Marine Industry

Education
May 11

Fundraising expands IYRS scholarships

NEWPORT – The International Yacht Restoration School has expanded its scholarship opportunities for students applying to the school’s three full-time programs.
Regulation
May 10

Blount to spend $250K on fine, clean up over clean air violations

After claims that its Warren shipbuilding and ship repair facility had violated the federal Clean Air Act National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Facilities, Blount Boats Inc. has agreed to pay a $24,000 penalty and spend at least $230,000 on a clean air project.
Technology
May 4

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer

Smooth sailing for firm’s remote boat monitors

When you sell remote boat monitors, your market covers the waterways of the world.
Environment
May 1

Portsmouth boatyard to reduce emissions, pay penalty in EPA settlement

Portsmouth-based boatyard, New England Boatworks Inc. will pay a $31,500 penalty and take steps to reduce air emissions at its facility under a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA announced Wednesday.

Defense Industry
Apr 23

Electric Boat lands $20M for sub services

The U.S. Navy has awarded a $20 million contract modification to General Dynamics Electric Boat for nuclear-maintenance work for submarines.
Retail
Apr 20
By Rebecca Keister
Contributing Writer

New boat show finds place in crowded waters

ShamWows may be, as organizers of the Rhode Island Boat Show said, “awesome,” but you won’t find them there.
Newsmakers
Apr 20

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer

While others contract, EB is ramping up for growth

It’s a strange and wonderful time at Electric Boat. While most of the American defense sector contracts under federal budget cuts, the Groton, Conn.-based submarine builder is starting its largest expansion in a generation. At the company’s North Kingstown plant, Electric Boat is scaling up from 2,500 workers to potentially twice that number over the next eight years to develop the nation’s next ballistic-missile submarine. After years of cutbacks at Electric Boat, President Kevin J. Poitras is drawing on his 40 years of experience, which included the submarine arms race against the Soviet Union, to manage this new growth period.

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