EMPIRE STATE – Designed and Developed by HEC: Done On Time & Within Budget

HEC was awarded a contract from MARAD to develop a concept design for a new training ship (NSMV) for the five State Maritime Academies (SMA) that would also function as a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) vessel for the US government: National Security Multi-purpose Vessel (NSMV). HEC has been involved in developing the new training ship since the project’s origins in 2015.

HEC is proud to have played an integral role in designing “Empire State VII, the first in a series of NSMVs – the purpose-built, state-of-the-art training ship for the state maritime academies” from the ground up, turning the dream of a new training ship for educating the US mariners of the future into a reality. We wish the ships and the mariners they train many years of success.

See our News section for more information about the EMPIRE STATE Project’s History >