Category: Deliveries

January 1, 2021: On January 1, the crew transfer vessel, ATLANTIC ENDEAVOR, was delivered to the Dominion Energy Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Farm to support two Siemens Gamesa turbines. The project is located 27-miles off Virginia Beach. The 65-foot crew transfer vessel will provide O&M support for the wind farm and is owned and operated […]

Blount Boats & Shipyard, located in Warren, RI, recently completed the 110-foot passenger ferry WABANAKI contracted by the State of Maine Department of Transportation for the Casco Bay Island Transit District. The design specifications were developed by Rolls-Royce for the 399 passenger US Coast Guard Sub-Chapter K vessel that will operate year round ferry service […]

Warren, R.I. (June 9, 2022) –On Thursday, May 19th, the M/V Eddie Somers completed its delivery voyage to its home port at Somers Cove Marina in Crisfield, MD. The 94×27 foot buoy tender/ice breaker built for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and will replace the M/V J. Milliard Tawes after nearly 50 years’ service. […]

Warren, R.I. (September 4, 2020) –On Friday, August 28th, Breaker II completed its delivery voyage to the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant, operated by New York Power Authority, the nation’s largest state power organization. The 56-foot, twin-screw tug was designed by Bristol Harbor Group of Bristol, RI and was constructed at the Blount Boats facility […]

Warren, R.I. (May 18, 2020) – Blount Boats of Warren, Rhode Island delivers innovative vehicular/passenger ferry, M/V SOUTHERN CROSS to South Ferry, Inc., Shelter Island, NY. The vessel will service the half-mile crossing of partially protected inland waters between Shelter Island and the South Fork of Long Island. With a LOA of 101’ and maximum […]

Warren, R.I. (June, 10, 2019) – The new 85’ ISLE OF FIRE built by Blount Boats of Warren, Rhode Island was delivered to Bay Shore, New York on Monday, June 10th. The 382-passenger, 2 deck, all aluminum commuter boat will be operating from Bay Shore to Fire Island on Great South Bay. This vessel is […]

‘Governors 1’ will go into service beginning June 15 400-passenger vessel designed to increase service from Lower Manhattan to every 20 minutes on weekends May 23, 2019. New York, NY. The Trust for Governors Island (The Trust) today announced the arrival of its new passenger ferry, the Governors 1. Built by Rhode Island-based Blount Boats, […]

Warren, R.I. (July 2016) – Blount Boats of Warren, Rhode Island delivers the M/V Skyview to Shoreline Sightseeing, Chicago. With a LOA of 100’ and maximum beam of 35’ the steel, Subchapter K passenger vessel designed by Seacraft Design, LLC is certified to carry up to 318 passengers and will operate as an architectural tour […]

Blount Boats & Shipyard, located in Warren, RI, has delivered the Atlantic Pioneer, America’s first U.S. Flagged Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) for Atlantic Wind Transfers that will begin service for Deep Water Wind Block Island at the end of May. The 21 meter aluminum vessel was designed by South Boats IOW (Isle of Wight), recognized […]

Blount Boats has completed the 79×23-foot bunkering tanker CHANDRA B for American Petroleum. The design by Farrell & Norton Architects was built to USCG Sub-Chapter D specifications and will operate in New York Harbor and New Jersey. The vessel which will be replacing the Captain Log was delivered on September 6, 2015. The vessel is […]