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Baltimore Ship Channel Now Fully Open

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The main shipping channel leading to Baltimore’s port officially reopened to its full depth and width on Monday, following the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it was hit by the 984-foot-long container ship Dali, killing six construction workers. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving announced the reopening after crews were finally able to remove wreckage of the bridge at the 50-foot mud line. The channel then was restored to its original dimensions of 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep. Since the crash, crews removed more than…

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Ship Hits “Something” in Lake Ontario

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The Coast Guard says a 689-foot ship hit “something underwater” in Lake Superior and started taking on water Saturday morning. The Coast Guard received a call at 6:53 a.m. that the bulk carrier Michipicoten, with a load of taconite, a low-grade iron ore, was taking on water about 35 miles southwest of Isle Royale, and it was listing 15 degrees. The Coast Guard then dispatched two helicopters from Traverse City, Michigan, and a boat from Bayfield, Wisconsin. They also coordinated with a National Park Service boat from Isle Royale to take 11 of the 22 crew members off the ship…

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Seaplane Hits Boat in Vancouver Harbour

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A seaplane with six people on board crashed into a boat while it was taking off in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Saturday. Two of the six were taken to the hospital after the plane sank. The accident occurred in Coal Harbour, the main seaplane area in Vancouver’s large harbor, just before noon. The plane, a popular De Haviland Beaver, was carrying five passengers and the pilot on a sightseeing tour. Seaplanes are a major part of life in the Pacific Northwest, and operate in most major harbors there. The plane was operated by Harbour Air, and was starting its takeoff…

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New Plans Floated for Miami Marine Stadium

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A high-powered investment firm has been meeting with Miami city officials to explore redeveloping the historic, but now decrepit, Miami Marine Stadium on Virginia Key into a water-themed sports and amusement park. The Miami Herald reported that the group’s interest has come as the city is set to announce a potential operator for the stadium, which has been closed since 1992, later this year. Apparently there’s growing political support for renovating the landmark stadium. The city’s current plan is aimed at renovating and operating the stadium as a concert and performance center. But the new proposal, from the Crxsspark group,…

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New Pix of Sunseeker Sinking After Hitting Marker

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We now have new photos and details about the $1 million, 80-foot Sunseeker Predator that sank three miles off St. Augustine Beach, Florida, on Memorial Day weekend. The St. John’s County Fire and Rescue has a picture that shows the bow of the sinking yacht with a gaping hole. It also has a picture of a rusted box-like metal structure, an offshore drain pipe marker, with what appears to be a piece of white fiberglass wedged in a rubber strip. The top edge of the marker also has a large scrape, and the sign on top has been pushed back.…

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OTAM Launching New 90 GTS Flagship

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OTAM, the boutique Italian builder, is completing its new 90 GTS the flagship of its Fast and Iconic series. The new OTAM will make its public debut at the Cannes Yachting Festival in September. OTAM, with its  yard in Genoa, is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year; it’s made about 90 fast and iconic performance yachts, with a fleet that now stretches from 45 to 130 feet. The company says the new 90 GTS is a combination of space, style and luxury, with a lot of custom touches. The  helm, for example, is inspired by Formula 1 race cars, with…

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Delft 2024 boat unveiling.

Dutch Students Build Hydrogen-Powered Foiler

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A team of students from the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands will try to demonstrate the power of green energy by driving a hydrogen-powered foiling boat across the English Channel from Dunkirk to England next month. The 23-student team from Delft has designed the zero-emissions monohull, called Aurora, that takes off, or foils, at 17 mph and cruises at 24 mph. Its fuel cell has 40 kW of power, and it carries three hydrogen tanks weighing 8 pounds each. Aurora is 26’ 2” long with a beam of 8’ 6” and weighs 3,968 pounds. The struts are 6’…

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Azimut Launches Eco-Friendly Seadeck 6

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Azimut just launched its new 57-foot, eco-friendly Seadeck 6 at the Venice boat show, the debut of the Italian builder’s new series of low-emission, sustainable motoryachts. Azimut says the new Seadeck series yachts are built to reduce emissions by as much as 40 percent a year, when compared to conventional yachts the same size. The new Seadeck 6 provides zero-emissions at anchor or while cruising with the generator off. Its hotel mode is based on a 42-kWh lithium battery pack and an alternator connected to one of the three 480-hp Volvo IPS650 engines. At anchor, the zero-emissions mode can last…

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Bering Launches Three New 80 Explorers

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Bering is on a roll. It launched one new long-range B80 explorer yacht at the end of May at its yard in Antalya, Turkey; a second one on June 3, and a third one is due at the end of the week. Alexei Mikhailov, Bering’s founder, said simply that the B80 “is becoming one of our most popular models.” The B80 has a steel displacement hull and an aluminum superstructure. Power comes from twin 350-hp Cummins diesels, producing a top speed of 10.5 knots and a range of more than 5,000 nm at 8.5 knots. It holds a massive 10,502…

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