin Disc Incorporated
https://health.alaska.gov/
www.seatech.com.pl
Seward Chamber of Commerce
1501
https://www.starrentals.com/
507
Seatech Engineering
TWG Tulsa Winch - LANTEC and Pullmaster Brands
Star Rentals
Project Gabe
www.sea-mountain.com
Seattle Tarp Inc
900
www.standardcal.com
Seacon Engineering
Seatronx
Standard Calibrations Inc
428
253 640
http://www.wctmarine.com
http://www.turnbullmarine.com/
www.stabbertmaritime.com
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Weihai D&S Co Ltd
628
https://www.dnsfishing.cn/ Weihai Fly Young Sports Co Ltd
Wiehle Industries Inc
435
Woods Hole Group https://www.woodsholegroup.com/
WESMAR - Western Marine
Wooster Products Inc 931 539
www.wrangell.com
www.thewesterngroup.com
XTRATUF
Western Mariner Magazine
630
www.xtratufboots.com
Western Group (The)
Yamato Corporation
www.westernmariner.com Western Packaging
512
YamatoAmericas.com
3005
ynagg.com
YNAGG Fishing Careers
https://westernpackaging.com/ Whistle Workwear http://www.whistleworkwear.com
Zerofit
1021
Zhejiang Longyuan Sifang Machinery Manufacture Ltd
644
910
https://www.sifangmachinery.com/
953
https://www.zoleo.com/
Zoleo
https://www.woosterproducts.com/ Wrangell Ports & Harbors
http://www.wesmar.com
ZF Marine www.zfmarinepropulsion.com
729
http://www.wiehleindustries.com/
www.weilerabrasives.com/ Electronics
4228
www.whittierseafood.com 430
https://www.flyyoung.com.cn/ Weiler Abrasives
Whittier Seafood
4325 451 115 532 116
506
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After a three-year hiatus, Underwater Intervention is back and has joined the International WorkBoat Show!
Underwater Intervention attracts a global audience of engineers, technical specialists, industry leaders and experts, to share ideas, debate the issues of the moment and to create common agendas for the future of the industry. Underwater Intervention features some of the world’s leading figures within the upstream oil and gas industry coupled with technical sessions covering the most current challenges and up-to-date strategies and technologies.
To obtain further information, please visit www.workboatshow.com/underwater-intervention
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BOATS & GEAR Underwater Intervention
Dive In
LOOK OUT BELOW
Diving Safety Management Services
WorkBoat Show’s companion event is all about ‘getting things done underwater.’
Deployed from a dive vessel, this diver is transversing along a large ship’s hull, giving it a routine cleaning for maintenance and fuel efficiency reasons. Propellers are also cleaned with large brushes.
By Michael Crowley, Correspondent
I
t’s November and you are looking forward to wandering the aisles of the annual International WorkBoat Show (IWBS) in New Orleans, Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. But this year, after leaving your hotel, there will be an additional incentive when walking 40
up to the Morial Convention Center, home of the WorkBoat Show. Yes, there will be the show’s 700plus exhibitors and plenty of time for networking, viewing, and learning of the latest technologies being displayed, but this year there’s a new component — Underwater Intervention.
While the primary operating mode of workboats is cutting through the surface of rivers, oceans and lakes, the focus of Underwater Intervention is “all about getting things done underwater, from shallow inland waterways, infrastructure inspection and remediation, to full ocean-depth exploration, and everything in between,” said Bob Christ, president, Seatrepid International, a robotics solution company in Robert, La. The first Underwater Intervention show took place in 1993 in San Diego. It combined the ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicles) Conference and the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) Underwater Conference. That continued until 2021 when Covid intervened, and the Underwater Intervention show was put on hold until 2022 when Underwater Intervention met with the WorkBoat show staff and Underwater Intervention was brought into the 2023 International WorkBoat Show. “There’s a lot of synergy between the WorkBoat Show and Underwater Intervention. We think it’s a great fit,” said Chuck Richards of CA Richards & Associates, Houston, co-chairman of Underwater Intervention. That explains the current International WorkBoat Show floorplan with Underwater Intervention set up in a dedicated pavilion with 57 exhibitors. It will be next to the WorkBoat Show’s registration booth. “For those who don’t normally attend the WorkBoat Show, they will have a chance to see the latest trends and technology shaping the workboat industry,” said Steve Pratt, of J.F. Brennan Co., a marine construction firm in La Crosse, Wis., explaining the obvious relationship between the two shows. “Everything that happens underwater requires a boat topside!” he said. WorkBoat Show attendees unfamiliar with technology employed below the water’s surface will have their own learning experience. “They will see some very interest-
