BLOCK ISLAND

  • General
    • Vessel Name : BLOCK ISLAND 0
    • Operator : INTERSTATE NAVIGATION CO. 0
    • Ships Type (ICST) : 329 0
    • Vessel Type : 13 0
    • Construction : A 0
  • Engine
    • Horsepower rating : 4000 0
  • Location
    • City : PT. JUDITH 0
    • STATE : RI 0
  • Capacity
    • Net Tonnage : 98 0
    • Full Load Capacity : 330 232
    • Passenger Capacity : 1000 0
  • Size
    • Register length : 187.3 257
    • Regular Breadth : 39 257
    • Overall Length : 187.3 257
    • Overall Breadt : 39 257
    • Load draft : 9 257
    • Light Draft : 8 257
    • Height : 58 257
  • Other
    • Year : 1997 0
    • EQUIP1 : NONE 0
    • Coast Guard Number : 1055424 0

INTERSTATE NAVIGATION CO.

  • Area of Operation : POINT JUDITH TO BLOCK ISLAND, RI; NEWPORT AND BLOCK ISLAND 0
  • Principal Commodity : PASSENGERS, VEHICLES AND FREIGHT 0

ANNA C

  • Type : 13 0
  • Construction : A 0

ATHENA

  • Type : 13 0
  • Construction : C 0

CAROL JEAN

  • Type : 13 0
  • Construction : A 0

MANITOU

  • Type : 13 0
  • Construction : A 0

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Ferry Sinks off Bali, Killing Four as 30 Go Missing

Ferry Sinks off Bali, Killing Four as 30 Go Missing

Four people died, 30 were missing and 31 survived after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near the Indonesian island of Bali, the country's Search and Rescue agency said on Thursday, as rescuers raced to find victims in the rough sea.The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after leaving East Java province's Banyuwangi port on its way to Bali late on Wednesday, the agency said on Thursday.

All Inter-Array Cables Installed at 488 MW French Offshore Wind Farm

All Inter-Array Cables Installed at 488 MW French Offshore Wind Farm

The final inter-array cable has been installed at Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier (EMYN) offshore wind farm in France, being developed by Les Éoliennes en Mer Services.The 61st and final inter-array cable was installed on June 22 at the EMYN offshore wind farm, Louis Dreyfus TravOcean said on social media.The accomplishment paves the way for a transmission capacity of 512 MW.

China (again) Flexes Naval Muscle

China (again) Flexes Naval Muscle

China has flexed its muscles this month by sending an unusually large number of naval and coast guard vessels through a swathe of East Asian waters, according to security documents and officials, in moves that have unnerved regional capitals.Since early May, China deployed fleets larger than usual, including navy, coast guard and other ships near Taiwan

Taiwan Charges Chinese Captain over Cable Damage

Taiwan Charges Chinese Captain over Cable Damage

Taiwan prosecutors on Friday for the first time charged a Chinese ship captain with intentionally damaging undersea cables off the island in February, after a rise in sea cable malfunctions alarmed Taiwan officials amid tensions with China.Prosecutors say the man was captain of the Chinese-crewed Hong Tai 58, registered in Togo

Lack of Oversight Impacts U.S. Fishing Industry

Lack of Oversight Impacts U.S. Fishing Industry

U.S. President Donald Trump’s regulatory freeze has injected chaos and uncertainty into a number of lucrative American fisheries, raising the risk of a delayed start to the fishing season for some East Coast cod and haddock fleets and leading to overfishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna, according to Reuters interviews with industry groups and federal government employees.

US Drops Website Wording on Taiwan Independence

US Drops Website Wording on Taiwan Independence

The U.S. State Department has removed a statement on its website that it does not support Taiwan independence, among changes that the island's government praised on Sunday as supporting Taiwan.The fact sheet on Taiwan retains Washington's opposition to unilateral change from either Taiwan or from China, which claims the democratically governed island as its own.

Chinese Ships Group Together Near Philippines’ Key Island Outpost in South China Sea

Chinese Ships Group Together Near Philippines’ Key Island Outpost in South China Sea

Satellite images obtained by Reuters on Thursday show a build-up of Chinese civilian vessels near contested Thitu Island, Manila's key outpost in the South China Sea, but a senior Philippine navy officer said they are "not a cause for concern".One of the images taken by Maxar Technologies on Monday and reviewed by Reuters shows about 60 vessels, some within 2 nautical miles of Thitu

At Least Seven Dead in US Dock Collapse

At Least Seven Dead in US Dock Collapse

At least seven people were killed after part of a boat dock collapsed, sending at least 20 into the Atlantic waters off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia.U.S. Coast Guard ships were searching on Saturday night for missing people.The accident, which also caused multiple injuries, happened during a celebration of Sapelo Island's tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants

Greek Dockworkers Halt Ammunition Cargo Bound for Israel

Greek Dockworkers Halt Ammunition Cargo Bound for Israel

Dozens of members of a Greek dockworkers' union have blocked the loading of a container of ammunition destined for Israel in protest against the Gaza war, coast guard and union officials told Reuters on Friday.The container, which arrived at Greece's Pireaus port on Thursday, held 21 tons of ammunition, one of the unionists told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

First Offshore Wind Turbine Stands Tall at US Revolution Wind Project

First Offshore Wind Turbine Stands Tall at US Revolution Wind Project

The first 11 MW Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbine, out of total 65 planned, has been installed at Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the United States.Once in operation, Revolution Wind will have the capacity to generate 400 MW of clean power for Rhode Island and 304 MW for Connecticut, enough to power more than 350

China Accuses Philippines of Deliberate Collision

China Accuses Philippines of Deliberate Collision

The Philippines and China accused each other on Monday of ramming vessels and performing dangerous maneuvers in the South China Sea, the latest flare-up after the two nations had agreed to try to ease tensions and manage disagreements at sea.China's Coast Guard said in a statement a Philippine vessel which had ignored its repeated warnings "deliberately collided" with a Chinese vessel in an

Fishing Vessel Sinks Off Falkland Islands; Nine Dead, Four Missing

Fishing Vessel Sinks Off Falkland Islands; Nine Dead, Four Missing

Nine people were confirmed dead and four were still missing after a British-Norwegian fishing vessel sank off the coast of the Falkland Islands on Monday, the boat's owner said on Wednesday.A total of 27 crew members had been aboard the Argos Georgia, a Saint Helena-flagged vessel, of whom 14 have so far been found alive, Stig Ervik, CEO at Norway's Ervik Havfiske Holding, told Reuters.