shipbuilding – Pacific Maritime Magazine

27 Aug

Seaspan Launches Canadian Coast Guard Science Vessel

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Seaspan Shipyards has launched the Canadian Coast Guard’s flagship science vessel the CCGS Naalak Nappaaluk, its fourth vessel built under the country’s National Shipbuilding Strategy, the North Vancouver, British Columbia, shipmaker said Aug. 19. The 88-meter-long (289-foot) Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel is a floating laboratory that’s expected to further the study of ocean currents and seabed in Atlantic Canada. The vessel, which is set to be based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is a Polar Class 6 vessel with advanced ice capabilities. It can carry as many as 34 crew members and 26 scientists, and is capable of conducting search and…

Marine Group Boat Works Welder Honored by Manufacturers & Technical Association

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Ana “Annie” Oryall, welder and shipfitter with Marine Group Boat Works, has been honored by the California Manufacturers & Technical Association with the association’s Emerging Leader Award, San Diego-based MGBW announced March 4. The award, given March 5 in Sacramento, spotlights females in manufacturing who showcase “strong leadership potential and inspire others through their dedicated work,” according to Marine Group. Oryall, who is one of six women in the company’s structural team of 71 welders, has been involved in building and refitting more than two dozen naval steel and aluminum workboats, dive boats and training vessels, as well as a…

Marine Group Boat Works Modernizing San Diego Bay Shipbuilding, Repair Facility

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Marine Group Boat Works is undertaking a multimillion-dollar effort to modernize its 15-acre shipbuilding and repair facility on San Diego Bay in Chula Vista, the family-owned company revealed Oct. 10. Currently in environmental review, the project includes a large solar panel installation that would generate 500 kilowatts of renewable energy for yard equipment and shore power, dock replacement and reconfiguration, dredging and the addition of a new, modern mobile boat lift, considered by the company to be the only sideways-crawling travelift on the West Coast and the largest of its kind in the U.S. Veneto, Italy-based Cimolai Technology has been…