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Underwater Intervention ing technology,” said Steve Struble, diving consultant and the show’s commercial diving track co-chairman. “Everything from the latest diving equipment to ROVs and underwater imaging systems.” Those same technologies will be the focus of panel discussions, along with the current state-of-the-art in manned submersibles. Regarding unmanned submersibles, ROVs are a good example of how underwater technology has evolved over the past 10 years. ROVs used to be an underwater tool designed primarily for “big industrial customers and the military,” and for a single inspection or engineering task, said Struble. Those ROVs were “very, very customized,” said Peter Schubert with Poseidon Robotics, Chandler, Ariz. They were designed for a single project and very expensive. Now, with lower-cost manufacturing techniques — anodized aluminum, plastics, even 3D printed parts instead of titanium, the cost is reduced. ROVs generally range in size from under a pound to 8 to 9 tons. Though it’s the “smaller and medium-size systems where the industry is really going,” said Schubert. Poseidon Robotics has three systems, 30 lbs., 60 lbs. and 100 lbs. “We try taking what is tried and true on the bigger systems and put it into smaller systems,” Schubert said. The smaller ROVs are generally used for inspections: “anywhere you would put in a diver with a camera.” A good example is a vessel’s offshore mooring where the ROV checks to see that the anchor is set. Poseidon recently sold an ROV to Walt Disney Cruise Lines, which uses it when anchoring at smaller islands. ROVs are often used in place of a diver, “for checking hulls for drugs or damages,” said Schubert, “and inspect-
ing anodes and propellers. They’ll stay down there for days working. A diver’s not needed.” A diver also demands backup, a standby diver, dive supervisor and/or a dive medic on the boat. With an ROV, “there’s almost no insurance cost and no risk to life,” Schubert said. A Poseidon Robotic ROV, like the one shown on the back of the boat, is pretty easy to take with you, as it fits in a checked luggage size suit case. This ROV measures 22"x14" and 12" tall. Despite the ROV’s versatility, there are plenty of underwater situations where a diver is the preferred choice, even though the commercial diving industry historically has come with a high level of risk and fatalities, though. Those numbers have gone down as sectors of the diving industry, such as oil and gas, have stepped in with safeguards to control diving companies.
DIVER SAFETY CODE Diver safety will be the subject of a talk on Dec. 1 at 11 a.m. by Anthony Greenwood, CEO of Diving Safety Management Services, Kingwood, Texas. The focus is the revised IMO Diver Safety Code, which comes into effect Jan. 1, 2024. Currently, the IMO commercial diving code is not an operational document, rather, it addresses the suitability of
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BOATS & GEAR Underwater Intervention diving equipment that’s placed on vessels. Safety is the focus of the newly revised IMO Diver Safety Code, which mandates that commercial diving operations have Occupational Health & Safety management systems focusing on the risks of occupational diving. It’s not just diving equipment anymore, but safety management and operational practices. The talk will be about “the expec-
tation of aligning diving companies and vessel owners to the new safety management system requirements of the new IMO code,” Greenwood said. Currently, some diving contractors own and operate their vessels, while others charter vessels and contract diving service providers to come aboard. Thus part of the Dec. 1 discussion “will be about getting vessels to adhere to the code,” Greenwood said,
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allowing vessel owners and operators to “adequately adapt safety management systems to diving operations.” That’s not just for on-deck operations and equipment. It includes additional equipment, such as setting up a vessel’s dynamic position system to accommodate divers in the water, as “certain systems are not suitable to be used when you have manned diving taking place,” Greenwood said. Adhering to the code might also require dramatically altering a vessel’s emergency response plan for evacuating divers when you need to leave a vessel. For example, a diver in a decompression chamber can’t be removed from the chamber for a specific period of time. The Diver Safety Code will also influence all classification societies that have rules for diving operations and diving equipment. “They will update and harmonize their rules with the new IMO code,” Greenwood said. Then there’s “the trickle-down effect” that will be discussed: how states adapt and how classification societies change their standards. As an example of the underwaterimaging systems that Struble referred to, which will be needed for underwater salvage, construction and monitoring work, Coda Octopus Products in Orlando, Fla., brought its Echoscope line of 3D sonars to the Underwater Intervention side of the show. The Echoscope sonar can display real-time 3D images of underwater scenes with high-resolution maps and bathymetry data. Another mode shows “imaging of moving objects underwater in full 3D,” said Coda Octopus Product's Blair Cunningham, division CEO and president of technology. “This is critical for all salvage, construction and monitoring and support applications.” Both modes can be operated simultaneously in real time. Echoscope 3D sonars can be used as a single sensor solution for salvation work, from locating and identifying the target to monitoring the salvation operation to a final map of the bottom area post-salvage.
