Northeast Technical Services Co., Inc. (NETSCo) and Lloyd鈥檚 Register North America, Inc. (LR) are working to design and develop a Jones Act compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) capable of serving the burgeoning U.S. offshore wind sector.The current pipeline of state procurement targets along the U.S. East Coast calls for 12 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity installed by 2030 and 29.1 gigawatts total installed by 2035鈥
What does the Jones Act have to do with the moon, you ask? Well, we must go to ground on the Jones Act to answer the question.The 鈥淛ones Act鈥 we are talking about is the section in the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 which revised the pre-existing reservation of U鈥
云顶赌场老虎机 Marine Service Association (OMSA) launched a vessel dubbed the Jones Act Enforcer, a boat that will be used to gather video and photographic evidence of Jones Act violations, the organization reports. In turn, evidence of violations will be submitted to authorities鈥
Louisiana-based offshore vessel firm Harvey Gulf International Marine has delivered the first of two new, large-capacity multi purpose support vessels (MPSV). The delivery follows recent proposals by the US Customs & Border Protection鈥
All Coast LLC will enter the US offshore wind farm market with the development of the first Jones Act-compliant vessel built for offshore wind farm installation and support activities. The liftboat will be capable of installing offshore foundations and wind turbines鈥
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) issued its report on 4 April into the potential impact of the Jones Act proposals published by the US Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) on 18 January. IMCA has conducted鈥
Members of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) with vessels active in US waters, together with their clients, have expressed serious concern over the hasty proposals by the Customs and Border Protection agency to revoke鈥
After equipping over 20 purpose supply vessels (PSV)/multipurpose supply vessels (MPSV), GE has been chosen by Hornbeck 云顶赌场老虎机 Services鈥 (HOS) to equip two next generation of US flagged, Jones Act-qualified MPSVs, to be constructed at Eastern Shipbuilding鈥