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ADVERTISERS INDEX Advanced Mechanical Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hyundai Welding Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ahead Sanitation Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Karl Senner, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CV4
Airmar Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Kirby Morgan Dive Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
All American Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
McDermott Light & Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
BAE Systems Ship Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Mitsubishi Turbocharger and Engine America, Inc . . . . . . CV2
Bloom Incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Pacific Marine Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
BMT Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Panolin America Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Browns Point Marine Service, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
R W Fernstrum & Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Burger Boat Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Transport Products and Service Enterprises, Inc.. . . . . . . . 17
CAIG Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Volvo Penta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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W & O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Furuno USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CV3
Wintrust Financial Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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(SECTION 3685, Title 39, United States Code) October 1, 2023 WORKBOAT is published monthly by Diversified Communications, 121 Free Street, PO Box 7438, Portland, ME 04112. PUBLISHER: Bob Callahan, Diversified Communications, PO Box 7438, Portland, ME 04112; EDITOR: David Krapf, PO Box 1348 Mandeville, LA 70470; OWNER: Diversified Holding Co., 121 Free Street, Portland, ME 04101. Annual Subscriptions for WorkBoat: USA: $39.00 Canada: $55.00 All other countries: Airmail $103.00 INDIVIDUAL STOCKHOLDERS OWNING OR HOLDING 1% OR MORE OF TOTAL AMOUNT OF DIVERSIFIED HOLDING CO. STOCK AS OF TODAY OR SOONER THAN OCTOBER 1, 2023.
Josephine H. Detmer 121 Free Street Portland, Maine 04101
Thomas W. Hildreth 121 Free Street Portland, Maine 04101
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TOTAL NO. OF COPIES PRINTED: Paid/or Requested through Circulation (Not Mailed): Paid or Requested Mail Subscriptions:
21,420
20,786
-0-
-0-
18,116
17,615
Total Paid and/or Requested Circulation: 18,116
17,615
Free Distribution by Mail:
2,650
2,904
Free Distribution outside the Mail:
369
0
Total Nonrequested Distribution:
3,019
2,904
Total Distribution:
21,135
20,519
Copies Not Distributed: Office Use, Left overs, Spoiled
285
267
21,420
20,786
88.9% 6,024
89.1% 6,191
Total: Percent Paid and/or Requested Circulation: Paid Electronic Copies
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LOOKS BACK NOVEMBER 1963
• An invitation to ship classification societies to issue standard rules pertaining to ocean-going tows was issued by a leading Dutch underwriter at a meeting of the International Union of Marine Insurance in Cannes, France, recently. The union serves as a forum for exchange of technical information on marine underwriting matters for more than 40 national associations
of marine insurers. The U.S. member is the American Institute of Marine Underwriters. • McAllister Brothers Inc., New York, has ordered two new 2,400-hp, single-screw diesel tugs from Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh. The vessels will be the largest tugs in the U.S. that are equipped with Kort nozzles and threerudder steering systems. Of all-welded
steel construction, the tugs will measure 110'x30'x16' with operating drafts of 13'.
NOVEMBER 1973
• Payment of huge bonuses to the federal government for offshore leases "is a little more than a deadweight penalty imposed on industry," Dr. Daniel A. Busch, Tulsa, Okla., said in a recent talk at the Marine Technology Society's meeting in Washington, D.C. Busch, who is president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, said he preferred that his remarks be construed in his private role as a consulting petroleum geologist, rather than his official AAPG capacity.
• Further development of navigation on three rivers in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia was thumbed down recently by the Mobile District and South Atlantic Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The report said no navigation projects — other than those already authorized — should be slated for the Apalachicola, Flint, and Chattahoochee rivers in the aforementioned states of Florida, Alabama, and Georgia.
NOVEMBER 1983 • The rumors have been circulating for weeks, but still the late September announcement that offshore shipbuilding giant Halter Marine Inc., had actually been sold, caught the commercial marine industry by surprise. Announcing its intention to acquire Halter was Dallas-based Trinity Industries Inc., which already lists among its marine holdings Equitable Shipyards, New Orleans; Gretna Machine & Iron 52
Works, Harvey, La.; and Ingalls Marine, Decatur, Ala. • Jeffboat Inc., recently delivered the Newport Clipper to Clipper Cruise Line, St. Louis — the first coastal cruise ship ever built by the Jeffersonville, Ind., shipbuilder. The 207'x37' passenger vessel is powered by a pair of Detroit Diesel 12V-71 engines delivering nearly 1,000 hp. The vessel also features a bowthruster. www.workboat.com • NOVEMBER 2023 • WorkBoat
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